The Netflix television showSquid Gamewent massively viral, introducing millions of viewers to its complicated system of playground games, character drama, and extreme violence. Video game players immediately recognized parallels betweenSquid Gameand certain game genres like battle royales or party games likeFall Guys. Yet no game stood out as directly comparable toSquid Game, which is howCrab Gamecame into being. In its rush to launch, however, it had some nasty issues that the developer is just getting around to fixing.
What makesCrab Gamespecial isn’t just that it’s aSquid Game-inspired multiplayer game, but that it’s a great option for streaming in groups. Like withFall Guysor battle royale games likeFortnite, streamingCrab Gamelets viewers be a part of the fun. Unfortunately, that can deeply awry if, for example,Crab Gamedoesn’t do enough to protect players' IP addresses from being discovered by malicious strangers. Unfortunately, that happened.
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Developer Dani says that it won’t happen inCrab Gameagain, however. Dani shared on Twitter that “Crab Gameis now SAFE,” confirming that that game has been updated so as to no longer reveal players' IP addresses. He says thatCrab Gamenow utilizes theSteamplatform’s Networking tech, which protects' users IP addresses. Dani compares the technology to what “any other game on Steam” utilizes to protect players' IP addresses.
There is one big caveat, according to Dani, but it’s not related to IP addresses. Dani explains that he “completely replaced all the old networking code with the new one” and apparently did so very quickly. As a result, there are currently what Dani describes as “a lot of issues” withCrab Game. As in, players may experience a significant amount of bugs while playing. Dani explains that his priority was making the game safe to play and that the bugs can be solved later.
Lastly, Dani apologizes to streamers who were impacted byCrab Game’s lax security. He specifically names xQc,Sodapoppin, and Nick Polom. All three were DDOS’d several days ago after playingCrab Gameand having their IP addresses made vulnerable. Dani had previously warned streamers to stay away from public lobbies onCrab Gameuntil he fixed the game.
Crab Gameis unabashedly capitalizing on thesuccess ofSquid Game, but it’s also a very interesting game and makes for a wonderful social experience. Hopefully, this speed bump doesn’t slow down its success and it’s able to build a game that’s even more fun and exciting as result.
Crab Gameis available now on PC.
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