Current Project - Lethal Deal

Lethal Deal is my final year team project game in which I've undertook the role as designer in a team of 8 people. We have been given a 12 week development cycle. Lethal Deal is simply Doom meets Slay the Spire. Practically, it is a first person arena shooter and a deckbuilding game in one. You move fluidly around tightly designed levels, draw cards from your deck to improve your gun, and fight off the corrupted robotic citizens of this futuristic world.

//January 10th - Present//

Board Games

Langskip

Langskip is a 2-4 player bluffing game. You are a Viking who has been mistakenly sent to the realm of Helheim, usually reserved for those who died dishonourably. It becomes a race to Asgard before your fellow Vikings to convince Odin that you should be allowed entry into the glorious golden hall of Valhalla!

Credits:

Game Designer - Niall Crabtree
Artist - Caitlan Gledhill 

//This game was published in 2021 by Crab Studios//

Food Time Battle in Space

A very easy-to-learn beautiful card game for 2-4 players. Engine building, pushing your luck and more are required to earn 5 stars.

Credits:

Game Designer - Niall Crabtree
Artist - Fodsley

//This game was published in 2021 by Crab Studios//

Blockers: The Stacking Game

Blockers: The Stacking Game, a board game for all the family. Your family has 90 seconds on the clock each to stack as many structures as possible before time runs out.

Credits:

Game Designer/Artist - Niall Crabtree

​//This game was published in 2020 by Crab Studios//

Game Jams

Box Co: Next Day Delivery

Box Co: Next Day Delivery is an itch.io game jam project created in 2 days as part of a two person team. As an employee at Box Co., the aim of the game is to survive a horde of helper robots that have turned violent by strategically placing turrets around the Box Co. warehouse!
Play Solo or Multiplayer!

Credits:

Game Designer/Artist - Niall Crabtree
Programmer/Artist - Daniel Scott-Wilson

Lonely Planets

Lonely Planets is an itch.io game jam project created in 5 days by myself. You play as a widower, and the aim of the game is to hop between planets and seasons to collect the four digits to the mysterious keypad that has landed next to your house.

Credits:

Game Designer/Artist/VFX/Programming - Niall Crabtree

Vampire Dinner Party

Vampire Dinner Party is a product of a 4 1/2 day game jam as apart of team project in my second year of University. It is a couch co-op social deduction game where you and another player hide among NPCs trying to be discovered whilst attempting to find your opponent yourself.

This game jam took place in January 2020.

I was the sole designer and a 3D asset creator for this project. 

Cargo Quest

Cargo Quest is an itch.io game jam project created in 7 days as part of a two person team. The aim of the game is to deliver as much cargo as possible to different planets before time runs out!

Credits:

Game Designer/Artist/Particles - Niall Crabtree
Programmer - Daniel Scott-Wilson