quantumsheep presents... Attack of the Kraken / 'Project K' sneak peek video! :D

quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
edited November -1 in Announce Your Game!
Hi all,

Well, it's been a long time coming, but here it is!

'Project K' is now, officially, 'Attack of the Kraken'

It's a side scrolling classic shoot 'em up, inspired by John Wyndhams awesome book, 'The Kraken Wakes' as well as classic games like Attack of the Mutant Camels and Defender.

Looking for a release date of July 23rd with any luck, which means submitting it this Friday! :O

Still lots and lots to do, so I'll get my skates on!

I spent a little time out to make a very quick sneak peek vid. You can see it here:



I hope you like. All art was done by the awesome Ian at debugdesign! Thank you mate! :D

I'll reveal more details when it's submitted, along with an updated vid, screeshots, Touch Arcade thread, gameplay details etc etc

For now, I'll let the vid speak for itself... :D

Cheers for everyone's support over the last few months!

QS :D

Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
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  • gyroscopegyroscope I am here.Member, Sous Chef, PRO Posts: 6,598
    Looks great fun, QS! (That's what it's all about, I'm sure you'll agree...) Excellent graphics, looks interesting gameplay; fingers crossed for you it'll sell lots!

    :-)

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  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    Thanks mate - it's ALL about the fun :D

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  • scitunesscitunes Member, Sous Chef Posts: 4,047
    looks awesome! So much detail!

    can't wait to play it!
  • beefy_clyrobeefy_clyro Member Posts: 5,394
    dude looks sweet
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  • thegabbathegabba Member Posts: 152
    it looks great!
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    That looks really great! Can't wait to play it!
  • QuinnZoneStudiosQuinnZoneStudios Member Posts: 452
    Yaayyy!!!!
    Break out the wool shearers! Great stuff - can't wait!
  • butterbeanbutterbean Member Posts: 4,315
    Wowzers!! So THIS is Project K, a definite purchase for me!! :)
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    Wow - thanks everyone! I'm honestly humbled - cheers :D
    scitunes said:
    looks awesome! So much detail!

    I am SO glad someone said this! Thanks! :D

    Ian did a fantastic job with the graphics in a really short amount of time. I did ask him to separate all the background elements so I could add little details like friendly fighter jets, ships, sheep/cows, moving wind turbines and seagulls (the seagulls were mine actually - in the original version made over a year ago!)

    I really wanted it to feel like a real world. A real 2D world, granted, but there should be a sense of 'place' about each of the 16 levels :D

    More details next week when I (hopefully) submit to the app store!

    Again, thanks all! It's weird living in a bubble with a game. You tend to lose perspective sometimes!

    Cheers,

    QS :D

    Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
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    Web: https://quantumsheep.itch.io

  • SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
    looks like it's gonna be fun.
    stirling work there sheepie
  • WeswogWeswog Member Posts: 1,171
    It looks like it is gonna be a ton of fun well done QuantumSheep :)

    I will do a video review as soon as I can get the game

    Cheers, Weswog
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    Awesome, I've been looking forward to seeing this

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  • JamesZeppelinJamesZeppelin Member Posts: 1,927
    Wow
    Looks amazing

    Everyrhing like text, explosions, animation, etc just look perfect
  • JCFordJCFord Member Posts: 785
    well done QS I remember you talking about this at our London meet - look forward to playing this baby.

    JCFord
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    JCFord said:
    well done QS I remember you talking about this at our London meet - look forward to playing this baby.

    JCFord

    Haha - I can hardly remember anything from that day... I think we need another meet!
    JamesZeppelin said:
    Wow
    Looks amazing

    Everyrhing like text, explosions, animation, etc just look perfect

    Well, Ian's largely to blame for the explosions and animations ;) Well worth hooking up with him for your graphics! The text was done in pixelmator/art2text using a classic arcade font :D

    I'm happy people are interested in it :D I haven't even told you about the scoring system, Research, the different enemy types and their behaviours, different level layouts and gameplay types... there's a lot there that you just don't see in this vid.

    But that's why it's a sneak peek!

    I've had this game in my head since I was a kid and read Kraken Wakes and played The Empire Strikes Back / Attack of the Mutant Camels. I'm very proud of it and hope that others like it too.

    If not, no great shakes! I've loved making it and love playing it! Good enough for me! :D

    Thanks again all for your very kind words!

    QS :D

    Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
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    Web: https://quantumsheep.itch.io

  • rdcuberdcube Member Posts: 361
    Like I said on twitter...looks awesome and really waiting for it.
    And yes indeed, Ian is great. Once I make some money, I'll use him to make ALL the images of my next big project.

