Squid Pro Quo by TijmenTio

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made by TijmenTio for LD33 (COMPO)
Help a squid find a new home where her enormous body fits and where no one will bother her!

Controls:
Use mouse! (left button + move)



!!SPOILERS!!
What all the upgrades do:
- Grow: Get another tentacle
- Extend: Tentacles are longer
- Goggles: Spawn a transparent circle where your cursor is
- Locomotion: Slight auto-aim
- Aquadynamics: Faster reload time
- Well-fed: Recover health over time
- Strong: Hit harder/more damage
- Heavy bones: Do more damage with falling tentacles

Ratings

Coolness 50% 3
Overall 4.04 25
Audio 3.82 45
Fun 3.98 36
Graphics 4.38 25
Humor 3.50 136
Innovation 3.86 54
Mood 3.81 66
Theme 4.13 55

Feedback

JoeProgram
24. Aug 2015 · 04:14 UTC
What a sweet game! I really liked on level 3 having to choose whether to attack right or left, and the fish enemies were a great addition! I found myself wanting a progress indicator in the level, and the ability to use my left and right mouse buttons for the left and right tentacles. Great entry!
dvdking
24. Aug 2015 · 07:16 UTC
Great game!
I was surprised how intuitive the controls are.
Levels are a bit too long in my opinion.
uthamon
24. Aug 2015 · 07:23 UTC
Creative game with aesthetically pleasing graphics. Enjoyed it very much.
MagnusFurcifer
24. Aug 2015 · 09:23 UTC
My only problem was that my mouse wasn't captured by the game so I kept incidentally clicking on my 2nd desktop.
MagnusFurcifer
24. Aug 2015 · 09:24 UTC
Fun game! Looked great and it was very satisfying when you killed things!

My only problem was that my mouse wasn't captured by the game so I kept accidentally clicking on my 2nd desktop and minimizing the game.
dickpoelen
24. Aug 2015 · 14:38 UTC
Realy fun. Played it on a touchscreen, which might be even more fun than with a mouse. Might have to check out the source to learn a few things :)
Polyganz
24. Aug 2015 · 16:41 UTC
Hilarious execution and a lot of fun to play. Well done!
Shaw
25. Aug 2015 · 14:08 UTC
Excellent game, wonderful graphics, really well polished and the controls work fantastically. You've done a really good job with this one!
Filecreation
25. Aug 2015 · 17:16 UTC
Looks and feels great!
NeanderG
25. Aug 2015 · 22:20 UTC
Those controls man. Enjoyed the game tho. ChingChung :)
GFM
26. Aug 2015 · 00:38 UTC
Man, this is a great entry... but so hard. >__<

(I think that) I understood how the tentacles work... they try to move toward the cursor in a straight line... But this knowledge is pretty much useless when you are being pressured by a lot of enemies. XD

On my first play through, I got the 'extend' power up first, which helped me quite a lot...

Great game and great graphics! I only found the song a little repetitive...
GeorgeBroussard
26. Aug 2015 · 04:25 UTC
LOVE the art style. Looks really good and the movement on the ship and waves was great. Agree with above comments on controls/aiming, but this is a great little game. I'd polish it up some more and see about tightening up the controls.
GeorgeBroussard
26. Aug 2015 · 04:28 UTC
Also - best game title ever. :)
thebrickanator
26. Aug 2015 · 05:25 UTC
I really like this game but believe it would be allot more fun to play on a touchscreen device :) as said by someone else. very polished and it works with the theme. Good job!
ruerob
26. Aug 2015 · 12:30 UTC
Haha! This is a really great game! I love how the music evolves from level to level. I really liked the upgrades and the whole feel of the game! Very well done!
patvanmackelberg
26. Aug 2015 · 16:21 UTC
Really great submission! Really creative!
CADmiy
26. Aug 2015 · 17:56 UTC
Great pixel art game!
voidstar33
26. Aug 2015 · 20:15 UTC
Just awesome. Excellent art, music, theme, and what not. A perfect, complete game for LD33 Compo.
Realize2D
26. Aug 2015 · 23:37 UTC
I really liked it. It has a good variety of gameplay.
guoboism
27. Aug 2015 · 01:43 UTC
Overall 5/5! Great job! Can't believe how simple idea can be made into such fun game! This should be taken into textbook! PICKED BY GB!
el-pepi
27. Aug 2015 · 02:49 UTC
Very original and solid game! In my opinion it got too hard a litte too fast. Also, I wish you captured the cursor, I keep clicking outside the game.
CrownCity
27. Aug 2015 · 13:54 UTC
Cute as always! Great extra with the upgrades. I just wished that the goggles looked more fresh on the Squid :)
Patacorow
27. Aug 2015 · 14:28 UTC
Love the graphics and the upgrade mechanic was awesome.
Good job :)
tmpxyz
27. Aug 2015 · 15:48 UTC
A well-implemented big tentacles.
tripleVisionGames
27. Aug 2015 · 19:07 UTC
Very polished! Great fun and I love how everything bounces! I found myself attacking with the rhythm of the tune :D
Mike Mezhenin
27. Aug 2015 · 20:21 UTC
Wow, those animations are super-fluid. Good game, although a hard one.
derr
28. Aug 2015 · 16:10 UTC
Audio-visually this is perfect! The controls make this game very hard. I enjoyed it a lot and will keep playing this!
FireTwin
31. Aug 2015 · 11:18 UTC
I liked the mood of this game, everything lumbering along like a ship on the open sea. However, the gameplay was just a little too slow and I never felt like I had enough control over the tentacles, but at the same time I appreciate that it needs to not be too easy either. I think the upgrade system is really well done. Great job.
Sanguine
07. Sep 2015 · 19:22 UTC
Really polished as always! The graphics are really lovely! The game could be a bit faster though
Jezzamon
07. Sep 2015 · 22:22 UTC
Hm. My mouse disappears when I play this game, which makes it pretty difficult.
Jezzamon
07. Sep 2015 · 22:40 UTC
This game was a lot more doable with the googles :)

But I'm now currently being hit by the last ship left, sitting on almost no health but not able to die :P
KilledByAPixel
07. Sep 2015 · 23:17 UTC
- great art style, feels really fun to look at, really nice water effects
- good re-use of stuff for different levels
- it was cool hearing the music change as level progressed
- i kept clicking off the window even though it was full screen, that made it difficult to play
- i could not figure out how to kill the blimps, but I didn't want to start from the beginning again after i died.
- an option to continue would be nice
- more precise control would help, i often couldn't predict how I was going to swing. after reading comments it seems like maybe the mouse cursor was supposed to be visible, but for me it wasn't
ButtonMasherBros
08. Sep 2015 · 16:01 UTC
Psst - You are featured in today's Ludum Dare to Believe! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL_22puDtCQ