{"author_link":"\/author\/vennril\/","author_name":"Vennril","author_uid":"15816","comments":[{"author_name":"Dizzyman572","author_uid":"35620","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 4:12am","epoch":1440389220,"text":"Haha, very nice game! Love the Kraken art!"},{"author_name":"Hyoga-3D","author_uid":"23927","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:02pm","epoch":1440424620,"text":"gameplay could have some improvements, but the art is great, reminded me of the old games from snes, like goof troop, good job."},{"author_name":"chabuduo","author_uid":"24888","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:21pm","epoch":1440450960,"text":"Love the art!"},{"author_name":"Deadeyejoe","author_uid":"54163","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:23pm","epoch":1440451080,"text":"i really enjoyed this game ! and the art is beautiful !\r<br\/>+ Graphics"},{"author_name":"Yaroslav Kravtsov","author_uid":"44195","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:25pm","epoch":1440451200,"text":"Art is good, but no fun to play."},{"author_name":"SkullPixel","author_uid":"43898","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 9:32pm","epoch":1440451620,"text":"The art is beautiful. I really like it. I will follow in your footsteps next time and do something simple."},{"author_name":"Shaw","author_uid":"30127","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 1:14am","epoch":1440464940,"text":"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 :)"},{"author_name":"Mogwaii","author_uid":"58069","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 7:35pm","epoch":1440531000,"text":"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."},{"author_name":"randyyaj","author_uid":"34284","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 3:23am","epoch":1440559080,"text":"Hey! Thanks for checking out my game (Kraken Rampage). I will do the favor for you in return. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>Want to start off by saying I love this art man! \r<br\/>However, the game didn't run too well for me in my Linux box but I think I get the concept. Good job."},{"author_name":"crafteverywhere","author_uid":"54824","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 3:10pm","epoch":1441033500,"text":"Great job, and our team make a tentacles game too."},{"author_name":"Shaun LeBron","author_uid":"31638","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 3:18pm","epoch":1441033980,"text":"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"},{"author_name":"SiMouth","author_uid":"41138","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 3:36pm","epoch":1441035060,"text":"That was fun :)\r<br\/>The Y key is a bit far from the others on some keyboards, &quot;SDFG&quot; on the other hand is more common."},{"author_name":"crucknuk","author_uid":"53686","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 3:42pm","epoch":1441035420,"text":"Nice entry! I like the artstyle. Kraken rules ;)"},{"author_name":"Drunkteam","author_uid":"54805","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1441036140,"text":"The graphics are awesome!"},{"author_name":"Ivan Volkov","author_uid":"44824","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 4:57pm","epoch":1441039920,"text":"14!\r<br\/>Really cool game with nice graphics and gameplay, but I've got only one question:\r<br\/>WHY Y BUTTON?\r<br\/>Thats really uncomfortable to play with so distant button\r<br\/>But anyway here's the 5 for you, I liked it!"},{"author_name":"reiknight","author_uid":"36994","time":"Aug 31, 2015 @ 6:32pm","epoch":1441045620,"text":"Nice graphics, nice game, but a bit difficult with a QWERTY keyboard and not a QWERTZ."},{"author_name":"OldPeculier","author_uid":"25979","time":"Sep 2, 2015 @ 6:09pm","epoch":1441217040,"text":"On my keyboard the Z key is next in line from X, C, and V. Why did you choose Y? Great artwork BTW."},{"author_name":"shawn42","author_uid":"571","time":"Sep 3, 2015 @ 9:05am","epoch":1441270800,"text":"Great art, but I wanted to crust something! I actually like the simplified tentacle controls. Nice work."},{"author_name":"phi","author_uid":"20723","time":"Sep 6, 2015 @ 7:31pm","epoch":1441567560,"text":"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\r<br\/>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!"},{"author_name":"LandoSystems","author_uid":"18212","time":"Sep 7, 2015 @ 6:49pm","epoch":1441651440,"text":"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."}],"images":["ld33\/15816-ae27c2c3e9a229d69ca3a8e1efbb124f.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/vennril.com\/ld33\/html5\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/vennril.com\/ld33\/win32\/Kraken.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/vennril.com\/ld33\/mac\/Kraken.app.zip","text":"OS\/X (untested)"},{"url":"http:\/\/vennril.com\/ld33\/linux\/Kraken.zip","text":"Linux (untested)"},{"url":"http:\/\/vennril.com\/ld33\/Scripts.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"8888","g_author":"15816","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"8921","g_title":"The Kraken","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"410","g_commentcount":"20","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\/\/479518\/15816-shot0-1440378033.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You are THE KRAKEN - A fearsome, googly-eyed creature from the depths.\r\n\r\nTry to hit passing boats with your majestic tentacles, while avoiding cannonballs.\r\n\r\n--------------\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nHold Y, X, C or V to control the respective tentacle. While holding, press the Down or Up arrow to either attack or dodge.\r\n\r\nGetting hit will make you lose a tentacle. When you are out of tentacles, it's Game Over.\r\n\r\n--------------\r\n\r\nNotes:\r\nOriginally 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.\r\n\r\nBut I hope you enjoy anyway :)\r\n\r\nTools used:\r\nUnity, MonoDevelop, Photoshop","title":"The Kraken"}