Crabmeat is an evil fishing game with deadly, pinchy crabs

I’ve been convicted of the worst crime imaginable: poverty. In order to atone for my sins, I’ve been sent to work on a crab fishing vessel, and I don’t want to be impolite, but this thing’s a piece of shit. I woke up for my first day of work and I couldn’t climb the ladder up to the bridge because it needed repairs. There's a shotgun hidden behind glass in case of an emergency (what kind of emergency?!) and a previous tenant left a note behind to test if the cleaners would get it between shifts (they did not.)Crabmeat is another economic horror game; I’m explicitly told as I read over my contract at the beginning of the game that not even death is an escape from debt, as anything left over when I perish simply goes to surviving family members. So, I have no choice but to grit my teeth and go catch some crabs. It’s not a pleasant experience; just moving from my quarters to the bridge is a little bit clunky. 

I click to move, instead of using WSAD to maneuver, and everything feels slightly ... off. In an action game I’d be docking review points, but in a horror game, it adds to the sense that something is wrong. My first shift is awkward and clunky as I figure out how to bait the crab traps and operate the winch, but it makes sense that I’m out of my depth. At first, there’s no pressure in taking the time to figure these things out. I learn to bait the traps, deposit them using the ship’s heavy crane, and after a ten-minute break to figure out how to turn the ship around, how to catch and sort my haul.

The ship is large enough that I can’t see everything all at once. On the bridge, I rely on cameras to track the ship’s movement and position. While I’m moving around under the deck, there are signs everywhere that inform me that nothing is being flooded or broken. That’s great, but it also makes me worry, because a sign like that means stuff is absolutely about to get flooded and/or broken. Also, some prior inhabitant of the boat has written “Hope you can swim!” inside the life vest cabinet, so I’m not feeling too good about that one either.