The Kraken by Vennril

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made by Vennril for LD33 (COMPO)
You are THE KRAKEN - A fearsome, googly-eyed creature from the depths.

Try to hit passing boats with your majestic tentacles, while avoiding cannonballs.

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Controls:
Hold Y, X, C or V to control the respective tentacle. While holding, press the Down or Up arrow to either attack or dodge.

Getting hit will make you lose a tentacle. When you are out of tentacles, it's Game Over.

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Notes:
Originally I had way more complex plans for the tentacle controls, which didn't quite work out. So in the end, I had half a day left to hack in the gameplay you see in this version.

But I hope you enjoy anyway :)

Tools used:
Unity, MonoDevelop, Photoshop

Ratings

Coolness 35% 1796
Overall 3.19 410
Fun 2.83 588
Graphics 4.29 36
Humor 2.74 451
Innovation 2.70 652
Mood 2.93 521
Theme 4.06 77

Feedback

Dizzyman572
24. Aug 2015 · 04:07 UTC
Haha, very nice game! Love the Kraken art!
Hyoga-3D
24. Aug 2015 · 13:57 UTC
gameplay could have some improvements, but the art is great, reminded me of the old games from snes, like goof troop, good job.
chabuduo
24. Aug 2015 · 21:16 UTC
Love the art!
Deadeyejoe
24. Aug 2015 · 21:18 UTC
i really enjoyed this game ! and the art is beautiful !
+ Graphics
Yaroslav Kravtsov
24. Aug 2015 · 21:20 UTC
Art is good, but no fun to play.
SkullPixel
24. Aug 2015 · 21:27 UTC
The art is beautiful. I really like it. I will follow in your footsteps next time and do something simple.
Shaw
25. Aug 2015 · 01:09 UTC
As a fellow Kraken-er I know the feeling of wanting better/complex tentacle controls. Graphics and gorgeous, gameplay is simple and effecting, would have been helped by some sounds. Still, an excellent entry. Well done :)
Mogwaii
25. Aug 2015 · 19:30 UTC
Great artstyle! The main problem I have is that the game gets easier the more you mess up. Only controlling one arm makes it very easy to get score however very slow.
randyyaj
26. Aug 2015 · 03:18 UTC
Hey! Thanks for checking out my game (Kraken Rampage). I will do the favor for you in return.

Want to start off by saying I love this art man!
However, the game didn't run too well for me in my Linux box but I think I get the concept. Good job.
crafteverywhere
31. Aug 2015 · 15:05 UTC
Great job, and our team make a tentacles game too.
Shaun LeBron
31. Aug 2015 · 15:13 UTC
really nice art. I had trouble remembering which tentacles were which keys. and the blasted ship just wouldn't go down even after plopping a tentacle over its hull, lol
SiMouth
31. Aug 2015 · 15:31 UTC
That was fun :)
The Y key is a bit far from the others on some keyboards, "SDFG" on the other hand is more common.
crucknuk
31. Aug 2015 · 15:37 UTC
Nice entry! I like the artstyle. Kraken rules ;)
Drunkteam
31. Aug 2015 · 15:49 UTC
The graphics are awesome!
Ivan Volkov
31. Aug 2015 · 16:52 UTC
14!
Really cool game with nice graphics and gameplay, but I've got only one question:
WHY Y BUTTON?
Thats really uncomfortable to play with so distant button
But anyway here's the 5 for you, I liked it!
reiknight
31. Aug 2015 · 18:27 UTC
Nice graphics, nice game, but a bit difficult with a QWERTY keyboard and not a QWERTZ.
OldPeculier
02. Sep 2015 · 18:04 UTC
On my keyboard the Z key is next in line from X, C, and V. Why did you choose Y? Great artwork BTW.
shawn42
03. Sep 2015 · 09:00 UTC
Great art, but I wanted to crust something! I actually like the simplified tentacle controls. Nice work.
phi
06. Sep 2015 · 19:26 UTC
At first I thought I had to hit/throw the balls in order to attack, but I'm stupid and a normal person would probably understand it more quickly... :P
I like the art of the kraken and the general appearance. It could use some nice splashy sounds! Also, the user interface could be simplified a bit, but since you had more complex controls in mind it probably made sense... Anyways, I'd love to see a post-compo version of this! Good job!
LandoSystems
07. Sep 2015 · 18:44 UTC
I really like the idea for gameplay, and the art style is really solid, but I just could not get the hang of the controls.