CrabbleUp Windows, Linux game

CrabbleUp

crabbleup | Early Access Dec 2, 2023

IMPORTANT: This game is still in development!

CrabbleUp is a laid-back, retro-inspired roguelite.

You are a small hermit crab, and you embark on a journey to explore the depth of the seas. Level-up to strengthen your existing abilities, and learn new ones! The skill tree is hidden, the levels are procedurally generated, each playthrough is unique, and enemies hit hard! Can you beat all the bosses, and live to tell the tale?

Demo

The Demo is a modified version of the first chapter of the full game, with more content and more challenges than usual. The pacing was increased to give you a better view on what can you expect from the full game, but in a limited time. If you find it too hard, don't worry, the full game lets you learn the skills and tricks in a more relaxed manner.

High-level roadmap

More content in general:
- Different enemy types with unique abilities.
- A unique boss at the end of each chapter (and more chapters).
- More terrain types with unique mechanics.
Additional game modes.
Game difficulty options.
In-game collectibles.
Achievements.

Existing features

Supports Windows (7 or newer) and Linux.
Supports keyboard and game controllers.
Customisable:
- in-game look for your avatar,
- window resolution,
- language (7 options),
- input bindings.
Local co-op with 2 players.
The first chapters and levels can be played with multiple enemy and obstacle types alternating.
The same boss at the end of every chapter. Later, each chapter will have a unique boss at the end.
Skill tree with multiple paths and mechanics to unlock.
Treasure chests can be discovered with bonus content.
Healing mechanics.

Known issues

Nothing currently!

System requirements

64-bit OS
1+ core CPU (2+ cores recommended)
1GB RAM (2GB recommended)
300MB disk
Any GPU supporting OpenGL
Widescreen display (not 4:3)
On Linux, GLIBC must be 2.27 or newer (you can check by running 'ldd --version')

Feedback

You have multiple options to follow the development, and send feedback:

I post updates, and reply to user posts on the official subreddit.

You can also send bug reports and general feedback via a Google Forms. If you submit a feedback via this form and provide your email address, you will receive an unlock code for a unique in-game cosmetic!

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CrabbleUp v0.9 - new languages, new terrains, many bugfixes

Feb 11 2024 News

Hello everyone,

I spent the last 2 months polishing existing features, and adding many new ones:

简体中文? 日本語? Español? Русский?

CrabbleUp is now available in Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, and Russian, in addition to the previously supported English, German, and Hungarian. All texts have been localized by natives of each language, however we are all human, so if you notice any mistakes or typos, please report them!

Planktons and health/damage balance

There's a new healing mechanic provided by Planktons, use it wisely! In order to strengthen this feature, I completely rehauled the damage values, and even changed some hitboxes to make a more fair system between enemies and you.

Currents and seaweed

There are 2 new terrain types, which appear in random locations, and make you consider passing them, or rather going around.

Accessibility

There's now an option to make the texts in the menus larger, this is the first, but not the last change to help with readability.

When you create a new profile, there will be a default name for it in case you can't or don't want to type in a name yourself. This can be overwritten easily but erasing the automatic input.

For controller users, the game now automatically pauses when an active controller disconnects (e.g battery runs out). Additionally, when you reconnect any controller afterwards, that controller will be relinked to the same Profile that was using the one that disconnected. This should make wireless controller users' life much easier. :)

Bugfixes and reward for feedbacks

If you fill you fill out the feedback form at tinyurl.com/crabbleup-feedback, then I will send you a code to activate a unique cosmetic add-on in-game. This add-on will be only available to those submitted the feedback form.

I fixed many, many bugs myself, but some are harder to notice during development, than during playing it! Apart from the changes and fixes mentioned above, the camera behaves much better in coop mode, text wrapping work much better with all languages, older controllers with dead zones work better, in-memory assets are optimized further.