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CRABBY BEACH give me my castle! by donut_daria

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made by donut_daria for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

It's a hot summer day and the crabs are going wild. The sand is warm and the waves are unforgiving.

Join Swimsuit Boy in his quest to build the best castle from nothing. Grab the building materials, avoid garbage, escape from crabs and all hail the big wave.

​Have fun, don't forget the sunscreen!

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​ ​Software used:

  • Unity
  • Aseprite
  • Audacity

Fonts used:

  • 2Credits by Winston: https://www.dafont.com/2credits.font
  • Extrude by Nic: https://www.dafont.com/extrude.font

:heavymultiplicationx: Programmed by @vaclav-cerny

:heavymultiplicationx: Sprite animation and asset management by @davidsimon

:heavymultiplicationx: Environment and UI graphics by @donut-daria

Youtube https://github.com/cvaclav/crabby-beach
Youtube https://bolshikh.itch.io/crabby-beach
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/crabby-beach-give-me-my-castle

Ratings

Overall 546th 3.468⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Fun 704th 3.097⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 491th 3.258⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Theme 221th 3.79⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 223th 4.081⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Humor 269th 3.317⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Mood 369th 3.569⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 29🗳️ 26🗨️

Feedback

PietPtr
07. Oct 2019 · 19:21 UTC
Great graphics, it reminded me a little of stardew valley.
RetroBarbare
07. Oct 2019 · 19:23 UTC
A very great game i loved it , We some little tweaks this could become a cool mobile game if you had more level and maybe a way to customise your castle and your character before the game start and i think you should make a timer in the game so people will likely play more of it to make the best time. great job
Death_Is_Cold
07. Oct 2019 · 19:35 UTC
That was adorable, great work!
Cybikitty
07. Oct 2019 · 19:44 UTC
REALLY love the graphics and music of this one!! (I also hate crabs a lot more now :') )
Great work!
🎤 donut_daria
07. Oct 2019 · 19:51 UTC
@pietptr thank you!

@retrobarbare nice idea! thank you for your feedback!

@death-is-cold aww, you're adorable! thank you!

@cybikitty thank you for your kind words! me and @davidsimon were responsible for the graphics, and he animated the crabs, so all the credit for that goes to him, haha!
DanielClarc
07. Oct 2019 · 20:03 UTC
Rly cool! :D

It took me a bit to grasp what I was supposed to do with the materials, but once I've figured it out it was really fun. My wife had a blast watching the crabs gang over me and not let me get up lol xD
Susumu Asaga
07. Oct 2019 · 20:07 UTC
Really liked the art, the presentation and the way that you used the theme.
The only part that I feel is lacking is in the player experience side of the game, the game is pretty challenging at the beginning, when the player is learning the game, but once the player get the hang of it, the game becomes a little stale.
The game would benefit alot by implementing some kind of difficult curve, but overall a great game. :)
🎤 donut_daria
07. Oct 2019 · 20:07 UTC
@DanielClarc will you believe me when I tell that they used to be wayy more aggressive? :DD thank you, I'm glad you had a good time!
🎤 donut_daria
07. Oct 2019 · 20:09 UTC
@susumu-asaga great feedback, thank you, sadly not enough time to improve on that
VectorWolf
07. Oct 2019 · 20:21 UTC
Thank you! I had a really great time with your game! :smiley:
🎤 donut_daria
07. Oct 2019 · 20:24 UTC
@vectorwolf very sweet of you to say! glad you enjoyed it!
DanielMotta
07. Oct 2019 · 21:29 UTC
I love the art style! The game, the website, all looks great!! Nice job!
🎤 donut_daria
07. Oct 2019 · 21:37 UTC
@danielmotta thank you, I'm glad you liked them! <3

