A quick reminder for those on consoles: These patches will reach your console in the future - we have not forgotten about you! Cool? Ok cool:
GENERAL
Added missing dialogue to Topoda's upgrade shop
Fixed multiple progress blockers related to dying or resting right before the Boat Powered sequence could take place
Experimenting with delaying backup saving by 10 frames to eliminate instances where both files can be corrupted at once
Prevented small soft lock in Bleached CIty
Prevented small soft lock in Pinball Barge
BOSS FIXES
Fixed Heikea's opening cutscene camera clipping into the sushi boat floor
LEVEL FIXES
Small geometry fixes in Open Ocean
Small geometry fixes in the Unfathom
Geometry fixes in Bleached City
CODSPEED - Aggro Crab.
STEAM SUMMER SALE IS LIVE
The Steam Summer Sale is here and that means we're 20% off until July 11th!
We even took the crew out for a little beach episode of their own. Maybe try go outside yourself this summer. Apparently it's good for you or something.
Codspeed - Paige (Community Manager)
Minor Patch 1.0.103.3
PATCH V1.0.103.3 HAS BEEN PUSHED TO STEAM!
Most important change: we caved to audience pressure and you can scroll around on the Location tab now! View all the pretty art! Go nuts!
Patch Notes:
MAP CONTROLS!!!
⦁ You can now move and zoom the map on the Location menu. Look at all the pretty art, go nuts!!!
FIXES
⦁ Fixed multiple SFX and voice lines in Voltai's fight being played silently ⦁ Fixed multiple instances of NPCs persisting in a spot after having moved on in the story ⦁ Improvements to camera collision, especially when using Dispatch ⦁ Removed some fun visuals from the Felix Cube, as it would occasionally cause weird player physics interactions. Sad. ⦁ You can no longer use Self Repair to restore Shell Health reduced from self-inflicted damage such as Munch and Twinkle. ⦁ Removed access to Assist Settings from Title, as assist settings are saved specifically to individual save files. ⦁ Game can no longer be paused during the credits (esc key will skip them normally). This eliminates a bug where killing Kril via the pause menu during the credits could result in weird behavior.
SAVE STABILITY
⦁ Improved the save backup system, increasing the scenarios in which it'll replace an unusable file with a backup if available. ⦁ Eliminated a very rare scenario where a save file could show up as corrupt in the main menu despite being technically playable.
BOSS FIXES
⦁ Fixed a ghost hitbox on a colossal late-game boss.
LEVEL FIXES
⦁ Small geometry updates to Expired Grove, Unfathom, and Bleached City ⦁ Fix geometry in Scuttleport that could lead to the player getting stuck ⦁ Fixed a content skip in Expired Grove that was a little too easy (don't believe it was useful for speedrunners, don't kill us!) ⦁ Removed floating props in Slacktide
LOCALIZATION
⦁ Updated translations for "Lv" across various languages ⦁ Updated description of Rubber Band to reflect that it doesn't make you fully immune to electricity damage anymore. ⦁ Updated credits.
BALANCE
⦁ Stowaway Weight on Sea Cucumber Reduced from 6 to 5 ⦁ A certain late-game tentacled boss's HP increased by ~14%
WDC WORLD OCEAN DAY CHARITY SALE
HELLO WHALE AND DOLPHIN ENJOYERS
So we've talked a big game on why Polluting the Ocean = Bad, and now its time for us to put our money where our mouth is. We are excited to announce that we are doing a charity sale with WDC (Whale and Dolphin Conservation) for World Ocean Day!
The WDC World Ocean Day Sale starts today and runs until 15th June, 10am PDT 2024, and you can save a fin-tastic 15% off ANOTHER CRAB'S TREASURE.
20% of our net revenue during this sale will be donated to WDC to support their conservation work... AND our funding partner Kowloon is going to match our donation!
It's important we share details on the efforts we support, so here's some more details on what WDC gets up to:
Who is WDC?
WDC, Whale and Dolphin conservation is the leading global charity dedicated to the protection and conservation of whales and dolphins.
Their expert-led teams in the UK, Europe, the Americas, and Australasia work across the whole spectrum of threats, from climate breakdown to accidental entanglements in fishing gear. They bring together, and work hand-in-hand with, businesses, philanthropists, scientists, NGOs, governments and grassroots communities to find solutions to the problems faced by whales and dolphins. Their aim is to reverse the global decline in whale and dolphin populations by creating safe seas for these majestic creatures.
