Crabmeat - Claws For Alarm

Storyline

• You wake up on a ship in an Antarctic penal colony after being “sentenced” by an Australian system due to an overdrawn bank account.
• Your punishment: harvest 500 kg of king crab within a strict time limit.
• If you fail the quota, you’re threatened with execution—implied as an explosion due to an earlier “restriction capsule.”
• You work to meet quotas by operating the ship’s trap/bait/harvesting systems while a horror threat intensifies:
  • Crabs attack
  • Other dangerous events occur, including storms, ship malfunctions, and crabs breaching the boat.

Gameplay Highlights / Key Mechanics

• Hybrid point-and-click controls

  • Movement: click on the floor
  • Actions/interactions: select objects on-screen

• Ship/plant control system (multi-level)

  • Computer/map: monitors ship status (e.g., hull integrity, flooding) and trap status.
  • Navigation driving: adjust rudder and headings (including 0° calibration), manage anchor up/down, and control throttle/gear.
  • Crane + winch + hopper system
    • Bait traps before deployment
    • Use the crane to place traps into the water for filling over time
    • Use the winch/hook to pull traps up and drop them into the hopper for sorting

• Trap strategy

  • “More rings = more crabs” (higher-value zones)
  • “Use one trap per ring”:
    • bait first
    • drop into the chosen zone
    • leave it to fill
  • Use the computer to check trap fill percentages and rotate which traps you harvest

• Sorting / quota management

  • When crabs reach the hopper, you must separate by legal limits using gates (keep/discard).
  • The narrator uses a grim guideline:
    • “Big = patriotic (keep), small = not patriotic (discard)”
  • Fish are sent back—they aren’t the target quota.

• Combat / survival

  • You can use a shotgun (and sometimes an axe) when crabs—or bigger threats—attack or breach.
  • Limited ammo is a major risk; the narrator stresses reloading and maintaining combat readiness.

• Horror escalation triggers

  • As traps are pulled and storms worsen:
    • attacks intensify
    • the computer/scanner becomes unreliable
    • ship systems may fail
  • Jump-scare-style moments occur when something “pops up” from a trap or breach event.

Strategies / Tips Mentioned

Before deploying traps

• Use the ship map/navigation to position the boat accurately inside a ring/zone.
• Approach carefully and drop traps only when the ship is properly aligned.

During harvesting

• Don’t rely on the crane for everything:
  • crabs/objects are pulled with the hook + winch
  • then transferred into the hopper
• Sort immediately:
  • keep legal-size king crabs
  • discard undersized ones to maximize quota progress

Combat readiness

• Keep the shotgun loaded
• Switch to an axe when crabs are close or when ammo is low.
• Retreat/reposition if attackers appear near the winch/hopper area.

Driving in hazardous terrain

• Move cautiously in ice corridors (the map may be imperfect/unreliable).
• Pump out flooding quickly—water management helps while combat/horror escalates.

Quota pacing

• The narrator reaches roughly ~80% quota during the session.
• There are multiple days left, implying the game rewards efficient trap placement and sorting.

Gamers / Sources Featured

• John / “many a true nerd” / Benny — YouTube video narrator/players mentioned in the subtitles.