Mr. Crane Adventures

* 2.0 Update
* Initial Release
* Scratch
* BETA!
* Prototype

WW:December 30, 2023

Windows:

NA: July 30, 2023

WW:December 30, 2023

macOS:

NA: July 30, 2023

WW: December 30, 2023

GameJolt:

WW: December 30, 2023

Linux:

WW: Janurary 2, 2024

## System requirements

a computera web browser (recommendation Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge)USB gamepad (for play with controller.

Mr. Crane Adventures (formerly subtitled "Runnin' For Gems and currently listed as "Mr. Crane Adventures 2.0) is an indie platforming game developed by Mr. Crane Inc. It was released on On Newgrounds, Windows, and macOS (via CranerGamer) on July 30, 2023. This game also marks the official debut of Mr. Crane, as well as Mark, Red and Crystal. The game follows Mr. Crane, Mark, Agent Red, and Crystal. as the 4 of them go on a quest to receive the 4 robot transformation gems stolen by Damien and the tribe of the Shadians.

On April 26th, 2022, it was announced that Mr. Crane Inc. will move to Newgrounds, since the game has over 600 assets and it keeps crashing, it will be ran on TurboWarp, which is a Scratch Mod to make scratch run faster.

And May 5, 2022, it was announced on Newgrounds that it would be released on Scratch again, due to BiggieMario55 upgraded to a powerful computer with enough RAM to load the project.

On August 14, 2022, A beta version titled "Mr. Crane Adventures: Runnin' For Gems BETA!," was released on Scratch and Newgrounds as a placeholder until the full games is released. On December 12, 2022, it was taken off of all the sites it was put on, except for Newgrounds, which was unpublished on June 21, 2023.

On July 21, 2023, a trailer premiered at 11:00 PM EDT and annouced that it was supposed to release on August 13, 2023, but the game was finished early, so it was pushed to July 30, 2023.

On December 30, 2023, it was re-released with an update under the name "Mr. Crane Adventures 2.0," along with a trailer on YouTube.

# Story

The story starts off with a view of Planet Crania, and the squad, Mr. Crane, Mark, Crystal and Red, are hanging out at a local park until they take cover after hearing an explosion, Mr. Crane decides to take advantage of the situation and go on an adventure, to stop Damien, who has stole the Robot Gems to take over the world. The games levels take place in Grasslands, Crania Beach, New Crank City, Power Plant, and the Shadow Realm. Mr. Crane finds a gem in each area, while defeating the guards and destroying the enemies, he finally makes it to the Shadow Realm, where he battles Damien and saves the world.

### Characters

###### Playable -

Mr. Crane - The hero of the adventure. He can run, jump, duck, and use potions.

Mark - The second most important character, he can run, jump and duck, but is slower than Mr. Crane and cannot use any potions.

###### Unplayable -

Agent Red - The third most important character - he is the boss of the squad and transports Mark and Crystal around while Crane travels throughout the city

Crystal - The fourth most important character - she is Mr. Crane's girlfriend, who just accompanies Mark and Red while Crane is on his adventures

Damien - The main villian. He stole the robot-transformation gems.

# Gameplay

Mr. Crane Adventures is a static platformer, where the player moves left or right or the other way around to get to the next scene. There are 5 "levels" that contain 5 "stages" in each of them, with the exception of Level 5. There are many hazards that can harm you if touched, like the CreepyBot, which you have to jump on the defeat. Mr. Crane loses a life when his health depletes. falls into a bottomless pit, drowns in a water level, or comes into contact with larged fire-based hazards. Most levels have one orb in them, which give you 3000 points for each one collected.

# Development

The game was originally going to be a runner game, hence the name. The original genre was inspired by Super Mario Run, a mobile game for mobile devices. The game was created somewhere in January 2021. And a couple weeks when it was created. The game was released as "Mr. Crane Adventures: Runnin' For Gems (Early Access Preview)." The game had a open world area, with a shop stand for items. Also a brown thing that you can go through to complete levels. A few days after the release, it was closed for further development. When it was back in development, a major change was added to the game. The open world was removed, a Mario-like World Map, the logo was changed, and the characters and enemies were shaded. But the biggest change to the game is the genre change. It has been changed to a puzzle-platformer, and then a regular platformer.

# Earlier Releases

The game was originally released as Mr. Crane Adventures: Runnin' For Gems (Early Access Preview) in Early 2021, then taken down a few days later. Then on June 7, 2021, it was released on Scratch as a preview for a second time, and then released on Newgrounds a day later, and then taken down on June 25, 2021 on both Scratch and Newgrounds. It was announced that the Scratch release was cancelled, because the game being too much for Scratch to handle. In addition, it was announced that it would be released also for the CranerGamer and GameJolt as well. It was also announced that it would go back to Scratch because of BiggieMario55's new PC. The BETA! version of the game was released on Scratch and Newgrounds on August 14, 2022, and GameJolt on August 30, 2022.

Mr. Crane Adventures: Runnin' For Gems was officially released the United States on the Scratch Website on December 12, 2022 under the title "Mr. Crane Adventures: Episode 1," which has been taken down.

# Release

Mr. Crane Adventures was released in North America for Windows, macOS and Newgrounds on July 30, 2023. An update under the name "Mr. Crane Adventures 2.0, was released for all regions on December 30, 2023.

# Trivia

* The game has an inspiration of Super Mario and Sonic The Hedgehog.
* Despite existing before this game's creation, this game marks the first official appearance of Mr. Crane.
* This game marks the first appearance of Mark, Red, and Crystal
* Despite holding guns in the artwork, Red doesn't use them in-game.
* This game had about 5 releases and releases so far.

# Gallery

BETA! Cover ArtPrototype Cover Art (The ESRB logo was scrapped, being replaced with MCRB)Original cover art used for the CranerGamer until December 30, 2023Cover Art for "Episode 1" On ScratchCover Art for all platforms since December 30, 2023