Nice submission! I did a little recording of my gameplay in case it helps: Crab Grab by BoneDaddy64, daniyells | Cap Recording
Really cute art style, the music got me in the zone and made collecting all the treasures feel rewarding.
I did find my depth perception was off, having a hover shadow could have helped, but also could have made the game too easy? I also found it very forgiving that I could move forwards and backwards while the claw was returning to the top of the screen, so it was easy to adjust if I needed to.
I needed the stick to win, although the stick did give me negative points 😆
Overall a great submission! Well done