Entanglement in fishing gear, or ‘bycatch’ as it’s known, is the biggest threat whales and dolphins face. Many hundreds of thousands die in nets or get tangled up in fishing gear every year. As air-breathing mammals like us, when they get trapped in a net, panic can take over and they can sustain terrible injuries before either escaping, or suffocating. It is a massive problem and so WDC are working on some innovative solutions.
What WDC has been doing so far
WDC have been working across the globe to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises from dying in fishing gear:
They’re collaborating with creel fishers in Scotland to trial new types of fishing gear to reduce entanglements of humpback and minke whales.
They’re working with colleagues and partner organizations in the Central Baltic Sea to develop a recovery plan for a critically endangered group of Baltic harbor porpoises.
On the west coast of the United States, critically endangered North Atlantic right whales are facing extinction. Entanglement is a massive threat to their survival, and WDC have been working with fishers to trial alternative gear types.
In Hong Kong WDC have been supporting local community efforts and working with fishers to save the remaining 200 Indo-Pacific finless porpoises from extinction due to bycatch.
These projects are saving lives, and they are powered by inspiring people working together for the ocean.
How your support will help this year
By purchasing games from this year’s World Ocean Day sale, you will help WDC continue these vital conservation projects across the globe, as well as enable WDC’s team to embark on new efforts to bring further protections for whales and dolphins, like the Sri Lankan gillnet fisheries project:
Sri Lanka is home to many species of whales, dolphins and porpoises as well as a myriad of other sensitive marine species like sea turtles that are vulnerable to entanglement in gillnets – these are nets that hang in the water like a wall. With funding, WDC hopes to collaborate with Sri Lankan artisanal tuna fisheries that use gillnets to trial new gear types and reduce the impact their fishing has on marine life, while still enabling them to earn their living.
Whales and dolphins are awe-inspiring. They are intelligent beings, vital for the health of the ocean and planet. Together we can still help them recover and flourish and they can help us reconnect with the wild, and repair the damage we have caused.
If you want to read more about WDC, you can do so here: https://whales.org/
Keep up to date with all the awesome gaming activities WDC does here: https://games.whales.org/
And you can find many other amazing games in the sale here: https://bit.ly/WODSteamSale24
Thank you for joining us and for supporting WDC!
CODSPEED
DEVS: RESTED. BUGS: FIXING. CRAB: CRAB.
AAAAAND WE'RE BACK BAYBEEEEEE-
If you missed the last steam post, the team took a week off to rest! We really appreciate everyone's understanding about us taking a break. MAN we needed it. It was heart-warming to leave with so many people telling us to have a good sleep.
We focused on self-care and reminded each other that devs should be looking after themselves. (For those claiming we need a bigger break - don't worry! The team has plans to take their own individual time off over the next few months too! We're holding them by gunpoint to take more breaks!) - Once again, thank you all for being so kind and caring for not only our crab game, but our teams well-being too.
Ok cute vibes are over let's get into it:
WHAT'S THE PLAN?
Now that we're back, we're jumping back into our top priority for these next few months. Those things are...
There's no official date for when specific fixes are out, but we're working our shells off to do what we can! Trust that they will be on a more regular schedule though.
GAMES FOR WAVES STEAM SALE
From June 8th - June 15th, you'll be able to grab Another Crab's Treasure on sale as part of World Ocean Day! We're pledging 20% of the proceeds to WDC (Whale and Dolphin Conservation) to support their mission for safer seas for Whales and Dolphins. AND AND AND, our partner Kowloon Nights is going to match our Donation. We're doing our part along with 85+ other incredible games so make sure to check it out!!!
NEW GAME +?? CONTENT? ACT 2???
Still the same news, but in case you haven't heard - We DO want to look into extra content for Another Crab's Treasure, just don't expect it in the next couple of months! We're still working on bug fixes and stability for all platforms so it's just gonna be a little while away <3 Don't snitch but I can confirm we are talking about it >:)
OKAY! Keep an eye out for patch notes - Reminder that console updates come a bit later than Steam, we haven't forgotten about you xoxoxo
We're still viewing the Steam Discussions, but Discord is the best place for us to track bugs and suggestions. you can join it HERE RIGHT HERE CLICK MEEven if we haven't replied, we have seen your post and will do what we can to address it.
