#Crab souls

[lakemojave]

This game has no business being this funny

[happycrabitat]

A busy night in the hermit crab tank!

[avalon-stegodeus]

When the funny crab souls game turns into a lesson on how complacency in the face of great cruelty actively contributes to said cruelty being spread, and that if we do nothing the selfishness and greed of people in power will eventually ruin the planet one way or another

[merloksdigitaltoes]

Hi guys I drew more crabs. I like crabs.

[iwantmyinsanityback]

What if Another Crab’s Treasure gijinka with a touch of post-apocalypse? What if that?

[level2janitor]

another crab's treasure is a very good game and u should play it

[galact1c-ambition]

I need to just ramble about how much Another Crab's Treasure means to me. I'm not entirely open about my mental health issues publicly, but sometimes it's nice to be vulnerable. Content warning for mentions of suicidal and dark thoughts and religious trauma.

For the past year I was in college, my mental health was at its absolute lowest. There were a lot of days I considered ending it as I driving home. I was failing the classes for my major. I had my heart set on being a biology major. I couldn't accept anything else, because all of my life, I've been so passively suicidal I haven't been able to see my own future. It's a mix of depression forming at a very young age, and religious trauma and anxiety of the rapture and God "taking me home when it's my time." I was just living every day with no consideration, and I couldn't let myself get out of something even if it hurt me, because I had no backup plan.

I've also always been a lonely kid. I got seen as the weird kid in school and I didn't really have many friends, despite how social and extroverted I was. Middle school I started closing myself off because of bullying. Nowadays I have a super close friend group and my two beloved girlfriends, but when I'm not with them, I really didn't like being around other people.

Despite everything, I've believed that there's so much love and beauty and hope in the world. I'm terrified of change, but I know it's natural. I really do believe even with all the chaos and hate and fear, love will absolutely triumph and make living worth it.

Then I started up Another Crab's Treasure and heard the phrase "What word comes to mind when you think of the earth?" A phrase that INSTANTLY stuck with me. I saw so much of myself in Kril instantly. His naivety, his immediate confusion of the unfair world he didn't know about, and his anxiety without the comfort of his shell. Then I realized the gunk is a metaphor for depression and nihilism, and I knew this game would hit me deep.

The Unfathom was my favorite part of the entire game. Seeing Kril go from anxious to actively suicidal was so jarring. Then Nemma spoke her words. "Living ain't always fun. Maybe not even half the time. But livin's what we do. It's all we can do. We pick our sad lil' selves up, we put on our war face, and we shucking survive. Cause our stories ain't ready to end just yet." This game was actively telling me not only to keep living, but told me to DO SOMETHING to make myself want to live.

Seeing Kril at the end loving life, never wanting to be alone again, and wanting no longer to be complacent in the suffering of himself and everyone else...it gave me courage. As stupid as it may sound, I dropped out of college. I never needed it for a job I'm happy with. Working professionally in science would kill my love for it anyways. I've been so happy this past month, and I have so much less pressure on me for needing to keep my grades up to make my family happy or get scholarships. I know life isn't going to be easy. I know there's always going to be hate and cruelty. But I'm not giving up, and I won't let others suffer when I can help them.

This isn't even mentioning my selfship with Firth. Midas is an outlet to project my religious trauma and passive suicidalness onto, and Firth is someone who can't entirely relate but can absolutely support and love him unconditionally. Loving that cryptobro crustacean made me love myself again.

What word comes to mind when you think of the earth? Anything you want.

[gamegem92]

Spoiler warning under the cut!

[gennekko]

Te curse of the Bleached King

[qmulus-tmb]

humanized Firth, the Crab who Stole the Whorl

bonus: humanized Firth (normal ver)

[lilovaries]

GET FUCKED PAGURUS!!!!! SUCK MY NUTS!!!!!!!

[lakemojave]

[happycrabitat]

My favorite hermit crab dishes

[citrussillies]

Holy carp

[merloksdigitaltoes]

i've been playing another crabs treasure recently, you'll never guess who my favorite character is.

[iwantmyinsanityback]

Nemma, Polli, Sessi.

I’m at that spot in the game where it tells you you’re near the end so I’m procrabstinating bc finishing the game means the game will be over

[ more crab souls character designs ]