{"author_link":"\/author\/andygates\/","author_name":"AndyGates","author_uid":"41401","comments":[{"author_name":"markoburzan27","author_uid":"54919","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 1:01am","epoch":1440377760,"text":"nice"},{"author_name":"peterthehe","author_uid":"46596","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:52am","epoch":1440402420,"text":"The controls were quite hard to master (though I think thats part of the charm). Nice work."},{"author_name":"celisoft","author_uid":"49455","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:55am","epoch":1440402600,"text":"Beautiful game but I didn't succeed to play on my azerty keyboard :\/"},{"author_name":"GeeItSomeLaldy","author_uid":"40246","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:18am","epoch":1440403980,"text":"Difficult to control, but I guess that's what you were going for.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Mouse control didn't seem to work in Firefox, had to run it in chrome."},{"author_name":"thebrickanator","author_uid":"50329","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:20am","epoch":1440404100,"text":"Really cool entry! I loved every part even if the controls are quite hard to use perfectly."},{"author_name":"jorgemoag","author_uid":"24365","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 11:19am","epoch":1440414840,"text":"Great game but the controls are a bit weird."},{"author_name":"tayl1r","author_uid":"5556","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 11:26am","epoch":1440415260,"text":"I only got 77 but I had a lot of fun!"},{"author_name":"TLansdale","author_uid":"55932","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 11:47am","epoch":1440416520,"text":"Difficult, but fun!  Good job :)"},{"author_name":"ccglp","author_uid":"34494","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 12:25pm","epoch":1440418800,"text":"Heavy. Like heavy metal, but in a game with a kraken."},{"author_name":"Somnium","author_uid":"50228","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:43pm","epoch":1440434280,"text":"Fun game, but difficult. The controls were hard to master, I kept trying to hit 1-4 instead of qwer."},{"author_name":"mantis","author_uid":"779","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:43pm","epoch":1440434280,"text":"loving the music!"},{"author_name":"Andrew Adams","author_uid":"20321","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:16pm","epoch":1440439860,"text":"Hard to play, but once you hit a groove it's fun."},{"author_name":"mutuware","author_uid":"14635","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:16pm","epoch":1440439860,"text":"Great audio!"},{"author_name":"Peach Pie Productions","author_uid":"40673","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:27pm","epoch":1440440520,"text":"Wow amazing job!!! The graphics were sublime and the controls were QWOPin fantastic :)   Great job Great physics!!!"},{"author_name":"increpare","author_uid":"492","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:30pm","epoch":1440440700,"text":"input didn't work on safari\/osx, and game didn't load properly on firefox"},{"author_name":"raducumiczzz","author_uid":"57049","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:47pm","epoch":1440441720,"text":"Controls were a little hard to master. Was fun to play. love the music and the voice!"},{"author_name":"Kaltic","author_uid":"55972","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:49pm","epoch":1440441840,"text":"Difficult to control though I love the idea and the game looks great. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I only think the controls seem bad mostly because of how it takes for the tentacles to start moving."},{"author_name":"Jod","author_uid":"20442","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:52pm","epoch":1440442020,"text":"I am terribbly impressed.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The mix of music, gameplay and graphics is extremely well done! \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I went 'Oh, you must be kidding me!' when I saw the airships :D.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I believe at one point I hit myself with a tentacle. Why are you hitting yourself Kraken? Why are you hitting yourself? :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>8 tentacles up!"},{"author_name":"Infokub Arcade","author_uid":"54822","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:30pm","epoch":1440444300,"text":"controls are really complicated but I like this game =)"},{"author_name":"Meursault","author_uid":"55806","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:52pm","epoch":1440445620,"text":"The combination of controls and slow physics is pretty fun and challenging. I like the music."},{"author_name":"HACKhalo2","author_uid":"55030","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:56pm","epoch":1440445860,"text":"I really enjoyed this game. The controls were a little to forgiving, though, but otherwise I got 210 points!"},{"author_name":"VampyVampire","author_uid":"24260","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:58pm","epoch":1440445980,"text":"music and audio fit the game really nicely."},{"author_name":"IronPencilGames","author_uid":"55990","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:00pm","epoch":1440446100,"text":"Cool game. As others mentioned, controls are difficult to get used to, but that's the point. Simple and polished, good job."},{"author_name":"aberdeenphoenix","author_uid":"54767","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:03pm","epoch":1440446280,"text":"Flailing simulator! I enjoyed it. I particularly enjoyed catching bombs and throwing them."},{"author_name":"Vennril","author_uid":"15816","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:10pm","epoch":1440450300,"text":"Pretty solid game from start to finish. Nice choice of music and sfx, the graphics work out well, and I got used to the controls fairly quick.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Interestingly enough, the controls are kinda like what I had in mind for my own game, before I had to change them due to time constraints, haha. Glad to see it in action!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Overall well done :)"},{"author_name":"Shaw","author_uid":"30127","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 10:46pm","epoch":1440456060,"text":"Overall look and feel is great, the controls are a little difficult to get the hang over but great work nevertheless."