CODSPEED
- Paige (Community Manager)
ONE MONTH SINCE LAUNCH??
HEY CRAB FANS
It's basically been a whole month since we launched Another Crabs Treasure. That's shucking crazy dude. We have received such an overwhelmingly amount of support and love for the game and we can't thank you all enough.
We've been working our butts off on bug fixes since we launched, as well as some quality of life updates based off your feedback - and there's still more to come! There's even an update today that just came out to will help with save file back ups.
BUT WHAT'S NEXT?
Ok first off - next week our studio will be offline for the week! That means no patches or activity from us cause we're SLEEPIN BABEY!!! We have been taking it slower as the weeks go but we also need to force the team to touch kelp and eat moss outside for at least a week before we can come back with a fresh head to get back into it.
NG+ WHEN?? DLC?? CONTENT?? ACT2??
OK OK OK - We DO want to look into extra content for Another Crab's Treasure, just don't expect it in the next couple of months! We're still working on bug fixes and stability for all platforms so it's just gonna be a little while away <3
KRIL PLUSHIE
We managed to completely sell out of our Kril plushies! Now a bunch of you have this little guy. I hope you're treating him right or I swear to cod im gonna-
ANYWAY. The Kril plushie will be back incase you missed it. Expect him to wash up again later this year.
Once again, thanks for playing our crab game. If you make any bug reports over our week of sleep, we'll be catching up on all bug, suggestion and general reports the following week.
Codspeed
- Paige (Community Manager)
Minor Patch v1.0.102.5
Got a fresh new patch for you!
Most important thing here is some save file safety fixes! We'll occasionally get reports of save files being corrupted for one reason or another. Some of these we're working to fix, and others are much less preventable, due to hardware crashes and such. So we figured a good place to start is to add a backup system.
If you ever need to access your backup file for some reason, it can be found in the same folder as your save file - but the game should load it automatically if something goes wrong with your main save.
GENERAL
ːGoOverː Added a save backup system that should help stem the tide (haha) of people losing progress due to save corruption. Ideally in a worst case scenario, folks will only lose one save point's worth of progress instead of ruining their entire file.
ːGoOverː Fixed an issue where having no readable files in your save list would show "new game" button even if some of them existed, but were corrupt
COMBAT
Fixed an issue where a certain colossal lategame enemy would not release you from a grab properly
You can now always use Spearfishing on said colossal enemy. It used to be only when they were in a specific animation, but this was unclear to players.
Fixed an issue where your hammer could attack as if it was the standard fork after a cutscene.
Fixed an issue where enemies could hit your dropped shell to hurt you. This was especially prevalent in the final boss fight.
LEVEL FIXES
Improved collision in Roland's arena for clipping issues
Improved collision in the endgame sequence
Emergency Patch v1.0.102.4a
Hey gamers! Nick, who normally makes the update thumbnails, is out of the office today. Could you tell?
We just located a bug that's urgent enough to skip the normal Beta process, so I'm uploading the fix here as an emergency patch.
🔥 Fixed an issue where upon loading in, your location would very frequently be reverted to the previous Moon Snail Shell, even if you saved & quit somewhere else. This was particularly messing up people's progress in locations where Moon Snail Shells were few and far between, such as The Unfathom.
That's literally it! Hope you enjoy!
Note that this is not the total extent of our save issues - this issue would exclusively affect the player's position, and not damage their progress in any other way such as reverting any killed bosses. We continue to hunt down other issues related to save files, and the community on Discord has been extremely valuable so far in this process. Thank you for your patience!
Hotfix v1.0.102.4
New patch coming in hot! Thanks as always to our beta branch players for testing this in advance!
Our biggest priority right now is investigating the save file corruption happening to a small percentage of players. It's not going to be easy, but we're fast-tracking some features that will hopefully get us better information from user error reports and minimize the damage, even if finding the real source of the issue takes longer.
GENERAL
Better error reporting for save file issues to help us track it down
Unique Broadsword Rangoon no longer respawns in Expired Grove
Fixed Hermit Mimic acting strangely in Open Ocean
Fixed an issue where getting your hammer destroyed would also cause your DEF stat to not respect your currently worn shell.
