Crab Bungalow 2: Electric Beachaloo

SO WHAT THE HELL IS IT

Crab Bungalow is a short prototype that was created over 7 days (more like 5, really) for the Brackeys Game Jam 2021.1. The theme was "Stronger Together" so naturally we decided to make the game about man's best friend.

crabs.

The game was a short experience taking place on an island where the player collects crab minions and makes them carry various things, and knock down walls by flinging their bodies around. Average stuff. We placed 770th out of 1885 - nice! But we weren't satisified with our short experience and its cute, pointy crabs. We needed more...

Crab Bungalow: REDUX

... time to make it a slightly longer experience. We took just about 2 extra weeks of on and off work to polish up the game and make it... well, a game!

What's different:

A Tutorial

blah blah everygame step forward blah press X to breathe blah blah It isn't directly apparent how to do anything in our game, so we came up with an interactive tutorial that teaches game mechanics, and slowly spins a story.

Visual Style

More visuals - a lot of them. A combination of a few general packs to express our ideas, as well as some custom contributions by our team artist MetricZero. Having something a few steps from programmer art really makes it feel alive.

More Gameplay Elements

That is, a few more than walking around. You can:

• Fall into the ocean and perish
• Have your crabs crushed horribly under falling volcanic rock
• Fight walls
• Smash barrels
• Get fish

More sound

Mmm rumble in your ear feels weird.

Improved Camera System

MOUSE WHEEL ENABLED. We made a few changes to our camera rig to take full advantage of Cinemachine. Mouse wheel zoom is enabled now, which allows a more natural (if a mouse is natural) way to get a handle on your environment.

Also our scene transitions are all swoopy.

Reusable Interactable System

This means absolutely nothing for you, and only a few things for us! New game ahoy!