I was laughing out loud at the music in the title screen. I just sat there waiting for the whole thing to loop, and it was amazing. It also just generally set the scene for how playful the game was.

In terms if gameplay, I felt as if I was primarily chasing the powerups in the hopes of finding something that would heal me, or for more damage per tentacle, or more range. I think next to those the other powerups I seemed to get didn't feel very meaningful. 

I think that the popup for what happened might be good to show above where the gift gets opened (since it's easy to miss the text in the side of the screen when there's action going on). I was also hoping for more ways to use skill to survive. I felt that my move speed was slow enough that dodging cannons didn't seem viable, and I couldn't seem to hit the cannons back at ships (which would have been quite spectacular).

I didn't get past 16 ships, but I had a good time, and I laughed more than I did in any other game I played.

OMG your sea shanty was amazing! (Spotify drop when??? XD). The controls felt great and I really liked using my mouse wheel to switch between tentacles. Seeing you post updates of your game on Discord was super and it's really cool to see how technically impressive the kraken is!

Cool idea. Plays a bit janky on my computer, as all Unity games do (if they aren't already actively trying to overheat my computer and blow it up), so I couldn't get a very good score. I have to be that guy and say that the sound of (musical) whistling really irritates me so be aware that it's something some people would prefer to be able to switch off. I also realised the scroll wheel was selecting things that weren't there, and then I got a fifth tentacle in one game but it sill didn't help (how many can you get?) and most of the time nothing was selected, so I switched to the right click in the game after that. It still felt a bit cumbersome though but I was able to play a bit better.

The water effect is really great.

Question, though: you might be the beast but are you the monster? If some aggressive whistling boats came into my sea house I'd also slap 'em.

I enjoyed playing the game. The controls were tricky at first, but once I got used to them, it became easy to play. The art style was simple but engaging. I did notice some lag in the controls now and then. The game was challenging, but it felt like there wasn’t much of a reward to keep me going. Also, it would have been fun if there was feedback when the Kraken’s life goes down.

Nice Kraken sim. So cool that you did the bg music yourself, it was very calming and necessary in all the chaos that ensued under my tentacles as a Kraken. Great job (but I don’t think I make a very good Kraken)

Looked really cool, and was fun to play, well done!

Quite a fun little kraken game. I found changing tentacles with the mouse wheel a little cumbersome, I feel like a keyboard hot key to swap them would be nicer. otherwise great job!

Really impressed you got this all done by yourself. Especially when you must've practiced for a year to sing that well. Loved your game last year and i love it again. Great job

Mah'man. The kraken-slapping was addictive enough, but your ballads of the sea were the real treasure. Somehow your voice soothed me through the perils of crunching and submitting my own - as if Poseidon himself crooned “it’ll be okay, child.” 

Ek wou die skip klap maar hy wou nienaber kom nie.

This was ridiculously fun and chaotic, loved it!

Hey, nicely done! Loved the OST at the beginning and during the game...I see this is a game of the future, so welcome in the past I suppose? (See the year you specified on your game page ;)

As soon as I launched the game I was presented with hilarious OST, which out of all the Kraken games (which seems to be a recurring theme this jam :D), immediately got me interested.

Surprising amount of depth to the mechanic, the controls wrecked my brain at first but you definitely get a hang of it after a while and its pretty fun after that!  

Whistling was a 10/10 OST. Cool stuff man!

Wooow,  Its so fun to play.  As you get the power ups you can feel the power increase.  Though I did find myself struggling to change tentacles (scrolling would deselect all tentacles sometimes, as if it was indexing a tentacle I didn't have yet. )  but that's probably just a skill issue lol.  Also love the sea shanty 

I think I understand what it must have been like when Star Craft came out; angry cause I'm bad at games and stinky because I've been doing nothing but playing Star Craft Whackin-Kraken. Getting better at swapping/aiming tentacles quickly to keep up with the endless waves of ships and upgrades feels really rewarding, although it takes a bit of getting used to. I did find myself wishing I could queue multiple tentacles to attack (maybe you can and I'm just slow at clicking), but I the gameplay loop is super satisfying!

Also VO career when👀 I need more sea-shanties yesterday!