This is a working prototype that I created between 2022-2023. Over lockdown I played a lot of the steam game “The Coin Game” and after lock down also enjoyed going to real world arcades. This inspired me to make a competitive claw grabber (crane game) where a user takes on an AI in the same machine to try and get the most items and points as possible.

The player controls a man on the inside of the machine that they can use to grab items and move them towards the players grabber or away from the enemies.

I managed to implement the following:

• AI for the grabbers to move to and grab items (randomised but can be accurated)

• Player ability to grab and move around items

• Trigger the grabbing process (1)

• Trigger a portal for items (2)

• Random chances for the grabber to drop items once picked up

• Scoring system (including randomised “Important” items)

• Pusher that can spawn and move your item out of the grabbers path