Crabs in a Bucket

Crabs in a Bucket

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overall: 3.46
fun: 3.46
innovation: 3.30
theme: 3.54
graphics: 3.44
audio: 3.05
humor: 2.91
mood: 2.95
> :crab: The crabs tell of treasures buried in the shifting sands...
>
> :trophy: Ancient relics lie in the depths below. Only the brave who dig deep enough can claim what time has forgotten.

About the Game

This project was built using React + Phaser, so the embedded player doesn't work well with the game ui, so:

Play the game here!


Controls


Arrow keys to move/jump, space to use items

Relics


Relics are passive effects that are permanent for the duration of your run. There are actually quite a few different ones, and it can get pretty crazy

Items


These are one time use items that do something immediately

Environment

The environment is full of boulders and spikes, they might be helpful!

Source code


You can find the source code on my GitHub, gimme a star or follow if you’d like

Screenshots



Patches


- Reduced time for heart stone relic
- Reduced difficulty scaling
- Fix heart stone relic not working
- Increase brightness & saturation
- Fix inconsistent wording
- Arrow/space keys now also close chest modal
- Fix collision bug
- Better spike <> player collision
- Fix shutdown sound bug + reduce shop sound
- Reduce sound effect volumes
- Enter & spacebar to restart qol
Found a bug?
Tell us on Discord