2024 Demo Day Finalist: Kraken The Case by Kraken Kanvas (Preeyanne, Swarnika, McKenzie, Kayliann, Dulce, Desiree)
Kraken The Case by Kraken Kanvas (Preeyanne J., Swarnika N., McKenzie A., Kayliann S., Dulce F., Desiree B.)
Kraken Kanvas (Preeyanne J., Swarnika N., McKenzie A., Kayliann S., Dulce F., Desiree B.) designed and developed this game at the Girls Make Games 3-week summer camp. They are a finalist for GMG’s 2024 Demo Day competition, where the grand prize winners earn prizes sponsored by GMG's partners! To learn more, visit www.girlsmakegames.com
Game Summary:
Kraken the Case is a point and click mystery game about a fledgling detective named Alex who can talk to animals. They investigate a shipwreck on a mysterious island in an attempt to find their sibling who went missing at sea.
Game Controls:
To enter full screen, click the expand icon on the bottom right.
Controls (not all are applicable to every level— if you don’t recognize something, wait until it shows up in another level!):
- Click and drag objects from the environment into your inventory
- Double click objects in inventory to examine them more closely
- Click on animals to talk to them
- Click on the dialogue box or press space to progress dialogue
- Click and drag map pieces to put them in the right place
- Click on openings in the leaves to go to another room in the maze
- Click on the wheel to rotate it
- Click on journal cover buttons to input translated runes in the right order
- Click and drag images of events into the right order and leave out any events that didn’t happen
- Double click images of events to examine them more closely
Game Story:
Alex hears their sibling Jamie has gone missing in a shipwreck and vows to figure out what happened. Previous detectives have given up on investigating Jamie's case. Alex gets to the island where the shipwreck happened, collects clues, and talks to animals. The animals haven't seen many humans before, and Alex initially thinks that they may have caused the shipwreck. There are many wrecks around the island, so something must have been causing them all. Alex goes through a maze and solves puzzles, and eventually, they find Jamie and a mysterious artifact causing a storm. Alex and Jamie figure out that the artifact causes storms to protect the island and its inhabitants from humans. They plan to warn people about the dangerous weather around the island when they find their way home, but they won't tell anyone about the animals there so the animals can stay safe.
Inspiration:
We were inspired by Jungle Cruise, Indiana Jones, Veiled Memories, the Monkey Island games, and Trace from Cool Math Games. We wanted to include animals in the game, and we thought they would work best as NPCs with dialogue.
About the Creators:
We're all very different in our likes! Some of the game genres we like are: rhythm games, RPGs, Telltale-style games, adventure games, narrative-driven games, and mystery games. We all love animals!