Fixed an issue where being electrocuted while rolling did not stop the roll
"Another Chance" now properly grants invincibility to let you survive multi-hit grabs that you revived during
Prevented "windbox" hitboxes such as the Frogfish vacuum attack from affecting the player while climbing
Fixed an issue where getting grabbed while climbing would disrupt the grabber's physics
Fixed an issue where Flotsam Vale's Inkerton could be interacted with prior to ambushing you.
Fixed an issue where hitting an enemy would cause the game to get softlocked and spawn the hit vfx particle every frame in very rare cases.
OPTIONS
Added 16:9 resolutions to the Resolutions list for those with ultrawide monitors who wish to play at standard resolution
ABILITIES
Mantis Punch teleport should behave more consistently
BOSS FIXES
Fixed a bug where Magista could hit you with a ghost hitbox after she's done her spin attack
Pagurus can no longer be fished while he's burrowing away.
LEVEL FIXES
Fixed grapple point in Scuttleport facilities
Updated Border colliders in New Carcinia
Removed a problematic urchin in Slacktide
Updated Level Border Collision in Flotsam Vale
Geometry collision updates in Unfathom to prevent softlock issues
Improved collision in Voltai's Arena to reduce cases in which Kril phases through it
LOCALIZATION
Fixed a mis-typed italics tag present in all languages except English
Improved a variety of Russian translations including a misgendered lobster in Slacktide
BALANCE
Stowaway Weight on Sea Cucumber Reduced from 6 to 5
A certain late-game tentacled boss's HP increased by ~14%
QUALITY OF LIFE
Highlighted the text that tells you that you actually need two Old World Whorls to upgrade your charges after the first time.
Minor Patch v1.0.102.3
Another patch is live! Thank you to our beta branch players for helping us test these changes :)
IMPORTANT FIXES
We fixed the cursed issue with the blue pufferfish. You can kill blue pufferfish to your heart's content.
We updated our audio plugins to hopefully fix an issue where some users had no audio whatsoever.
We've gotten many reports of the game failing to save progress, but are still unable to reproduce the issue -- so now after you save, the game will check whether the save worked. If it didn't, it will display an angry message and boot you back to the Title screen. PLEASE show us if you encounter this and send us your log file. - Instructions for how to do so are in the FAQ channel in discord.
We have a possible fix to the issue where the game would give you Umami Crystals for free upon reloading the game. Let us know whether you're still experiencing this or not.
Added an option for "FPS Limit" in the settings for users reporting high GPU usage
GENERAL FIXES
Fixed some achievement issues where they would not trigger. Now if you enter an MSS the game will check whether or not you have completed the achievement EXCEPT for "This Kills the Crab" and "You Fell Off" (in which you will have to re-trigger those again)
Fixed an issue where Shell UI wouldn't update language when the Language setting changes
Inadvertently fixed an issue where a Decoy could be placed on umami replenishers to infinitely restore umami
Fixed an issue where spinny part of the Felix Cube shell could become offset
Fixed an issue where smokescreen caused Pagurus to teleport
Fixed an issue where Heikea's camera clips thru the floor
Fixed a rare issue where you could get stuck in Heikea's grab attack the same way you could get stuck in the Duchess's
Fixed a bug where Kril would take damage from enemies hitting a Decoy
Added a 1 second buffer after swapping your hammer before you can block to prevent soft locks happening by doing it too fast.
Fixed an issue where the Fortify effect would last forever even after the visual expired
Added an extended floor only firth collides with so he doesn't fall off the sides
Fixed a small issue where killing a boss without aggroing them (gun) would make their dead icon never show up on the Map
Wad of Gum no longer triggers on attacks that deal no damage
Fixed an issue where hammer dash would yeet you
Prevented a soft lock at the end of the game where Kril's shell could go out
Fixed final boss arena collision
Fixed an issue where Umami Crystal count would increase for no reason upon returning to title and back to the game.
