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Kraken Unchained

By jedeen

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness282
Humor2272.97
Mood3283.13
Theme3883.13
Innovation4512.82
Fun4612.82
Graphics4613.16
Overall4883.02
Audio5472.55

Comments

seraphicmedia 2014-04-29 02:06

This was a pretty cool game. You guys did a good job! Liked that you used kraken.

sugarbyte 2014-04-29 22:53

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 2014-04-30 02:22

Attacking felt kind of wonky in my opinion, but other than that fairly solid game.

hybridmind 2014-04-30 02:23

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 2014-04-30 02:23

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 2014-04-30 02:27

I love it, love the kraken animation too, i love how the eyes take distance from each other. :D!

jotson 2014-04-30 03:24

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 2014-04-30 03:39

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 2014-04-30 03:41

Didn't find any health, but made it to the end. Nice concept.

xandy 2014-04-30 03:41

cool game but the page scrolls down every time i press space.

actionremix 2014-04-30 03:43

It says there's music. Is it Chrome only?

ren 2014-04-30 03:56

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.

syner_d 2014-04-30 03:58

Cool game, nice job! I hate octopus hahaae but i like your game =p

eonarheim 2014-04-30 04:08

@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 2014-04-30 04:13

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 2014-04-30 23:26

I totally felt like a kraken here. Good game!

fermenter 2014-05-01 00:34

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!

jacob-peltola 2014-05-01 00:37

fun and exciting, liked the stealth element

ocmu 2014-05-01 01:41

Really like the visuals and music. Control and gameplay was really straight forward. Nice work

dreii 2014-05-01 01:42

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 2014-05-01 01:54

Fun game. Good job !

2014-05-01 18:04

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 2014-05-02 16:31

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 2014-05-03 21:28

Great sound effects. Somehow, the squid gets flipped around when attacking and it was a bit confusing at first. Amazing title screen!

rincewind_cz 2014-05-08 16:05

Interesting take on the gameplay/idea, I've enjoyed this :)