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Attack Of The Radioactive Octopus From A Planet Near Mars by donvermo

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made by donvermo for LD34 (JAM)
You are the many-armed Emperor Gronthozor the Magnificent, have crash-landed on the planet Earth. Eat the tast, tasty humans that roam its surface. Avoid the puny military's tanks that want to interrupt your dinner. Steer all your tentacles with the left and right arrow keys in this fast-paced multi-tasking action game in pixel art style.


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NOTICE:

There are no mouse controls.
Everything in the game is controlled using the left and right arrow keys.

A NEW VERSION IS UP, it adds in some left out graphics.
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Windows http://twnc.org/octopus/
OS/X http://twnc.org/octopus/
Linux http://twnc.org/octopus/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=62451

Ratings

Coolness 66% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.67 205
Fun(Jam) 3.55 214
Graphics(Jam) 3.47 509
Humor(Jam) 3.20 241
Innovation(Jam) 3.64 172
Mood(Jam) 3.52 274
Theme(Jam) 3.97 253

Feedback

BROWNY_09
13. Dec 2015 · 22:19 UTC
Good music. Nice Visuals. Fun to play. This is great! Nice job!
hpearson2
13. Dec 2015 · 22:28 UTC
*Attack.exe flips out chrome and av security like crazy. Very bad file-name to pick
*when a tentacle dies it needs to make a sound to let the player know that was a bad thing to do
*high score screen was broken for me, unable to click anything but could type text (had to alt-f4 out). I tried again but samething happened

Fun game! it reminds me of Death Worm Game (that is a good thing)
saebyn
13. Dec 2015 · 22:37 UTC
Very nice - challenging and fun to play.
eerongal
13. Dec 2015 · 22:44 UTC
Fun little game! i really like the music and visuals, but gameplay can get a bit repetitive.
tgrehawi
13. Dec 2015 · 23:24 UTC
Good music and gameplay. Fun little game!
RikkyPikki
14. Dec 2015 · 10:30 UTC
Very cool music! And a great eye exercise when controlling more than one tentacle.
Niphram
14. Dec 2015 · 12:10 UTC
Gets really difficult later down the line. Fun and challenging game :)
velddev
14. Dec 2015 · 12:22 UTC
Pretty cool game, the gameplay is challenging and fresh.
Move127
14. Dec 2015 · 15:52 UTC
I enjoyed this a lot. The music and visuals are great.
Ithildin
14. Dec 2015 · 17:11 UTC
Great entry!! It fits both themes perfectly, and it's really fun to play, although I got a bit lost with the controls for a few seconds the first time I spawned a new tentacle.

Amazing job! :)
psychomonster
14. Dec 2015 · 22:36 UTC
Wow the visuals are great... Music cool. This game is a really good job.
kirbytails7
15. Dec 2015 · 07:56 UTC
Nice. I like the idea of controlling multiple tentacles that way, though it seems like if I just focus on a couple of tentacles the game won't end, as I'll spawn new ones as the old ones die.
JaviCepa
15. Dec 2015 · 09:59 UTC
Cool game with an innovative mechanic! Loved the 2 player mode ;)
Gipzo
15. Dec 2015 · 10:26 UTC
Awesome. Gameplay is fun and music/sounds fits nice. Textures a bit blurry, but it's fixable ;)
AndreasL
15. Dec 2015 · 10:29 UTC
Cool game! The tentacle monster looks wicked!
Seems like your graphics got messed up by the engines anti alising. Or maybe that was the look you went with.

Good job!
Warboys
15. Dec 2015 · 11:04 UTC
Nice idea! The music got really good as the game went on and I really like the difficulty progression. It's hard to keep track of all the tentacles, I'm sure with a lot of play you can work out some system to keep them all in useful places.
NuggetTeam
15. Dec 2015 · 16:16 UTC
Love the idea, very innovative. Good graphics too.
NirabazGAMES
15. Dec 2015 · 18:49 UTC
Amazing crazy work! like the details! You have a really good understanding about fun! :)) om-nom-nom
UntitledQ
15. Dec 2015 · 21:36 UTC
Maybe let the tanks at least use the road.
sP0CkEr2
16. Dec 2015 · 02:09 UTC
this game has it all - one of my favorites so far! well done
Evgenii Petrov
17. Dec 2015 · 09:41 UTC
Why can't i rate it for sound? =)
wandernauta
17. Dec 2015 · 12:19 UTC
Evgenii: We didn't make the music for Attack Of The Radioactive Octopus From A Planet Near Mars ourselves, so it would be unfair to enter into the Audio category.
Neil
19. Dec 2015 · 15:57 UTC
Great innovative game.
StMatn
19. Dec 2015 · 16:58 UTC
Great work!
Gfx look nice and sounds are fitting :)
It would be nice, if humans/tanks wouldnt run through "buildings" in the bg.
The game feels really nice, because the tentacles move in nice patterns ;)
I got 225292 points.

P.S.: Awesome game title :D
AAGH Games
19. Dec 2015 · 18:54 UTC
Enjoyable with interesting retro graphics. It played well in single player but was a little cumbersome as a multiplayer game.
Cake_Catastrophe
19. Dec 2015 · 20:24 UTC
Great game! Gets difficult to control once you have 3+ tentacles, though that's part of of fun.
TheWzzard
27. Dec 2015 · 19:29 UTC
the environment looks nice but has no bearing on the gameplay which is initially confusing
MercuryXGames
27. Dec 2015 · 19:52 UTC
this ones a keeper
Jupiter_Hadley
28. Dec 2015 · 14:13 UTC
Neat concept, fun game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/XwDbETpIdpU