Made bobbits "X marks the spot" look slightly different from hidden items
Made it so you dont need to jump to aim at hidden items
Fixed an issue where you could scroll off the Status page and open the Shellfish Desires menu accidental
Fixed save slots without a save file appearing as an error in title save menu (introduced in 1.0.102.1)
Infinite Stowaway Sale Fix
Removed previously sold Sand Dollars from shop. Sand Dollars are already infinite
Fixed Infinite loading bug caused by some shells in the player corpse
Fixed an issue where you could climb on the Consortium's back after it died
Fixed an issue where Topoda's fast movement during his sandstorm ability would cause the player to get flung into the air
Fixed an issue where certain costumes would appear completely black permanently after being gunked
Self-Repair logic fixed to not overheal
Fixed an issue where taking off the gun would remove it from the shell collection menu
Fixed an issue where Kril could get stuck in a climbing animation when leaving a climbable surface in certain situations.
FEATURES
Kril can now use Adaptations without a fork. Have fun, speedrunners!
LEVELS
Improved floor collision in gas canister such that player can't get stuck
Fixed Pagurus's map piece randomly floating in the open ocean
Small fixes to platforming in Scuttleport Facilities
Various platforming and encounter fixes in the final area of the game
Replaced some rocks in the Unfathom that players could get stuck on
Fixed two collision issues in the Unfathom that allowed disc drive gates to be easily bypassed-Fixed an issue that caused a rock in the Unfathom to have a corrupted mesh
Fixed a collision issue with a crack in a tile platform in The Bleached City
Fixed a hole in the Expired Grove that Kril could get stuck in
Moved an item out of the wall in Flotsam Air Pocket cave
Fixed an issue where nemma and some urchins were floating in the void if you return to the pinbarge post fall
Fixed a small hole in the terrain near Topoda
Fixed an issue where you can walk around the trigger for Topoda's fight
Improved camera interactions with coral assets
Improved camera interactions in small interiors such as milk carton and gas canister homes such that visibility is maintained during close quarters combat
Fixed a rock hole in shallows where kril could get stuck
Fixed z-fighting issue that caused flickering on a weapon rack in Fort Slacktide
Fixed collision issue with Fort Slacktide rubble that could cause player to get stuck
Fixed an issue where the player could become trapped on a rock in Trade Route Detour
Fixed New Carcinia bell not colliding with Camera
Patched up a hole in the coral in New Carcinia
Increased visibility on a key point of interest in the Sands Between
Slowed down the speed of a powered moving platform in the Sands Between
Cleaned up collision on rocks in the Sands Between
Improved collision on treasure chest such that Kril can't get stuck
Fixed player being able to walk up a certain trash pile in The Open Ocean
Fixed missing caustics in The Open Ocean
Fixed Kril being able to get stuck in beverage cup lid
Fixed a rock in the grove you could get stuck in
Fixed a rock in Trade Route Detour could repeatedly make player respawn to their death
Removed troublesome urchin from the return route of an end game platforming challenge
ENEMY RELATED
Polished up Bobbit worm visuals
Bobbit worms now release you and fling you much earlier if you have a shell. This prevents situations where they drag you under the map before releasing you.
Pushed a fix to Topoda sending players under the map with mantis punch
Fixed an issue where Petroch could be softlocked by hitting him with a bobbit trap before he spawns
You can no longer focus on Petroch before the fight starts
Actually fixed the issue where Topoda's brain would break if Smokescreen was used on him during his sandstorm phase
BALANCE
Nerfed hammer slightly by adding an extra third of a second before the Hammer's first attack cancels.
Rubber Band now only halves electric damage and entirely removes the electric stun.
Stunpounder's chain lightning attack damage reduced from 90 → 75
Stunpounder's chain lightning attack radius reduced by 25% to reduce the amount of doubled hits
Stunpounder's big lightning attack replaced entirely with an electric ring that can be jumped over, but the windup time is faster.
Stunpounder and Voltai: Electric ring damage buffed from 40 → 60
Puffer Quill stowaway weight reduced from 3 → 2
Rusty Nail+ stowaway changed to 6 ATK -5 MSG, Req. 8 RES
Bobbit Trap lockdown time reduced on bosses and extra large enemies.
Bobbit Trap extra lockdown time on Lv.3 upgrade is also reduced.
Praya Dubia Health increased from 3000 → 7000
Praya Dubia Reduced Damage from orbital laser from 95→ 70
Mantis Punch Base Damage reduced from 250 → 220
Puffer Quill stowaway -DEF reduced to -10
Reduced the amount of time you are invincible after swapping shells by 0.5s (It was too easy to abuse the mechanic to dodge damage even once kril finished the swap animation)
