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:

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. 

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.

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: {LINK REMOVED}https://bit.ly/WODSteamSale24

Thank you for joining us and for supporting WDC!

CODSPEED

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:


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.


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)[uk.whales.org] to support their mission for safer seas for Whales and Dolphins. AND AND AND, our partner Kowloon Nights[www.kowloonnights.com] is going to match our Donation. We're doing our part along with 85+ other incredible games so make sure to check it out!!!


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 ME[discord.gg] Even if we haven't replied, we have seen your post and will do what we can to address it.

CODSPEED

- Paige (Community Manager)

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.


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.


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


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)

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

• :GoOver: 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.
  
• :GoOver: 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

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!

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.

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)

Hey crab fans!

As you know, we've been working hard on smashing bug and stability fixes for Another Crab's Treasure - HOWEVER there is only so much our team of 11 can do. This is why we wanted to ask the community if you'd like to help make our game a smoother experience for everyone!

If you're interested in testing out upcoming patches before they hit the masses - you can opt into our beta branch.

PLEASE NOTE: All beta branch reports will only be collected and reviewed via our DISCORD[discord.com] - This will help us properly collect and review patches before they go live.

To opt in to the Another Crab's Treasure beta:

• Right click the game in your Steam Library
  
• Select "Properties"
  
• Select "Betas"
  
• Select "beta" from the Beta Participation dropdown
  
• Submit bug and general reports in #⁠🤓beta-reports🤓 in our DISCORD[discord.com]

The game will update and you will be in the beta version!

Overall this should help avoid any more uh... chaotic and gamebreaking bugs from reaching everyone else.

If you choose to opt in, THANK YOU!! We really appreciate all the feedback and support we've already gotten, so this will help our asses.

If you literally do not care about this, then we'll see you at the next patch!

Codspeed.

- Aggro Crab

HI CRAB FANS

It's been one week since we launched Another Crab's Treasure, and this game has already succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.

We've hit over 150,000 sales across all platforms, and the critical response has been fantastic. We've seen people laugh, cry, throw their controllers - absolutely everything we dreamed of when creating this game. We've seen reviewers and streamers who place us among the likes of massive genre entries like Lies of P, or even Sekiro - which is unbelievable praise for a team of our size. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for making this launch a true treasure. <3

Of course, we also know things are far from perfect. Having WAY more players than we expected in week 1 has exposed a LOT of bugs, some of the rare ones being deeply serious and progress-ruining. Trust us when we say, we see you, and there is no worse feeling as a game dev than watching someone who clearly wants to love the game have their experience ruined by technical issues.

At the same time - we're sleepy and tired. Our core team of 11 people busted their ASS to get this game out the door on time at all, as functional as it was. And we've been straining ourselves even harder post-launch pushing near-daily patches to Steam and trying to get those fixes to console as fast as we can to resolve the most serious bugs. We've realized that our tiredness is causing us to make mistakes, and it's clear we need to slow down slightly for all of our health, as well as the long-term health of the game! It's a win-win for both us and the community if we get some rest.

This doesn't mean we're stopping - We'll be continuing to patch Steam and assemble those fixes for consoles and PC Game Pass regularly. But we're going to begin releasing those Steam patches at a slower rate from now on (no longer will you have random daily patches lol), to give ourselves some time to rest and to allow the new code to be properly tested before it goes live (eg. the bug we pushed that would lunge kril forward that existed for only an hour OOPS). Next week, we're going to be launching a public beta branch on Steam, so the bravest among you can get the newest less-stable changes early and we can locate any glaring issues we might have missed.

It's been said a million times, but again THANK YOU SO MUCH for all of your patience, all of your excitement, all of your passion and love for the game. It's only gonna get even better from here!!!

Codspeed <3

- Aggro Crab