🦞 Frequently Asked Questions

No. The game runs entirely in your browser. No downloads, no sign-up, no plugins.

Yes, completely free. All 30 talents, 8 endings, and 15+ achievements are available to everyone.

Any device with a modern browser — desktop, laptop, tablet, or phone. The text-based format works great on mobile.

You play as a lobster navigating the AI revolution. Make career choices, survive molting challenges, and discover your destiny across 3 life stages.

About 10-15 minutes. Speed runners can finish in under 6 minutes (there's an achievement for that).

Stage 1: Ocean Survival (AI Awakening) — Stage 2: Lobster Career (Startup Journey) — Stage 3: Life Choices (Destiny Decisions). Between stages, you face molting challenges.

Three visible stats: 💰 Lobster Coins (money, no cap), 🧠 Brain (intelligence, max 100), ❤️ Fame (reputation, max 100). There's also a hidden 🍀 Luck stat.

At the start, 10 random talents are drawn from a pool of 30. You pick 3. They set your starting stats and can unlock special paths (like easier access to certain endings).

Common (balanced), Uncommon (slight edge), Rare (strong bonuses with trade-offs), and Epic (powerful effects that can define your run).

Yes. Some talents have hidden tags. For example, "Open Source Believer" lowers the threshold for the Open Source Hero ending. "Salted Fish Constitution" makes the Happy Slacker ending easier.

Between each stage, your lobster molts (sheds its shell to grow). In the game, this is a knowledge quiz — answer questions correctly to earn stat bonuses for all three stats.

You don't die or lose progress. You just miss out on the stat bonus. Getting all questions right unlocks the "Perfect Molt" achievement.

8 total: 6 standard endings and 2 hidden endings (Digital Hermit and Lobster Influencer). Your final stats determine which ending you get.

Digital Hermit: Brain ≥80 but Fame below 20. Lobster Influencer: Fame ≥85 but Brain below 40. Both require specific stat combinations that are hard to achieve naturally.

Yes! The game is designed for multiple playthroughs. Your unlocked endings are tracked in the Endings Gallery (accessible from the menu).

There's a 15% chance of a random event triggering before each story event. These can be good (stat boosts), bad (stat drops), or neutral. They keep each playthrough unpredictable.

Yes. The game auto-saves after every choice. Achievements and ending history persist across playthroughs. Data is stored both in your browser and on the server.

If you cleared browser data or switched browsers, your local save is gone. However, if you started a game, your server-side data may still exist (linked to your anonymous ID).

After reaching an ending, tap "Share Your Ending" to generate a beautiful card showing your ending, stats, and journey. You can save it as an image or share directly to Twitter, Facebook, or Reddit.