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!