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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| How well does the game fit the themes? | #1 | 4.412 | 4.412 |
| Visuals | #9 | 3.529 | 3.529 |
| How do you rate the game overall (you can consider fun, dev time, etc.)? | #11 | 3.235 | 3.235 |
| Audio | #12 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Gameplay | #13 | 2.941 | 2.941 |
Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How long was your dev time?
3 hours
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Took a while to get used to the controls but other than that great entry!
very scientifically-accurate and enjoyable recreation of daily life for a crustacean. Nice and relaxing music as well. Good work!
I found a bit hard to use the claws properly, but music is really cool and art is nice too. Congrats !
Nice work! I did a quick recording of my gameplay in case it's helpful to see: A Crab's life by Pao Fers | Cap Recording
It did take me a little while to get the hang of 'driving' the crab, but I didn't mind the turning circle as a challenge for navigating the map. I liked the art style, and had fun eating all the worms.
I did find out you run just as fast with both claws out, and ended up doing this as the most optimal strategy 😆 it could be something to consider on building some risk/reward/punishment into using your claws. Maybe you walk a lot slower, maybe your health depletes faster?
Overall this is an awesome second game, and an awesome first submission to Trijam! I hope to see more submissions from your in the future
Thank you so much <3
(About the claw thing I knew that was a problem but I was hoping no one would found it whoops), tho I like the idea of making it slower when the claws are extended, I didn't think about that, maybe I'll implement it after the jam ends.
Thank you also so much for the recording. :))
Well done on your first trijam, and doing your own artwork in that time, great effort.
This was a nice casual game and really good ingreation of the theme! Its very relaxing to play
Thanks, yeah that was the vibe I was going for :) I'm gald you liked it
Very cool gameplay! Seeing my little crab starve with a sad music was the saddest thing until I understood how to fully extend my claws ToT Great entry, congrats!
Thanks :)
Movement feels reall good! Its very pleasent yet too easy imo. GGs
yeah, I agree, balancing was an issue I had no time to fix unfortunately
It’s a hard crab’s life for us. Reminds me a bit of parking the car backwards in games. Always a stressful moment.
Nice work! It was fun working out the controls like a crab but I felt it was hard to get the worms even when I felt like I was aligned correctly. Very peaceful music that fits the atmosphere of the game
Thank youuu :D
Yeah the worms were rushed more so than any other thing, but I'm glad you enjoyed <3
You did all that by yourself? Impressive!!
The collision between the claws and the worm are not sensitive enough in my opinion though.
I didn't have any trouble to find the worms btw (Just took time clicking on them till it registered)
Yeah I agree.
Fun fact about that, the worm collision didn't work so at like 10 minutes left I "faked it" checking for distance from the claws instead of actual collisions. Also thank you for the feedback :)
Great concept and great first Jam entry. Congrats 💚
I found the art was nice and sound was ok.
Worms needed to be bigger or have a thick outline as it was hard to spot them.
Does the game go on forever?
Yes it does (I wish I had more time to balance it tho). Thanks for the feedback <3
3 Hours goes fast right 😂
Game visually looking good but for me game is little bit slow and worms are small from.my pov coz I can't find easily and crab control also little tuff and overall concept , visual is very good