It's finally Time for Crab once again! Just four days short of Another Crab's Treasure's one year anniversary!

We worked really hard on this update. As you can see, there's a lot. And we're pretty proud of how much we were able to throw in. Thank you for following us on our crab journey. So dive in, get your shell handed to you, thank us, then try again.

In case you missed our previous post, here's a look at what's in the update...

As a reminder, this is not a DLC, it's a FREE yes FREE content update. It's not a small one either, we packed this baby with a bunch of new stuff:

The most highly requested feature from the community ever since we launched was New Game Plus, and the response to the game has been so overwhelming that we eventually had to do it. I'm happy to say that we cooked on this.

IMPORTANT: If you have already completed the game prior to the update, you will need to refight the final boss (SPOILERS: Firth) to activate New Game Plus. You can use the gun if you want, I won't snitch. Think of it as a warm up ;)

We didn't just lazily scale up enemy stats and call it a day, we've added new moves to bosses, some new items, and oh yeah, remixed almost every enemy encounter in the game. You'll even be able to upgrade your fork and stowaway weight even higher. Have you ever wanted FOUR stowaway slots? NG+ has FOUR stowaway slots. PLUS we've also added new exclusive stowaways for NG+, the Sigils.
oOooOooOoohmysteriouswhatdotheydooooo

OUTSIDE of New Game Plus...

You'll now have the chance to go back to your favorite boss fights and get your shell handed to you through COMBAT MEMORIES. Maybe you just wanna listen to Polluted Platoon Pathfinder again, I won't judge. Re-fight any defeated boss in your playthrough from any Moon Snail Shell. Speaking of bosses...

Topoda now offers Boss Rush challenges - with a variety of themed sequential fights.

Your reward for beating one of these trials is...

OK I GUESS I can't just move on from this without leaking one of the new costumes. Here's a look at Pretty Princess Kril:

The Museum is finally open again for business, and inside is a constantly updated display of all enemies you encounter and defeat in your journey.

Wanna dive back in to a specific point in the story? Now you can with Chapters!

Chapter Select can be enabled from the Settings menu.

I'm not snitchin' ok. I won't budge, but trust me it's a well deserved fight. This boss totally deserves it.

Due to popular demand, we've also added new achievements AND community trading cards! Here's a sneak peek at one of them:

AND if you're in the speedrunning community, keep an eye out for some speedy snails around the world...

As usual, if you run into any bugs, you can let us know through our Discord! We try to check Steam forums as much as possible too.

Hope you all enjoy, and thank you SO SO much for all the support on this game! We’re excited to show you what’s next as soon as it’s ready! It won’t be long now…

Codspeed,
Paige (Community Manager)

THAT'S RIGHT. FINALLY. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE BUT IT'S SHUCKING HAPPENING.

I'll get right to it...

Another Crab's Treasure: Year of the Crab, will release to Steam on...


Slightly earlier than our 1 year anniversary but WHO CARES we want you to play this update.

As a reminder, this is not a DLC, it's a FREE yes FREE content update. It's not a small one either, we packed this baby with a bunch of new stuff:

The most highly requested feature from the community ever since we launched was New Game Plus, and the response to the game has been so overwhelming that we eventually had to do it. I'm happy to say that we cooked on this.

We didn't just lazily scale up enemy stats and call it a day, we've added new moves to bosses, some new items, and oh yeah, remixed almost every enemy encounter in the game. You'll even be able to upgrade your fork and stowaway weight even higher. Have you ever wanted FOUR stowaway slots? NG+ has FOUR stowaway slots. PLUS we've also added new exclusive stowaways for NG+, the Sigils.
oOooOooOoohmysteriouswhatdotheydooooo

OUTSIDE of New Game Plus...

You'll now have the chance to go back to your favorite boss fights and get your shell handed to you through COMBAT MEMORIES. Maybe you just wanna listen to Polluted Platoon Pathfinder again, I won't judge. Re-fight any defeated boss in your playthrough from any Moon Snail Shell. Speaking of bosses...