    Cheers!
  • Rob2Rob2 Member Posts: 2,402
    certainly looks the biz
  • CannonFodderCannonFodder Member Posts: 230
    Looking good QS! I really want to play it, looks really fun!! Roll on the 23rd :-)
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    LazyPixelGames said:
    Roll on the 23rd :-)

    I'm really hoping to make that date! Mainly because Clash of the Titans is out on DVD the following Monday - cross promotion anyone? ;)

    I just wanted to say how bloody cool GameSalad is. I decided a while ago to make one of the levels play like Defender a little. I had the actors (UFOs + Sheep and Cows!) and the level already.

    But really, it was a blank slate. I had to work out how the UFOs would move to the sheep, descend, pick up the sheep and take off with the sheep in tow!

    Then I had to work out how the sheep would fall if the UFO got destroyed.

    My UFOs and Sheep had no rules in them to start off with...

    It was a lot of trial and error, but I managed it and it's a lot of fun. You can see it at around 19 seconds into the video.

    This kind of thing took no time at all to do really, and it was fun, AND it adds extra variety to the game. All done in an evening!

    Seriously, this is my favourite tool EVER :D

    Thanks GS, and thanks community :D

    QS

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  • EastboundEastbound Member, BASIC Posts: 1,074
    Looks fantastic! Can't wait
  • expired_012expired_012 Member Posts: 1,802
    Looks awesome!!! Can't wait till it comes out. Did Ian do all of the artwork? Definitely need to contact him after seeing the artwork in your game!
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    All except for the text, the seagulls (!) and the QS Logo :D

    He's a star!

    QS :D

    Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
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    Web: https://quantumsheep.itch.io

  • AppChogieAppChogie Member Posts: 503
    QS looks sweet mate I am glad that you made a game that you always wanted to. This is a true testament of what we are trying to do here, people are trying to get rich and run a business and people like you and me just want to make and play games. It leads to better games because we are not trying to rush it etc and this shows in your game.

    Well done squire :-)

    Oh and Ian is the dogs hire him!
  • AppChogieAppChogie Member Posts: 503
    Oh and I can't wait to show you all Farmyard Abduction for the iPad
  • butterbeanbutterbean Member Posts: 4,315
    QS: Looks sooo amazing, reminds me of that old shooter "Time Pilot" but MUCH better!
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    butterbean said:
    QS: Looks sooo amazing, reminds me of that old shooter "Time Pilot" but MUCH better!

    Thanks for that, but I won't hear a bad word said about Time Pilot - it's one of my fave games ever! ;)

    In fact, it was one of the first games I tried to make with GS - it ended up being the still unreleased Singularity Drive, which is side scroller... but now I've had some help from a coder with the maths, it's definitely a possibility ;)

    Actually, later levels in Kraken take place in space - and it plays quite similarly to Time Pilot :D
    AppChogie said:
    QS looks sweet mate I am glad that you made a game that you always wanted to. This is a true testament of what we are trying to do here, people are trying to get rich and run a business and people like you and me just want to make and play games. It leads to better games because we are not trying to rush it etc and this shows in your game.

    Well done squire :-)

    Oh and Ian is the dogs hire him!

    I think I'm going to get screwed on this freelance job I'm on, so making a little money would be nice ;)

    But as always, the primary goal is to make games I'd like to play. Honestly, I think Kraken has limited appeal. But you know, it lets me get this idea out of my head, which makes room for more ideas!

    Next up after this is something completely original. Not aware of anything like it for any platform (but I could be wrong!). Then it's a retro shooter (Project 1984). Then it's Project AWE (probably in September, just as my pro licence runs out!).

    Now I just have to finish Kraken in time for release! :D

    QS :D

    Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
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    Web: https://quantumsheep.itch.io

  • RiffelRiffel Member Posts: 1,272
    FantastiK Game, nice graphics! Congratulations QS! This is it!

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  • IntelligentDesignerIntelligentDesigner Member Posts: 517
    Wow, nice job, QS! You can see the time was well spent. I can't wait to see the finished product up on the AppStore, please do keep us posted!

    What is your tier, BTW?

    Really fine job. Does it have *Pause* in it?
  • JackBQuickJackBQuick Member Posts: 524
    Good work, quantumsheep! Looks great!
  • butterbeanbutterbean Member Posts: 4,315
    Oh no, I love Time Pilot. One of the first games that I ever played in the Arcades as a kid that had me hooked on games forever! I STILL love that game to this day! :)

    So great job, this is very reminiscent of that...!

    So are you going to go back to work on your Time Pilot game after this one? :)
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