Get Kraken by McFunkypants

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made by McFunkypants for LD29 (JAM)
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Get Kraken - by McFunkypants
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A turn-based strategy game of naval warfare.
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Welcome aboard,
brave captain.

On behalf of the royal Navy,
we beseech thee to undertake
a perilous mission.

beneath the surface
of the northern seas, a
hideous foe awaits thee...

Ratings

Coolness 14% 2090
Overall(Jam) 3.65 110
Audio(Jam) 3.23 291
Fun(Jam) 3.32 181
Graphics(Jam) 3.87 179
Humor(Jam) 3.00 210
Innovation(Jam) 3.32 228
Mood(Jam) 3.20 300
Theme(Jam) 3.30 295

Feedback

Exeneva
29. Apr 2014 · 04:03 UTC
I liked the turn-based gameplay and the setting. I do wish there was a tutorial of some sort.
JavadocMD
29. Apr 2014 · 04:38 UTC
I found the difficulty to be very high, but it was absolutely lovely.
voidqk
29. Apr 2014 · 12:14 UTC
nice! graphics are great, gameplay is fun (though hard!), control is easy... well done!
Custard Games
29. Apr 2014 · 14:03 UTC
Awesome entry. I figured out the trick in the end. Turn 1 move toward the kraken. Turn 2, move again so that it is in a line above you, then fire wave thingy and hope to kill it. From there it is just running as far as you can, while shooting at them when you have the chance. Also, fire wave thingy when you are far away from them! Played it for awhile to figure that out. From the perks menu, it seems like the game was set up for much more! Will look out in the future.
Thorig
29. Apr 2014 · 14:48 UTC
I really like the visual style of this game. The kraken won, but I will try it soon again!
Statman
29. Apr 2014 · 18:19 UTC
Very difficult but very cool ! Strategy game in 3 days, wow ! respect !
🎤 McFunkypants
30. Apr 2014 · 15:31 UTC
Thanks for all the kind words! This is actually just a WIP of my current game project, and I had to comment out like half the source to get it ready: there's an RPG hidden in there that will appear in future projects. =)
cr2crstudios
30. Apr 2014 · 16:41 UTC
My computer isn't a Unity fan, but from what I could play it was really impressive!
Mr. Jif
30. Apr 2014 · 18:38 UTC
The music was very 'McFunky'. I really enjoyed this even though it was way too hard :)
sP0CkEr2
01. May 2014 · 05:45 UTC
I liked how the tentacles could move across the land - magic! I like the turn based movement - my barrage did nothing - I died at sea - curse you! nice job
EpiphanyG
01. May 2014 · 09:38 UTC
Brilliant game! You had the cheek to call it terrible on Twitter. :P

I love the art style and the game in general. Really like the way the tentacles of the kraken are represented individuals. Lovely game!

Can't wait to see the whole game when you've got all your pieces together! :)
ehtd
01. May 2014 · 21:29 UTC
Really nice turn based game, I was just expecting more attack effects from the name of the attacks
DustyStylus
02. May 2014 · 09:52 UTC
Hehe, how big is this Kraken? :O Really nice turn based strategy, would make quite a cool boardgame, actually!
xdegtyarev
02. May 2014 · 12:09 UTC
Great! Mighty Cthulhu/Kraken is a bit too power fool for lone ship, but i had fun trying to kill him.
Overal nice game!
whilefun
03. May 2014 · 16:42 UTC
This was really fun, although a bit hard. I liked the turn based aspect, which I find pretty unique to a LD entry. Nice work :)
Myyyvothrr
04. May 2014 · 11:09 UTC
Looks great and was fun to play! Looking forward to the finished game.
Cake&Code
05. May 2014 · 08:34 UTC
Pretty nice game! It would be nice if there was a gentle tutorial to explain some of the details like AP usage. Yes I eventually figured it out, but when I was initially moving around, it made me nervous to use AP. xD Pretty good turn based system, although I had a lot of trouble winning. One tentacle felt like it could kill me dead in two hits!
MintArcade
05. May 2014 · 11:33 UTC
Cool music and graphics. Nice use of theme. Vote to get more people to see your game ;)
kristof
07. May 2014 · 18:22 UTC
Very nice to see another turn based strategy game. And a well made one too! The difficulty is quite high and I didn't made it to the end, but I had a lot of fun anyways.
alwaysinbeta
15. May 2014 · 22:42 UTC
That was tense! Good fun. I like the various attacks and the moody soundtrack.