},{"author_name":"vividhelix","author_uid":"35713","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 11:06pm","epoch":1440457260,"text":"kinda laggy but well made otherwise"},{"author_name":"Azlen","author_uid":"18078","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 11:08pm","epoch":1440457380,"text":"Final score, 97\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I wish I had a couple extra arms to play this game :P"},{"author_name":"Flygamer101","author_uid":"48756","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 1:09am","epoch":1440464640,"text":"Nice idea, and had great artwork especially water."},{"author_name":"jcourt","author_uid":"55312","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 1:56am","epoch":1440467460,"text":"Nice game. It was hard to get used to the controls, but once you do its a really good game."},{"author_name":"weazen","author_uid":"26554","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:13am","epoch":1440472080,"text":"This is really hard with a laptop trackpad! Like the idea though, enjoyed it."},{"author_name":"TeamOA","author_uid":"55860","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:31am","epoch":1440473160,"text":"Great game, controls are hard but it adds to the gameplay. It get's pretty difficult later on. Loved it"},{"author_name":"Jamie Guillemette","author_uid":"55117","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:54am","epoch":1440474540,"text":"controls were hard.. but great concept"},{"author_name":"Maxi and The Gang","author_uid":"3968","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 4:45am","epoch":1440477600,"text":"It's difficult to control."},{"author_name":"Cerberus","author_uid":"49049","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 5:06am","epoch":1440478860,"text":"i really enjoyed this game. i thought the controls were very good design, they were a bit stiff but managable. could have had better graphics. but overall it was quite good. great job."},{"author_name":"hammerfrenzy","author_uid":"55742","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 5:46am","epoch":1440481260,"text":"Really liked the art and music, controls maybe just a tad sluggish.  It felt like I wasn't able to react quickly enough once things got hairy.  Overall pretty cool though!"},{"author_name":"Acerio","author_uid":"55163","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 10:37am","epoch":1440498720,"text":"Controls are hard but still a great game :)"},{"author_name":"Galvesmash","author_uid":"20148","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:08pm","epoch":1440514980,"text":"Great game but difficult to control the tentacles!"},{"author_name":"razavidn","author_uid":"54947","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:43pm","epoch":1440517080,"text":"Love the clunky controls, it feels like you're moving a giant sea beast."},{"author_name":"crucknuk","author_uid":"53686","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 9:20am","epoch":1440580500,"text":"Controls are a bit difficult to play with, but it is a nice concept!"},{"author_name":"DarkwindMedia","author_uid":"50680","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 8:54pm","epoch":1440708540,"text":"Neat spin on the Kraken idea. The Kraken sounds were definitely entertaining :) Controls were difficult, but I definitely enjoyed trying out something new.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice job!"},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Aug 30, 2015 @ 1:16am","epoch":1440897060,"text":"Really really cool!\r<br\/>Wish I was able to control all 4 tentacles at once though! Would be nice if it could take multiple keys pressed down."},{"author_name":"jcwelgemoed","author_uid":"55308","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1441045800,"text":"190. control challenging to master, but lots of fun. Get quite difficult. Considering this is a compo entry, very well done indeed. Kudos."}],"images":["ld33\/41401-4fc7cea258f400177ce27fb438c42872.jpg","ld33\/41401-3734f3f932e21fb3cb3e1c33e40cf1da.jpg","ld33\/41401-23ab699c901088722313f6924a785ead.jpg","ld33\/41401-4648c7f2ac348382a1a9e4434c79c733.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/andrew-gates.co.uk\/Dev\/LD33\/WebGL\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/andrew-gates.co.uk\/Dev\/LD33\/ReleaseTheKraken-Windows.rar","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/andrew-gates.co.uk\/Dev\/LD33\/ReleaseTheKraken-OSX.rar","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/andrew-gates.co.uk\/Dev\/LD33\/ReleaseTheKraken-Linux.rar","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/andrew-gates.co.uk\/Dev\/LD33\/ReleaseTheKraken-Source.rar","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"8835","g_author":"41401","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"8868","g_title":"Release The Kraken","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"283","g_commentcount":"43","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/41401-shot0-1440376547.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/41401-shot1-1440376547.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/41401-shot2-1440376547.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/41401-shot3-1440376547.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"NOTE: If you are playing the embedded version and the keys are not responding, click near the game window (by the unity logo) and it should give keyboard focus to the game.\r\n\r\nYou are a mighty Kraken. A mythical creature of untold power. Yet people keep crashing boats into your head. Use your mighty tentacles to show them who's boss.\r\n\r\n------------Instructions----------------\r\n\r\nQWER         - Select Tentacle\r\nMouse Button - Attract Tentacle to Mouse\r\n\r\nSwing your tentacles to destroy ships. The tentacles must be moving a certain speed to do damage. \r\n\r\n----------------------------------------\r\n\r\nThe WebGL build should hopefully work, and will work best in the latest version of Firefox or Chrome. \r\n\r\nIf not, a unity WebPlayer version can be found at http:\/\/andrew-gates.co.uk\/Dev\/LD33\/WebPlayer\/\r\n\r\nI had a lot of fun making this one, especially recording Kraken noises ;)\r\n\r\nManaged to get everything working in a reasonable amount of time, so there was even time to write some menu and background music! \r\n\r\nDidn't quite get the time to go back over some of the art, so a lot of it is still quite rough programmer art, oh well!\r\n\r\nAll feedback is welcome! ","title":"Release The Kraken"}