Irukandji

Irukandji is a fun score attack shooter, set in an abstract underwater trench. You fly your ship against the flow of hundreds of amazing procedurally animated sea monsters, blasting your way to the final showdown – a Giant Enemy Crab!

As you play, you unlock a variety of different ships each with its own unique weaponry and play style which offers a different way to play the game. There are also 10 challenging achievements to attempt, and online scores for each ship.

Trivia

• Irukandji is named after a type of highly venomous jellyfish. I’m pretty certain Brandon of Nyarlu labs came up with the name, though at the time of writing his website seem to not work :(

• Irukandji, along with other cool contemporary games was show at the Start Show in Canada. I didn’t get the chance to to sadly. I’m certain there was a picture of it on display, though i can’t seem to find it.

• Irukandji was reviewed in Retro Gamer magazine, alongside a brief, rather nonchalantly answered interview.

• Irukandji was featured in the book “250 Indie Games You Must Play”, by Mike Rose of nomorerobots fame.

• The characters in Irukandji are all animated procedurally, which gives them the smooth, natural motions the have. I was largely inspired by the BBC documentary series Blue Planet, specifically the episode about the deep ocean. The creatures there are so alien looking and almost unlikely that i wanted to make some of my own to go with them.