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I'm Scree! by Jimjam

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made by Jimjam for LD35 (JAM)
You are Scree, a highly-evolved alien life form who has been captured by nefarious humans! Imprisoned in the confines of a high-tech laboratory, you must use your tentacles to explore and wreak havoc on the pathetic humans studying you. Take care to not get seen though, as your presence may fluster your weak-minded captors, who will bring in more powerful foes.

Controls:
Left click and drag: Grow tentacle
Right click and hold while tentacle selected: Retract tentacle
Space: Attack when in range
WASD/Arrow keys: Pan camera
Mouse wheel: Zoom in and out
R: Restart level

Credits:
Art by Daoyi Liu (@jelligeth)
Code by Jem Smith (@jemmiwinks)
Audio by Ivo Sissolak (@mexicanopiumdog)
Windows http://www.manikingames.com/imscree/ImScree_win.zip
OS/X http://www.manikingames.com/imscree/ImScree_osx.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=3643

Ratings

Coolness 56% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.94 72
Audio(Jam) 3.68 148
Fun(Jam) 3.85 69
Graphics(Jam) 4.41 53
Humor(Jam) 3.50 122
Innovation(Jam) 4.00 51
Mood(Jam) 3.70 150
Theme(Jam) 3.28 600

Feedback

Adipson
19. Apr 2016 · 09:47 UTC
it 's the day of the tentacle ! lol nice work ! bravooo
PanicTheFirst
19. Apr 2016 · 10:22 UTC
Good job! I really like the graphics.
kostasvs
19. Apr 2016 · 10:31 UTC
Good job, love the art!
batmagus
19. Apr 2016 · 10:32 UTC
Amazing! Cool idea and really well executed. The only thing that didn't feel great was the controls for retracting the tentacle, otherwise a really nicely polished game.
Raphael_
19. Apr 2016 · 10:41 UTC
Very nice entry, the controls still feel a bit clunky but except that I loved it.
It would be great if you could check out my game as well.
Hyoga-3D
19. Apr 2016 · 12:49 UTC
Graphics are very good, the doctors are crazy guys :D
Great entry.
VividReality
19. Apr 2016 · 12:54 UTC
Very cool concept! I had fun playing it! The graphics look good and I liked the sound design.
Husky
19. Apr 2016 · 15:54 UTC
I like the idea and the graphics style, the shape of tentacle is shifting pretty smooth, it bring up a different kind of challenge.
Swynfel
19. Apr 2016 · 18:36 UTC
Cool game ! The graphics are especially good, and there's audio !

Interesting gameplay. I took some time to figure out that the tentacle can't overlap each other... Made trying to poke humans a little too hard sometimes.
The humans' movements are a bit strange sometimes (feels awkward), and maybe having there cone of vision not instantly flip could lower the frustration in some cases (by having smooth rotations for example).

It's a gameplay that could work very well on touch screen devices.

Sadly, there is no menu (I love menus). I wanted to replay some levels but couldn't. And no quit button... (Details)

Good job !
Wahooney
20. Apr 2016 · 04:58 UTC
I like the innocence of the monster. "Feel what it feels like." :D

Art and game design are top notch!
dammit
20. Apr 2016 · 07:52 UTC
I might be biased, but I love this so much. Day of the tentacle -esque. So much fun. Ridiculous humour :3 A few bugs here and there, but that's expected for LD :D
sndr
20. Apr 2016 · 12:56 UTC
Great, great game! Loved the alien, the mechanic, the art, the music..! :) Awesome!
andyman404
22. Apr 2016 · 05:14 UTC
Great game! Well polished artwork & gameplay. Interesting premise and fun!
celia14
23. Apr 2016 · 13:07 UTC
I love this idea! The art is fantastic. It was fun, thouh pretty tricky - I felt bad for poor Scree when his tentacles got shot. :D
mike.cullingham
24. Apr 2016 · 18:56 UTC
Excellent game. Great ramp up of levels, great humour. Really well done.
WERT Studio
25. Apr 2016 · 18:20 UTC
Cool game but what mean sshapeshifting in this theme
ButtonMasherBros
03. May 2016 · 17:30 UTC
You are featured in today's LUDUM DARE TO BELIEVE! Check it out - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmiRuxXuBqU
OddballDave
04. May 2016 · 21:23 UTC
Nice fun entry. Really like the graphics. Had fun playing.

Good stuff.
francoisvn
06. May 2016 · 23:05 UTC
Fun little game. It was difficult to play on a laptop trackpad, but still doable. Just a random idea, but what if you had different tentacles and some of them attracted the scientists because they're curious, and then you can set up traps to catch them all?
randomhuman
07. May 2016 · 18:54 UTC
Really good, very satisfying to splat the humans and the art is amazing.
Marius
10. May 2016 · 11:05 UTC
Hi, nice game and congratulations ! We're realizing a video with several winners of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description