And so it begins!

After 4+ months of development, I am finally ready to share this game with the world as an early playable demo.

The idea for the came to me when I was a Raid Leader in WoW. I was so inspired by how cool raid bosses are, how the whole raid must work together and everyone's actions are crucial for success. That's why I wanted to turn it into a satiric singleplayer miniature, where the player would command a bunch of crabs to achieve similar goals. Crabs were picked as main characters for a reason - "Crab" was a running joke in my guild for unskilled players. You can think about is as a joke going a bit too far. Yet, after seeing amazing art by Derek Souza (@derekpxart), who happen to be drawing all the sprites for crabs in CRT, I knew this is going to be worth it.

The story of how the development started is also interesting. The previous project I worked on as a corporate employee was closed by reasons beyond my control as a product manager, so I quit my job and started developing Crab Raid Tactics. Over the last 7 years, I worked as a programmer, manager, tried myself in game design and even participated in narrative writing. I worked in an indie studio and in a big team, supported released games and made new ones from scratch. I did all that because I knew the time would come for me to start solo development career, and I wanted to learn as much as possible. It's time to put all those skills to the test!

There is a lot I have to handle right now in life. One of the main concerns is moving to another country. It would be easy for me to find a job and just work on Crab Raid Tactics part time, but I don't want it. As funny as it may sound, I am commited to staying unemployed for as long as possible to push this game to its release, and it comes with certain difficulties.

My plans for the game are much bigger than this demo, and will take around half a year to complete - don't take it as a promise or announcement, though, everything may happen. For now, I am very much in need of your feedback. Play the game and let me know what you think, so I can make it better!

~ Stefan, your Dungeon Master