Topoda now offers Boss Rush challenges - with a variety of themed sequential fights.

Your reward for beating one of these trials is...

OK I GUESS I can't just move on from this without leaking one of the new costumes. Here's a look at Pretty Princess Kril:

The Museum is finally open again for business, and inside is a constantly updated display of all enemies you encounter and defeat in your journey.

I'm not snitchin' ok. I won't budge, but trust me it's a well deserved fight. This boss totally deserves it.

Due to popular demand, we're also adding new achievements AND community trading cards! Here's a sneak peek at one of them:

AND if you're in the speedrunning community, keep an eye out for some speedy snails around the world... oh an one more thing...

Hope you all enjoy, and thank you SO SO much for all the support on this game! We’re excited to show you what’s next as soon as it’s ready! It won’t be long now…

Codspeed,
Paige (Community Manager)

Been a while! I SWEAR it's for a good reason though. The team has been cooking on multiple tasks, so I'm here to update you all on the progress as well as look back on the incredible year we've had.


There has been no feature more widely requested than New Game Plus - and it's finally happening!!! I'm shucking excited to announce that the upcoming FREE Content Update, titled Year of the Crab, will include...

• New Game+, featuring remixed encounters, new Stowaways, tougher enemies, and more
  
• Boss Rushes
  
• Bestiary
  
• New Unlockable Costumes
  
• An Even Ruder Snail

This content update will reach your shores before you know it! It won't be before the end of the year, though. Once again, we really appreciate the patience. We'd rather be happy and prepared with a stable version than something rushed and well... trash. I will say we're shucking excited.

In the meantime, hopefully the above list of features and the no-context screenshots below will give you something to crab grab on to.


If you haven't heard of Jingle Jam[www.jinglejam.co.uk], it's a livestream charity event than happens every year during December. With already over 1 million Dollars raised, we're proud to be a part of their games collection! If you donate over £35, you'll get access to 18 Steam games. That's the price of basically buying Another Crab's Treasure Twice.

CHECK THAT OUT HERE[www.jinglejam.co.uk]

Speaking of charities...


(Excluding Jingle Jam) - We have managed to raise funds for ocean conservation charities such as the Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC[uk.whales.org]) and Sustainable Coastlines[sustainablecoastlines.org].

Whether you purchased the game or a Kril plushie during a fundraising event, even if you shared our posts promoting the campaigns... THANK YOU. We've been able to help make our ocean a better place because of your help. Let's keep making a difference.

Image via Sustainable Coastlines[sustainablecoastlines.org]


We're hoping to be nominated for the steam awards this year! You can cast your vote when the Winter Sale starts - so make sure to vote for us! (I'm voting for Balatro though)


We'd also like to share that we were lucky to win BEST INDIE GAME (SELF-PUBLISHED) [x.com] at The Golden JoyStick Awards!

AND

THE TOUCH THE WORLD AWARD[x.com] at the GWB Game Awards!

They're looking pretty good on our Steam page.


The content update is our big focus right now, but if you've missed our last dev logs - we're also working on our third game! That's not to say we'll be 100% done with Another Crab's Treasure though. We'll continue to monitor the game and release bug fixes over time.

This has been the biggest year for Aggro Crab yet. We released a WHOLE VIDEO GAME. We've won awards. We've raised thousands of dollars for charities. We met people from the community at events such as PAX West.

We could not have gotten this far without you.

Thank you Crab Fans, SEA you next year. Haha. Because it's like-

CODSPEED.

- Paige (Community Manager)

HEY CRAB FANS - It's been a busy few months for us at Aggro Crab. We're preparing for upcoming events, tackling bugs and cooking on other projects. So let's talk about it! I'm assuming that's why you're here.


just in case you missed it - I can officially confirm that we're working on a NG+. We've been taking notes of your suggestions and are hoping to share the specifics of this update soon. We mainly want to ensure we have it locked down before making any promises - including a release date. BUT IT'S COMING!! NG+ REAL.