P.S. I really dig the spooky team avatars :D
praleks
08. Oct 2019 · 11:38 UTC
Nice Art! Window on itch.io is cutted, please add some height in settings
Mashas
08. Oct 2019 · 11:47 UTC
Took me a minute to figure out what to do but then I got to it. Put in some hard work for that sweet sweet victory and I only got to see the finished castle for a couple of seconds! Lovely graphics in this one. Well done!
oskanberg
08. Oct 2019 · 12:03 UTC
Those damn crabs!
DavidSimon
08. Oct 2019 · 13:20 UTC
@mashas @oskanberg @praleks Thank you guys for your feedback! :smile:
DavidSimon
08. Oct 2019 · 13:20 UTC
@praleks yep we know about that one, we will fix it later, tx
NachtWitch
08. Oct 2019 · 19:30 UTC
10/10 graphics, 10/10 gameplay, 10/10 game in my opinion my guy, absolute blast to play
Dafral
08. Oct 2019 · 20:28 UTC
Nice concept! The art was beautiful. Nice job.
antoined73
08. Oct 2019 · 20:32 UTC
Nice graphics but you should tell in the description (at least) what are the keys to move / grab ressources.
Also I found that it was a bit too long to go to the next level of the sand castle.
Overall nice entry, well done :smile:
🎤 donut_daria
08. Oct 2019 · 20:32 UTC
@nachtwitch daymn, well thank you!

@dafral thank you! we're glad you've enjoyed it!
🎤 donut_daria
08. Oct 2019 · 20:34 UTC
@antoined73 there's a Controls button in the main menu :slight_smile: thanks for playing!
arkinrev
08. Oct 2019 · 20:43 UTC
I've never been so frustrated with crabs, nice work! I wanted to bash them on the head with rocks when they burrowed right at my sandcastle.
BustosMan
08. Oct 2019 · 20:47 UTC
I think if there were a bit more mechanics for the player to use this game would feel more fun. Good entry, though.
antoined73
08. Oct 2019 · 20:52 UTC
@donut-daria Oh yeah I see ! Missed it ! Mention it in your game page anyway, you never know :wink:
🎤 donut_daria
08. Oct 2019 · 20:59 UTC
@arkinrev haha, mission accomplished on our part then! :D thank you!

@bustosman isn't it true about all the games made for LD? haha thanks for playing
Ulisses
09. Oct 2019 · 00:00 UTC
Good idea! I have to say, I love the art!
🎤 donut_daria
09. Oct 2019 · 00:57 UTC
@ulisses thanks!
smbe19
16. Oct 2019 · 19:47 UTC
It took me quite a moment until I figured out which of the objects i can use to build something. Also, it takes really long to grab enough stuff and just walking around all day is not that fun... But nice art.
Hadik
16. Oct 2019 · 19:49 UTC
I think its normal when game is hard to understand, most of the jam games is hard to uderstand, I think simple image with tutorial what to do or some text about how do that, will be great. When I enter the game first few minutes I dont know what exactly I must to do and how build the castle. I only understand that I must avoid crabs and garbage. Fortunelty after next few minutes I get it :)

- (+) Pretty nice pixel art, I love nice pixel art games
- (+) Team manage to compose soundtrack and its benefits in almost every jam gam :)
- (-) absence of some kind of tutorial


BTW: Zdravim ceske kolegy :)
Essence
16. Oct 2019 · 20:03 UTC
i think this game has quite a lot of charm although it lacks a bit of tutorials explaining for example how much each opbject gives points and what do some objects do, and also the crabs stunning you is quite annoying and the waves that destroy your castle are also not that much pleasant. Game is very charming though!
fusionnist
16. Oct 2019 · 20:05 UTC
Very cute game, I clicked it just for the appeal of getting to build a sand castle. A few nits to pick here however: the stun mechanic gets frustrating, especially as the player character is slow and the movement isn't too elaborate that you'd pin skill on dodging crabs. Made my play a bit slow and repetitive past the 50% mark. That aside, I've built my castle and I'm happy. Congrats, keep it up!
🎤 donut_daria
17. Oct 2019 · 15:24 UTC
@hadik There's a tutorial button in the menu, next to the Start. It has every button description in it, people don't notice it for some reason, huh. Thank you for the compliments, although we didn't compose the soundtrack - we opted-out of being rated in audio. Thanks for playing!

@essence we didn't want to make it too easy, our team prefers a challenge, but thanks for giving it a try

@fusionnist thank you!