Crab Battle by cottontshirtz
You've been stranded for days.
Then, they came.
One by one, it happened to your friends.
You're not sure how much more you can take.
Be sure to watch the gameplay trailer on the itch page, as there's no tutorial.

| Link | https://cottontshirtz.itch.io/crab-battle |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/crab-battle |
Ratings
| Overall | 997th | 3.286⭐ | 58🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 692th | 3.384⭐ | 58🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 947th | 3.036⭐ | 58🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 921th | 3.455⭐ | 58🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 977th | 3.277⭐ | 58🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 587th | 3.348⭐ | 58🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 114th | 4.027⭐ | 58🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 946th | 3.241⭐ | 56🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 9🗳️ | 13🗨️ |
Was not sure what the "H" value at the top was until I eventually ran out of ... health ^^
("you monster" :D)
The shader is a bit hard on the eyes, but overall looks like quite a bit of fun!
Killed 23 crabs. felt like I really got into the groove when I realized you could chain attacks by throwing crabs at other crabs and then picking them up again. Also I like the shader, makes the art style feel distinct.
For constructive criticism I feel like the progression could be taught more, like that you have to pick up boards and crabs, and also even though I like the shader the blocky hands feel out of place with it on the background. I was going to say I didn't get a big feeling of "delay the inevitable" but then the island filled up with crabs and I ran out of boards so I take that back, lol
Thanks for hanging out on twitch. See the clip if you wanna watch it back !
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1447330383
Hahaha. I got carcinazized. Right as it happened- my comp crashed- FYI. Was playing on Surface Book 2 / Firefox- maybe my fault? I was able to de-dock and it came back. Fun art and hilarious sound effects. Love the poster art- where is that from? Was it inspiration? Thanks for the game!
Sorry to hear about the crash...
good entry !
Either way great job!
Little bug report: I tried with an Xbox controller, but the rotation rate on the camera was veeery slow.
Thank you for sharing your game on my Twitch stream (MsMiaChar). Here's the link to the video (game starts around 02:15:00): https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1446760516
A few additional critiques I have for this game was that the UI for the player's health could be improved a tad bit, and that the title should be called "Attack of the Crabs", but that aside, this game's a great and solid entry!
Either way, thank you for trying it out!