{"author_link":"\/author\/jedeen\/","author_name":"jedeen","author_uid":"34118","comments":[{"author_name":"Seraphic Media","author_uid":"34168","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:06am","epoch":1398736860,"text":"This was a pretty cool game. You guys did a good job! Liked that you used kraken."},{"author_name":"sugarbyte","author_uid":"34276","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:53pm","epoch":1398811680,"text":"Really playable and fun! I liked the ability to &quot;sneak&quot; 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!"},{"author_name":"eerongal","author_uid":"2978","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:22am","epoch":1398824220,"text":"Attacking felt kind of wonky in my opinion, but other than that fairly solid game."},{"author_name":"HybridMind","author_uid":"234","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:23am","epoch":1398824280,"text":"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."},{"author_name":"StencylTuo","author_uid":"36095","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:23am","epoch":1398824280,"text":"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."},{"author_name":"FrameMatt","author_uid":"35812","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:27am","epoch":1398824520,"text":"I love it, love the kraken animation too, i love how the eyes take distance from each other. :D!"},{"author_name":"jotson","author_uid":"20128","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:24am","epoch":1398827940,"text":"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."},{"author_name":"Jonapulse","author_uid":"20270","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:39am","epoch":1398828840,"text":"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)"},{"author_name":"ninjascript","author_uid":"35875","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:41am","epoch":1398828960,"text":"Didn't find any health, but made it to the end. Nice concept."},{"author_name":"xandy","author_uid":"15304","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:41am","epoch":1398828960,"text":"cool game but the page scrolls down every time i press space."},{"author_name":"ActionRemix","author_uid":"31866","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:43am","epoch":1398829080,"text":"It says there's music. Is it Chrome only?"},{"author_name":"ren","author_uid":"8599","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:56am","epoch":1398829860,"text":"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."},{"author_name":"Nuclear_Hammer","author_uid":"19465","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:58am","epoch":1398829980,"text":"Cool game, nice job! I hate octopus hahaae but i like your game =p"},{"author_name":"eonarheim","author_uid":"34116","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 4:08am","epoch":1398830580,"text":"@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?"},{"author_name":"TyrusPeace","author_uid":"5305","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 4:13am","epoch":1398830880,"text":"Haha! I went the kraken route, too.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>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."},{"author_name":"MunkeeBacon","author_uid":"10400","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:26pm","epoch":1398900060,"text":"I totally felt like a kraken here. Good game!"},{"author_name":"fermenter","author_uid":"34365","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 12:34am","epoch":1398904140,"text":"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!"},{"author_name":"jtpup0","author_uid":"36526","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 12:37am","epoch":1398904320,"text":"fun and exciting, liked the stealth element"},{"author_name":"ocmu","author_uid":"20933","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 1:41am","epoch":1398908160,"text":"Really like the visuals and music. Control and gameplay was really straight forward. Nice work"},{"author_name":"Dreii","author_uid":"24533","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 1:42am","epoch":1398908220,"text":"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!"},{"author_name":"ElStevo","author_uid":"25850","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 1:54am","epoch":1398908940,"text":"Fun game. Good job !"},{"author_name":"kamranayub","author_uid":"34119","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 6:04pm","epoch":1398967140,"text":"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."},{"author_name":"alhvi","author_uid":"33486","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 4:31pm","epoch":1399047960,"text":"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\r<br\/>Good job guys :D"},{"author_name":"Chronoberry","author_uid":"36987","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 9:28pm","epoch":1399152180,"text":"Great sound effects. Somehow, the squid gets flipped around when attacking and it was a bit confusing at first. Amazing title screen!"},{"author_name":"rincewind_cz","author_uid":"25122","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 4:05pm","epoch":1399564800,"text":"Interesting take on the gameplay\/idea, I've enjoyed this :)"}],"images":["ld29\/34118-6f36b9d8dfca64ae972350dc8f688769.jpg","ld29\/34118-a08030dae9f7d6b58ddf05a3179fb629.jpg","ld29\/34118-1fc7c0d957924f628205baee64a0b0bc.jpg","ld29\/34118-754c97491600d90fd4d86a3af8eae8c0.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/krakenunchained.azurewebsites.net\/","text":"Web (HTML5)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/excaliburjs\/Ludum-29","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"19487","g_author":"34118","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"19516","g_title":"Kraken Unchained","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"488","g_commentcount":"25","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\/\/342546\/34118-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/34118-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/34118-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/34118-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"The ExcaliburJS dev team presents our first Ludum Dare jam entry.\r\n\r\nYou are the kraken. Make your way to the ocean, and destroy as many ships as you can along the way.\r\n\r\nThis game works best in Chrome, Firefox, and IE10\/11.\r\n\r\nControls: move mouse to control the kraken, press spacebar when near ships to attack them","title":"Kraken Unchained"}