Kraken Unchained by jedeen

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made by jedeen for LD29 (JAM)
The ExcaliburJS dev team presents our first Ludum Dare jam entry.

You are the kraken. Make your way to the ocean, and destroy as many ships as you can along the way.

This game works best in Chrome, Firefox, and IE10/11.

Controls: move mouse to control the kraken, press spacebar when near ships to attack them

Ratings

Coolness 82% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.02 488
Audio(Jam) 2.55 547
Fun(Jam) 2.82 461
Graphics(Jam) 3.16 461
Humor(Jam) 2.97 227
Innovation(Jam) 2.82 451
Mood(Jam) 3.13 328
Theme(Jam) 3.13 388

Feedback

Seraphic Media
29. Apr 2014 · 02:01 UTC
This was a pretty cool game. You guys did a good job! Liked that you used kraken.
sugarbyte
29. Apr 2014 · 22:48 UTC
Really playable and fun! I liked the ability to "sneak" as well as outright smashing, and the UI and controls were super intuitive. Wish it had highlighted a little more beneath the surface, but great game!
eerongal
30. Apr 2014 · 02:17 UTC
Attacking felt kind of wonky in my opinion, but other than that fairly solid game.
HybridMind
30. Apr 2014 · 02:18 UTC
I enjoyed sneaking through w/o trying to hurt any ships as that part wasn't as much fun as the stealth elements. I'm glad you let me play as a giant squid. I've never been a Kraken before.
StencylTuo
30. Apr 2014 · 02:18 UTC
This was a decent entry. I wish that the score breakdown in the end was better. I'd like to know how the points/grade are calculated (i.e. is getting through with 1 health while attacking everything better than speedrunning through without attacking?). It was very playable though, which is a nice change of pace from some of the others I've been playing which were almost counter-intuitive.
FrameMatt
30. Apr 2014 · 02:22 UTC
I love it, love the kraken animation too, i love how the eyes take distance from each other. :D!
jotson
30. Apr 2014 · 03:19 UTC
Liked sneaking between the boats. While eating the boats it was difficult to avoid being hit. Might be nice to have other food for health.
Jonapulse
30. Apr 2014 · 03:34 UTC
Fun and pretty dang polished for an LD. Good controls. Once I got the hang of it I could comfortably take out ships without being damaged (but there was still a challenge)
ninjascript
30. Apr 2014 · 03:36 UTC
Didn't find any health, but made it to the end. Nice concept.
xandy
30. Apr 2014 · 03:36 UTC
cool game but the page scrolls down every time i press space.
ActionRemix
30. Apr 2014 · 03:38 UTC
It says there's music. Is it Chrome only?
ren
30. Apr 2014 · 03:51 UTC
we need more games where you play as krakens. Figured out a bit late that you can avoid the bullets while eating ships. Loved the lightmap and the sneaky feel of the game.
Nuclear_Hammer
30. Apr 2014 · 03:53 UTC
Cool game, nice job! I hate octopus hahaae but i like your game =p
eonarheim
30. Apr 2014 · 04:03 UTC
@ActionRemix Sorry to hear, what browser are you using? The music track is pretty low too, can you hear if you turn up your volume?
TyrusPeace
30. Apr 2014 · 04:08 UTC
Haha! I went the kraken route, too.

Nice work! I like the stealth mechanics with the boats, but I wish they came up more after starting combat. For the most part I was just dodging dots the whole time. The kraken animation's pretty great.
MunkeeBacon
30. Apr 2014 · 23:21 UTC
I totally felt like a kraken here. Good game!
fermenter
01. May 2014 · 00:29 UTC
I wish attacking was a bit more reactive. I'm not sure if I was doing damage or not. Besides the attacking, this was pretty neat!
jtpup0
01. May 2014 · 00:32 UTC
fun and exciting, liked the stealth element
ocmu
01. May 2014 · 01:36 UTC
Really like the visuals and music. Control and gameplay was really straight forward. Nice work
Dreii
01. May 2014 · 01:37 UTC
Nice, For some reason i though i was supposed to charge the ships and kill them and wondered why i was dying so fast haha. made it to the end though!
ElStevo
01. May 2014 · 01:49 UTC
Fun game. Good job !
kamranayub
01. May 2014 · 17:59 UTC
Thanks for the kind words folks. As an aside, we have a newer (WIP) version at http://krakenunchaind.azurewebsites.net/post-dare.html that contains some fixes, speed changes, touch support, and optimizations for IE10/11. We'll add a link to the homepage but figured I'd post it here first.
alhvi
02. May 2014 · 16:26 UTC
Pretty good stealth game. It kept me entertained all the time. The first time I played I wasn't sure if I was hitting the first ship, I didn't noticed the damage in the sprite, maybe you can add a little health bar on top of them to make it more clear. Also I don't know why I think it needs a counter of how many ships I've killed in the HUD. It was a very polished entry. I liked all the animations and sounds. I tried the new version in my tablet too and it runs well. The link is missing and e XD. http://krakenunchained.azurewebsites.net/post-dare.html
Good job guys :D
Chronoberry
03. May 2014 · 21:23 UTC
Great sound effects. Somehow, the squid gets flipped around when attacking and it was a bit confusing at first. Amazing title screen!
rincewind_cz
08. May 2014 · 16:00 UTC
Interesting take on the gameplay/idea, I've enjoyed this :)