Ludum Dare #51extra
Crab Game 2: The Craboratory
Deep in the mountains far away from any major city lies a mysterious laboratory. Within these walls are heinous experiments being carried out for the twisted minds that work there. Among those there is a peculiar scientist by the name of Dr.J. Frayman. Dr.Frayman is the lead researcher on the "crustacean revival project", however due to extreme oversights the subjects of the project have escaped and have begun making their way towards the outside world. Now Dr.Frayman must try and clean up his mess and prevent his experiment from destroying the world.
Crab game two is a sequel to our teams first game (Pickle on Mars (with Crab)) however it is not necessary to play that game to enjoy this one. It is a hotline miami style shooter (lacking the polish of that game obviously) Shoot, run, and dodge your way through 10 levels all while battling strange mutated crabs and collecting bizarre upgrades along the way.
Your health ticks down with time so you need to be sure to kill more enemies to replenish that health. To exit to the next stage all enemies in the level must be killed, after that you just need to make your way to the elevator.
Controls:
W,A,S,D for movement
Mouse for aiming
Left Mouse to Start game and to shoot
E,F,Q to open doors
this game also supports controller!
Credits
Crispy: Lead Programmer
Midas: Lead Artist, level designer, and backup programmer
Mardood: Backup artist, concept designer, and sfx/music guy
Prangus: End screen artist
HFM: Boss music designer (haydenmartin.bandcamp.com)
link to the game:
itch.io: https://mardood.itch.io/crab-game-2-the-craboratory
Crab game two is a sequel to our teams first game (Pickle on Mars (with Crab)) however it is not necessary to play that game to enjoy this one. It is a hotline miami style shooter (lacking the polish of that game obviously) Shoot, run, and dodge your way through 10 levels all while battling strange mutated crabs and collecting bizarre upgrades along the way.
Your health ticks down with time so you need to be sure to kill more enemies to replenish that health. To exit to the next stage all enemies in the level must be killed, after that you just need to make your way to the elevator.
Controls:
W,A,S,D for movement
Mouse for aiming
Left Mouse to Start game and to shoot
E,F,Q to open doors
this game also supports controller!
Credits
Crispy: Lead Programmer
Midas: Lead Artist, level designer, and backup programmer
Mardood: Backup artist, concept designer, and sfx/music guy
Prangus: End screen artist
HFM: Boss music designer (haydenmartin.bandcamp.com)
link to the game:
itch.io: https://mardood.itch.io/crab-game-2-the-craboratory
Genres: action
Comments5
LDJam user 20600122 Oct 2022, 00:06
Just like the other comment, a normal top-down shooter game. A really exhausting genre, but we know it's a game jam and time is short. Maybe a blood on the corpse would be nice. Sometimes I went to open the door and died without understanding why, or I didn't see it properly, I don't know. But we have full gameplay here and good work for that. This type of game could stand out for very good sounds or a lot of blood, or some other kind of appeal.
jk500022 Oct 2022, 14:47
The game is a bit too difficult for me, but it is pretty well made. I had fun trying it, and I really liked the music. Well done.
carnavastle19 Nov 2022, 04:42
Tough, fast-paced, geared towards those who love Hotline Miami-esque top down reflex based shooters. I enjoyed the art and tunes, and overall I think this shows a lot of potential. I definitely give it a thumbs up!
All in all, wishing there were a few more unique aspects to the game in terms of gameplay and mechanics. This type of top-down 2d shooter has been done many times before, so would loved to have seen some unique twists on the genre that would help put your game apart from others.