CrazyCrab

A game prototype inspired by mud crabbing around Darwin Harbour and the Northern Territory—combining boating, changing conditions, local fishing knowledge and a working crabbing economy.

What is CrazyCrab?

CrazyCrab is an evolving simulation and management game. The player travels through Top End waterways, deploys pots, chooses bait, returns after a soak period and makes decisions about the catch. The wider design connects those actions to tides, weather, navigation, boat condition, compliance and business progression.

Place and conditions

Darwin-inspired waterways, tide movement, weather, wind and changing light give each trip a sense of place.

Crabbing systems

Pot placement, bait choices, soak time, legal catch decisions and unwanted species support the core loop.

Career progression

Catch income, repairs, equipment, boats and location milestones create longer-term decisions.

Multiple platforms

Development explores web, Windows and Android builds with controls adapted for keyboard, controller and touch.

Why the project matters

The prototype demonstrates how a recognisable local activity can become an accessible game system. It also provides a platform for testing environmental simulation, player guidance, mobile controls, data-informed iteration and authentic regional storytelling.

Current status

CrazyCrab is an original work in active development. Publicly available demonstrations represent early prototypes rather than a finished commercial release, and individual builds may test different visual or control approaches.

Play an early browser build.

Explore the original static prototype, then contact Spun Studios if you would like to discuss the project or a related simulation.

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