From Below by TyrusPeace

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made by TyrusPeace for LD29 (COMPO)
You are a kraken-like beast, and have independent control of all four of your tentacles, which you use to attack, grab, and throw boats, submarines, and whales. Naturally, all of these things explode.

You can also catch missiles!

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Game made in Unity, music made in GarageBand, and models made in Blender. SFXR was used for what few sound effects there are.

Ratings

Coolness 63% 3
Overall 3.84 89
Audio 3.51 147
Fun 3.32 319
Graphics 3.62 276
Humor 2.71 382
Innovation 3.97 76
Mood 3.72 109
Theme 4.24 8

Feedback

馃帳 TyrusPeace
28. Apr 2014 路 14:04 UTC
Hey guys, I just uploaded a quick bug fix for your best finishing times not showing on the title screen. I assume few folks will actually finish this, but I did bother to save it off so I figured I might as well spend a couple more minutes to make it actually display!
DustyStylus
28. Apr 2014 路 20:05 UTC
I saw this in a screenshot earlier in LD and had to hunt it out! I like being able to grab previous enemies, nice touch!
Clinthoney
29. Apr 2014 路 03:21 UTC
This game is so unique love the feeling when I kill a whale or submarine but I wish there were some textures. But overall probably the best so far.
snickersnacks
29. Apr 2014 路 03:23 UTC
Love the effective use of monochrome & color, really nice game to look. I think it would feel better to move around if, because of the weight and enormousness of the monster we're playing as, it didn't move so quickly. The mechanics feel like there's no drag from being underwater, like physics doesn't apply to us. Really great game, a joy to play!
kidder
29. Apr 2014 路 03:26 UTC
This is awesome.
Cambrian_Man
29. Apr 2014 路 03:48 UTC
Pretty cool, I had a lot of fun playing it. The mood works well and the four-tentacle thing was cool. Snatching torpedoes and such.
LandoSystems
29. Apr 2014 路 05:00 UTC
Great mood, good music... strangely satisfying to grab and throw with the tentacles. Controls were a little touchy.
NoorStudios
29. Apr 2014 路 05:02 UTC
Cool game, but I had some difficulty coordinating all the controls.
eteeski
29. Apr 2014 路 06:11 UTC
This was really cool! I loved how you could go from shallow to deep. Very stylish! Cool under water reflection effect too. Also just the idea of being a kraken :D
samooJAM
29. Apr 2014 路 16:32 UTC
I finished the game and enjoyed it. Especially I like the soundtrack + ambient audio combination. I would make the action more intense. Shorter distances and more enemies.
hitchh1k3r
29. Apr 2014 路 21:05 UTC
I like the graphics and audio in this one. Everything exploding when thrown was funny, but a bit odd. Overall I'm very impressed with the amount you got done in such a short time.
Kuchalu
29. Apr 2014 路 22:50 UTC
Awesome! Nice art style.
MoArtis
30. Apr 2014 路 03:39 UTC
I love the concept. It's pretty hard to catch the torpedo but throwing them back to your enemies is satisfying.

But why destroyed Submarine still launch torpedos ? It could be nice if you can use them as weapon by desactivating the tracking on torpedos. Certainly too much crazyness considering the overall mood of the game. :)
zillix
30. Apr 2014 路 04:08 UTC
incredibly immersive! it was a lot of fun, if a bit too easy.
mimic
30. Apr 2014 路 06:18 UTC
Awesome water effects!
Chinchilla
30. Apr 2014 路 07:48 UTC
859s... I got pretty good at catching torpedoes towards the end :). I think all games should probably feature whales as anti-missile countermeasures from this point onwards.

The controls need a bit more physical presence, i.e. inertia and a perhaps particle effects to convey speed. Otherwise pretty good. A bit on the easy side, but its usually safer to make things easy in a game jam so that people actually play your game through :)
orangepascal
30. Apr 2014 路 08:22 UTC
Like the feeling the game gives, really felt like the hunter :)
Catman
30. Apr 2014 路 20:21 UTC
Been looking forward to this from the gifs I had seen during the competition, it is really fun! I especially liked keeping fish in my tentacles just for no reason, good job!
Arakade
04. May 2014 路 00:40 UTC
Hmm... Web game starts but "click to play" doesn't do anything. Will try non-Web / Linux tomorrow. Was really looking forward to this one!
Frump
04. May 2014 路 00:55 UTC
Really cool and unique. It was hard to catch the missiles but rewarding when I did. Well done!
hugamer
04. May 2014 路 20:01 UTC
Nice game! Amazing graphics and concept!