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From Below

By tyruspeace

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Theme84.24
Coolness363
Innovation763.97
Overall893.84
Mood1093.72
Audio1473.51
Graphics2763.62
Fun3193.32
Humor3822.71

Comments

tyruspeace 2014-04-28 14:09

Hey guys, I just uploaded a quick bug fix for your best finishing times not showing on the title screen. I assume few folks will actually finish this, but I did bother to save it off so I figured I might as well spend a couple more minutes to make it actually display!

dustystylus 2014-04-28 20:10

I saw this in a screenshot earlier in LD and had to hunt it out! I like being able to grab previous enemies, nice touch!

clinthoney 2014-04-29 03:26

This game is so unique love the feeling when I kill a whale or submarine but I wish there were some textures. But overall probably the best so far.

snickersnacks 2014-04-29 03:28

Love the effective use of monochrome & color, really nice game to look. I think it would feel better to move around if, because of the weight and enormousness of the monster we're playing as, it didn't move so quickly. The mechanics feel like there's no drag from being underwater, like physics doesn't apply to us. Really great game, a joy to play!

thekidder 2014-04-29 03:31

This is awesome.

cambrian_era 2014-04-29 03:53

Pretty cool, I had a lot of fun playing it. The mood works well and the four-tentacle thing was cool. Snatching torpedoes and such.

landosystems 2014-04-29 05:05

Great mood, good music... strangely satisfying to grab and throw with the tentacles. Controls were a little touchy.

noorstudios 2014-04-29 05:07

Cool game, but I had some difficulty coordinating all the controls.

eteeski 2014-04-29 06:16

This was really cool! I loved how you could go from shallow to deep. Very stylish! Cool under water reflection effect too. Also just the idea of being a kraken :D

samoojamies 2014-04-29 16:37

I finished the game and enjoyed it. Especially I like the soundtrack + ambient audio combination. I would make the action more intense. Shorter distances and more enemies.

hitchh1k3r 2014-04-29 21:10

I like the graphics and audio in this one. Everything exploding when thrown was funny, but a bit odd. Overall I'm very impressed with the amount you got done in such a short time.

kuchalu 2014-04-29 22:55

Awesome! Nice art style.

moartis 2014-04-30 03:44

I love the concept. It's pretty hard to catch the torpedo but throwing them back to your enemies is satisfying.

But why destroyed Submarine still launch torpedos ? It could be nice if you can use them as weapon by desactivating the tracking on torpedos. Certainly too much crazyness considering the overall mood of the game. :)

zillix 2014-04-30 04:13

incredibly immersive! it was a lot of fun, if a bit too easy.

mimic 2014-04-30 06:23

Awesome water effects!

mark_ffrench 2014-04-30 07:53

859s... I got pretty good at catching torpedoes towards the end :). I think all games should probably feature whales as anti-missile countermeasures from this point onwards.

The controls need a bit more physical presence, i.e. inertia and a perhaps particle effects to convey speed. Otherwise pretty good. A bit on the easy side, but its usually safer to make things easy in a game jam so that people actually play your game through :)

orangepascal 2014-04-30 08:27

Like the feeling the game gives, really felt like the hunter :)

catman 2014-04-30 20:26

Been looking forward to this from the gifs I had seen during the competition, it is really fun! I especially liked keeping fish in my tentacles just for no reason, good job!

arakade 2014-05-04 00:45

Hmm... Web game starts but "click to play" doesn't do anything. Will try non-Web / Linux tomorrow. Was really looking forward to this one!

frump 2014-05-04 01:00

Really cool and unique. It was hard to catch the missiles but rewarding when I did. Well done!

hugamer 2014-05-04 20:06

Nice game! Amazing graphics and concept!