You are THE KRAKEN - A fearsome, googly-eyed creature from the depths.
Try to hit passing boats with your majestic tentacles, while avoiding cannonballs.
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Controls: Hold Y, X, C or V to control the respective tentacle. While holding, press the Down or Up arrow to either attack or dodge.
Getting hit will make you lose a tentacle. When you are out of tentacles, it's Game Over.
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Notes: Originally I had way more complex plans for the tentacle controls, which didn't quite work out. So in the end, I had half a day left to hack in the gameplay you see in this version.
As a fellow Kraken-er I know the feeling of wanting better/complex tentacle controls. Graphics and gorgeous, gameplay is simple and effecting, would have been helped by some sounds. Still, an excellent entry. Well done :)
Great artstyle! The main problem I have is that the game gets easier the more you mess up. Only controlling one arm makes it very easy to get score however very slow.
really nice art. I had trouble remembering which tentacles were which keys. and the blasted ship just wouldn't go down even after plopping a tentacle over its hull, lol
14! Really cool game with nice graphics and gameplay, but I've got only one question: WHY Y BUTTON? Thats really uncomfortable to play with so distant button But anyway here's the 5 for you, I liked it!
At first I thought I had to hit/throw the balls in order to attack, but I'm stupid and a normal person would probably understand it more quickly... :P I like the art of the kraken and the general appearance. It could use some nice splashy sounds! Also, the user interface could be simplified a bit, but since you had more complex controls in mind it probably made sense... Anyways, I'd love to see a post-compo version of this! Good job!
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+ Graphics
Want to start off by saying I love this art man!
However, the game didn't run too well for me in my Linux box but I think I get the concept. Good job.
The Y key is a bit far from the others on some keyboards, "SDFG" on the other hand is more common.
Really cool game with nice graphics and gameplay, but I've got only one question:
WHY Y BUTTON?
Thats really uncomfortable to play with so distant button
But anyway here's the 5 for you, I liked it!
I like the art of the kraken and the general appearance. It could use some nice splashy sounds! Also, the user interface could be simplified a bit, but since you had more complex controls in mind it probably made sense... Anyways, I'd love to see a post-compo version of this! Good job!