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DatenKraken by ToSMaster

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made by ToSMaster for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

Story & Gameplay

Genre: 2D Action Platformer

Play as an ever-hungry DatenKraken. Browse the web and jump from website to website. Harvest all the personal data you can find! You can only move inside advertisements, but watch out for ad-blockers! Search for cookies on the website to unlock more routes!

Controls

You control the DatenKraken with WASD. Hold LMB to move one arm and navigate from ad to ad. Use the arm to interact with cookies.

Credits

Created by Nils Foerster, Adrian Herbers, Patrick Herbers, Christina Piete, and Patrick Quiskamp. Featuring the original music of Dragona Mortoria! She composed the dynamic music for this game! Check her out on Spotify!

Programming by: NF, PH, PQ

Design: NF, AH, PH, PQ

Art: AH, PH, CP, PQ

Sounds: DM

Music: DM

Screenshots

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Update Notice:

We found a bug in the web version that prevented the music to by synced up correctly. With respect to the music artist; We fixed that.

A special message just for you

Thanks for taking your time and playing our game​. We hope you have a good day. :heart:

Link https://tosmaster.itch.io/datenkraken
Link https://github.com/NilsFo/DatenKraken
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/datenkraken

Ratings

Overall 32th 4.2⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 28th 4.18⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 11th 4.32⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 64th 4.28⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 225th 4⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Audio 221th 3.58⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 13th 4.4⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Mood 164th 3.86⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 26🗳️ 32🗨️

Feedback

daitli
10. Jan 2023 · 02:41 UTC
Solid idea but I had trouble figuring out where and who I was lol. Maybe make the player character stick out a bit more. I had fun playing it, thanks for sharing :)
LaGerbe
11. Jan 2023 · 21:20 UTC
Amazing game, I think it's a great take on the theme, great graphics and audio. It's very cool to play, and the joke along the ads was very funny. Fantastic game.
Ben Lusted
11. Jan 2023 · 22:22 UTC
This was awesome, love the humour packed into it. Reminded me of surfing the web on the old off-white CRT
Viktor Dedek
11. Jan 2023 · 22:30 UTC
Realy great, loved the movement and the game design overall - they way how to build levels from websites, adds as platforms.. and the aesthetics? Mua!
Exezur
11. Jan 2023 · 22:33 UTC
This IS MY FAVORITE ENTRY in game Browsers ARE A REALLY COOL IDEA AND OTHER THAN THAT THE ART MUSIC AND GAMEPLAY IS SOO GOOD tho the music can get a bit repeatable!!! tho nothing that made me unimersed !!
Alex de la Cour
12. Jan 2023 · 11:21 UTC
I loved this! Really funny content, smooth controls and a generally all around unique game. I enjoyed taking a minute to read all the ads on each level - quality stuff!
LDJam user 233347
12. Jan 2023 · 20:27 UTC
Very cool entry. nice control of the Kraken with th ads windows.
Fromage
12. Jan 2023 · 21:09 UTC
I liked this a lot! Cool idea, well executed! Would like to see a version with some more twists if time ever allows for you!
Tygrak
12. Jan 2023 · 21:23 UTC
Unique concept, I don't think I saw a game based on this theme before!
LDJam user 250905
12. Jan 2023 · 22:25 UTC
This might be my favorite game so far, it's flipping fantastic! And unreasonably hilarious (:laughing:)! It feels amazing to run through, it's super smooth; it looks great, plays great, sounds great, I love the *"traditional google tabs"*! This game is super well made; it's above my level of expertise, so I really can't give too much feedback, but just know that each of you should be congratulated! This is great! :clap: :clap: :clap:
Qooorti
13. Jan 2023 · 07:41 UTC
lol I like it. Good use of the theme. Could definitely explore this more and flesh it out
darkenezy
13. Jan 2023 · 21:50 UTC
Aahahhahahah, absolutely amazing, loved every part of it, from catchy soundtrack to the general idea
You deserve highest of reward
sevenzik
13. Jan 2023 · 22:29 UTC
Watched a stream of my friend: the game looks amazing:3 UwU
LuhUchiha
13. Jan 2023 · 23:46 UTC
Great game! Very fun to play, good work!
schnodelfactory
14. Jan 2023 · 12:29 UTC
Very creative. I had quite a few good laughs while playing, loved the speedrunner who played 8 games at once! :D
Great submission.<3
miltage
14. Jan 2023 · 12:49 UTC
One of the most unique concepts I have seen so far! Really clever integration of the theme with the game mechanics, like the disappearing ads. Was super fun to play!
amarokczukay
14. Jan 2023 · 17:08 UTC
this game is so good at so many levels! the idea is nice, gameplay is fun, art is incredible, music is great, i mean i can go like this for long… really happy to have played this, it has so much potential! can't believe i'm the one giving you your 20th rating
Joror
15. Jan 2023 · 15:54 UTC
Hah lovely concept! Happy data harvester fighting against the user!
The 'platform' jumping was nice and organic, offering a nice feedback. Perhaps could have done more with a 'distraction' mechanic, but the difficulty ramp was good.

Well done!
woergbi
17. Jan 2023 · 14:53 UTC
Really good idea. I had a lot of fun playing the game, I wish it had more levels.
kikiriki367
19. Jan 2023 · 04:35 UTC
A great game and a great entry! Like other people said the only bad thing about it is that there isnt more! I like the really creative approach of it and it was really fun reading random data that was harvested. There is a small lag issue when it comes to the title screen but apart from that it was perfectly polished as well which is really impressive for a jam game. Great job everyone!!! :))
arron-fowler
20. Jan 2023 · 12:36 UTC
Top quality. I really loved everything about it. Awesome work.
Sarah
27. Jan 2023 · 04:12 UTC
This was actually really great haha, it was fun to move around and eat cookies. The animations are also really well done! Nice job!