Crab Rhapsody Playtest Lets Players Form Crab Bands and Fight AI Music Monopoly
Crab Rhapsody ties its roguelike progression to a real-time soundtrack that shifts with band composition, while its narrative satirizes AI copyright monopolies.
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RIFF DEV is developing the roguelike shooter Crab Rhapsody, where players control a crab fighting the AI 'Crab-GPT' over music copyrights. Band members provide support and change the in-game BGM in real time. Weapons are musical instruments like a flute spear and trumpet shotgun. A playtest is available on Steam since July 2.
The playtest for Crab Rhapsody, now live on Steam, lets players build a band of crabs from genres including rock, jazz, funk, Chinese traditional music, orchestra, and electronic synth. As band members join, the background music changes in real time, creating a unique soundtrack for each run. Weapons double as instruments-a flute spear, a trumpet shotgun, a guitar chainsaw-and the shop offers 'Claw Chips' that stack abilities. The story pits the player against Crab-GPT, an AI that hoards music copyrights.
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