{"id":18610,"date":"2023-04-25T16:05:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T07:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=18610"},"modified":"2023-04-25T16:05:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T07:05:33","slug":"20230425-18610","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/indie-games\/20230425-18610\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight Crab developer shows off a sea lion fighting game prototype"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>Fight Crab developer Nusso recently posted a video of a prototype of a sea lion fighting game to Twitter. The video, which features sea lions holding swords in their mouths and fighting in a ring, has garnered over 90,000 views and 200,000 impressions as of this writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30a2\u30b7\u30ab\u30ce\u30b1\u30f3\u30ab\u3061\u3087\u3063\u3068\u4f5c\u3063\u305f\u3051\u3069\u3042\u307e\u308a\u53ef\u611b\u304f\u306a\u3089\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CVL0sv5zy8\">pic.twitter.com\/CVL0sv5zy8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u306c\u3063\u305d (@NeoNusso) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NeoNusso\/status\/1649736236976984065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>I made a prototype of a sea lion fighting game, but it didn&#8217;t turn out very pretty.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sword of the Sea Lions\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7RucuhzQipw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>When looking at the video we can see things like little knight characters riding on the backs of the sea lions and a countdown that starts when a sea lion is knocked on its back. It gives the impression that progress had been made on the games setting and mechanics. Additionally, Nusso <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NeoNusso\/status\/1649779355986595840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted<\/a> that part of Fight Crab\u2019s difficult controls came from controlling two weapons, so there was significance in making a game where players used just one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nusso is a developer that makes games based on marine life such as NEO AQUARIUM, Ace of Seafood, and Fight Crab. They are currently developing a follow-up to their 3D crab battler Fight Crab.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30a2\u30b7\u30ab\u30ce\u30b1\u30f3\u30ab\u306f\u4eca\u306f\u30ab\u30cb2\u4e0a\u3067\u52d5\u3044\u3066\u3044\u308b\u305f\u3081\u3001\u30ab\u30cb\u30ce\u30b1\u30f3\u30ab\u30eb\u30fc\u30eb\u3067\u52d5\u3044\u3066\u308b\u3051\u3069\u3001<br>\u3061\u3083\u3093\u3068\u4f5c\u308b\u3068\u306a\u3063\u305f\u3089\u30a2\u30b7\u30ab\u306b\u306f\u30a2\u30b7\u30ab\u306b\u9069\u3057\u305f\u30eb\u30fc\u30eb\u304c\u3042\u308b\u3068\u601d\u3046\u306e\u3067\u5225\u7269\u306b\u306f\u3059\u308b\u3002<br>\uff08\u305f\u3068\u3048\u30703\u30ab\u30a6\u30f3\u30c8\u306f\u30a2\u30b7\u30ab\u306e\u6c7a\u7740\u3068\u3057\u3066\u306f\u59a5\u5f53\u3067\u306f\u306a\u3044\u3068\u601d\u3046\uff09<\/p>&mdash; \u306c\u3063\u305d (@NeoNusso) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NeoNusso\/status\/1650344799793475584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>Sea lion fighting game is currently running in Fight Crab 2, so it has Fight Crab\u2019s rules. If I were to make the game in earnest, it would have rules more appropriate for sea lions and become something else. (For example, I don\u2019t think a 3 count is appropriate to decide a sea lion fight.)\u201d<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Fight Crab is available on PC (Steam\/itch.io\/BOOTH), Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fight Crab Steam Launch Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FY_EfJ7pTmo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20230424-245044\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2023-04-24 10:24<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fight Crab developer recently posted a video of a prototype of a sea lion fighting game. 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