tinyBuild and Hypnohead Announce The Crab Is Walking for PC
Hypnohead is taking the constrained-space management of The King is Watching and replacing the fixed kingdom with a mobile creature, which turns route choice and layout pressure into the same decision.
Reporting from 1 source: Automaton.
tinyBuild announced on September 14 that Hypnohead is developing The Crab Is Walking, a roguelite city-builder for PC via Steam. Players build on the back of a moving giant creature with limited, oddly shaped tiles, merging buildings for upgrades and choosing between military, production, or mobility. Armies fight in the wasteland, with more than 100 unit types and combinations of creatures called Ride and guides called Rider.
Development started with the mechanics rather than the setting. Hypnohead says the core systems were examined over several months before the studio settled on a settlement riding the back of a living giant creature instead of a kingdom to defend.
The game keeps the tile-fitting problem but attaches it to a moving base. Buildings come in different shapes, can be merged for upgrades, and cannot all fit at once, so military strength, production, and the facilities needed to keep moving compete for the same space. Outside the city, the army fights in the wasteland, where more than 100 unit types and enemies from small swarms to giant monsters appear. Players also pick a Ride to carry the city and a Rider to guide it; the combination changes how battles play out.
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