That's right. The Crab Shack returns! This year, we'll have demo stations of not only Another Crab's Treasure, but our previous game Going Under and the one published game under our belt... Subway Midnight!

The crab shack is also supplying some merch. Including hoodies, pins and Kril plushies! and maybe more things i kinda forgot we've been popping off with our merch game.

We know you love that little guy - While we'll have Kril plushies at PAX WEST, we do plan to restock him on LAZYDEVS[www.lazydevs.world] later this year too. For now just pretend he's on holiday or something. Hot Crab Summer.

Speaking of little guys...

we conspired with a bunch of LITTLE GUYS in WEIRD WORLDS for the ultimate STEAM GAME BUNDLE‼️

other games in the bundle include:

• Pikuniku
  
• Cult of the Lamb
  
• Astroneer
  
• Octodad
  
• The Crush House

you can yoink it up right NOW SO GO GOGO (Also The Crush House just released TODAY so this bundle is hot off the press).

Bug fixes and general stability across all platforms are still ongoing. We're actively checking bug reports on Steam and through our Discord[discord.com]. Discord is the better option for us so we can request more details and follow up with players, but we're checking both!

tHanKs fOr AsKinG - We're doing pretty well! The team is starting to lock in more on GAME 3. It's the next game on our plate that we can't really share anything about for a while. But trust that we're pretty hyped about it. As mentioned before - bug fixes and new content are still being worked on for Another Crab's Treasure. BIG THINGS. WE'RE COOKING. TRUST.

As always, Cod Speed.

- Paige (Community Manager)

HI TREASURE HUNTERS

PATCH NOTES COME GET YA PATCH NOTES:

• Fixed a BUNCH of missing NPCs that were supposed to be in the game!!! (especially in late game areas) (Thank you @soomoto on Discord for the help on this!!)
  
• Fixed a bug where status buildup could be reduced below 0 by equipping Stowaways totaling greater than 100% status resistance.
  
• Fixed an issue where certain world-space text (such as Affliction triggers) could fail to display in languages besides English
  
• Fixed an issue where Firth's bubble bullet claw model would stay active if you Wave Breaker him at the right moment
  
• Found a potential fix for Seahorse projectiles being considered a safe platform on which to respawn
  
• Fixed an issue where Firth's bubble bullet claw model would stay active if you Wave Breaker him at the right moment
  
• Adjusted boss health bar UI
  
• "Lower Enemy Health" assist option kicks in immediately and is reversible if you tab through
  
• Fixed an issue where munch+kintsugi would cause Kril to do a mega jump
  
• Fixed an issue where kril would have his heartkelp out and be slow moving and unable to take action IF you drink as a boss is dying
  
• Fixed an issue where bosses such as Topoda wouldnt play the peril symbol if attacking you from a distance
  
• Fixed an issue where Wave Breaker's text prompt wouldn't update its layout properly
  
• Fixed an issue where pufferfish would never get up after being poise broken

wake up babe it's time for some patch notes!

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:

• 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

• Fixed Heikea's opening cutscene camera clipping into the sushi boat floor

• Small geometry fixes in Open Ocean
  
• Small geometry fixes in the Unfathom
  
• Geometry fixes in Bleached City

CODSPEED
- Aggro Crab.

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)

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!


⦁ You can now move and zoom the map on the Location menu. Look at all the pretty art, go nuts!!!

⦁ 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.

⦁ 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.

⦁ Fixed a ghost hitbox on a colossal late-game boss.

⦁ 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

⦁ 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.

⦁ Stowaway Weight on Sea Cucumber Reduced from 6 to 5
⦁ A certain late-game tentacled boss's HP increased by ~14%

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: {ПОСИЛАННЯ ВИЛУЧЕНО}https://bit.ly/WODSteamSale24

Thank you for joining us and for supporting WDC!

CODSPEED