epic game bossman

Really fun game! Would have liked for us to become stronger has the game goes on, maybe unlock new abbilities or something? Great work!

Pretty fun game.

It is definitely original concept that is simple to grasp.

I really like the visuals and the shanty.

Nice job!

Such a cute game! Visuals are really amazing! I didn't like that I had to run to the other corner of the map to collect the souls. I got a big ship that spawned on top of me when I ran to collect a soul and I died :( 

very good game! Liked the artstyle and gameplay alot, even though i might develop a hate for armadas now..

Nice style, fun gameplay, and balanced well for a good amount of time. I enjoyed this a lot.

This game was so much fun! It was pretty hard at first, but was able to beat it after a few tries.

The health bars and level bars are not really intuitive. I didn't realize the red bar was your health, and when ships attack the mom, they're attacking you too, as well as them hitting you directly, or staying under water for too long. Maybe explain what the bars are in the tutorial too?

All in all it was really well made and visually nice too, with a lot of room for expansion, maybe make the next level where there are more and bigger ships, but the baby kraken gets more powerful?

Hello! It seems we had the same idea for our games! I saw your post in progress pics on the discord before the deadline and I wrote your game's name down to check out later, lol. I played yours and had some feedback:

• My first run I did not have my screen maximized and I lost focus of the window trying to make a whirlpool, after that I didn't seem to be able to move down? I just reloaded and it worked fine with the screen maximized.
• I must have missed the line 'feed the souls to mom' in the tutorial, my first few runs I thought the souls were like a high score thing and was wondering why they didn't display on the title screen, or at least the gameover screen. However once I read the tutorial again I understood. Possibly you could make that part a little more clear in your tutorial?
• Related to that last point, that bar at the top. I eventually figured out it's the mom kraken's souls you've brought back to her. But, I thought it was just a level timer at first.
• You lose health fast if you stay underwater too long! Not a criticism really, just pointing out that it seemed punishing.
• Visually, this game is stunning! Whoever did that pixel art needs a raise, lol.
• Only visual complaint is that the lines for the 'paths' the ships are going to take blend in with the map lines on the background. I didn't even notice them until my third run.
• The very large ships seemed nigh impossible to me. I always lost when they showed up, and it seems like 5 of them show up at once. Is that the armada talked about in the tutorial? Are they on a timer?  I never seemed to have mom kraken's soul bar filled more than 1/4th of the way before they showed up and I lost. (honestly might have even been closer to 1/5th). Maybe a skill issue on my part!

Overall thought this game was fantastic! I hope my feedback comes off as constructive and not negative. We had the same idea for the theme of our games but you pulled it off way better than I did (especially visually, like dang)! 

I hope you have a wonderful day and good luck in the Jam!

Really good game!  The art looks great! Really impressed :)   I played for a while I love the difficulty scaling as you take out more and more ships, and I feel like the only thing that is missing is some way to be growing somewhat stronger yourself.  Overall a really impressive game 

Just great amazing even

Super unique. Controls are very nice as well.

I like the whirlpools and art a lot :) Good job! Farther into it the stamina gain feels a bit slower than the enemy spawn speed/move speed so could be cool to add a way to maybe upgrade your stamina for that.

A baby kraken protecting its mom while sinking ships with whirlpools is such a great hook, and tentacles-as-health is such a clever detail. The mechanic and the lore are both landing really well.

The tentacle mechanic is a really fun take on the spin theme and I thought the art was very cute :)
I would love to see an expanded version with more to the gameplay loop!

This game is really fun! The mechanic to create whirlpools is very satisfying to use and the art style is very satisfying and consistent.

One thing that I wish there was (if there is I could not tell) some indicator of what the Kraken mother's "health" is. Maybe it got lost while I was focused on sinking ships and collecting souls but overall really well done!

I really like the art and the concept of this game. The music and sfx are on point!

I just have “one piece” of feedback about the souls. When you finally kill a ship, you still have to run to collect the soul, which makes the game harder than it should be and a bit more frustrating than it should be.

I like the artsyle, it was also creativity on the theme, and was fun with a lil bit of story. And needing to keep your mom alive is serious lol

This game is actually super fun! I really enjoyed playing. Very solid game mechanics, I LOVE how you can see the line the ship is going to take while still looking like part of a map, I love the underwater dash mechanics, the health represented by the remaining tentacles, everything is pretty neat. Well done!

amazing game, everything is very well made, i like the lore, the little kraken, the big mother, the different ship sizes requiring you to think before just doing the biggest swirl, the art in general is pretty nice and the music + sounds are neat.
the mechanic is sooooo creative very nice job guys