DADDY SHRIMP

A free underwater arena game — and a project funded in the open

Daddy Shrimp is a free, browser-based multiplayer game. You're a glowing little shrimp in a neon ocean: eat, grow, and out-swim everyone else in fast rounds. Hand-drawn art, real-time arenas, no downloads. Behind the game is a bigger project: real skill contests with USDC prizes (dollar-stable) — built already, tested already, and locked until a gaming attorney signs off. We're doing the boring legal part first, in public.

How to play

Move: on a phone, touch and drag to steer. On a computer, your shrimp follows your mouse.
Grow: swim over glowing tokens to eat them and get bigger.
Chomp: you can eat shrimp smaller than you — bigger ones can eat you, so pick your fights.
Hazards: jellyfish, urchins, and anemones sting; rocks and coral block. Small? Hide in an anemone.
Survive the round: last to the timer to bank your tokens. Eaten = respawn small, go again.
Sign in (optional): save stats across devices and earn Founder Credits every round.

The project — funded in the open

Most crypto games ask for trust. We built for verification instead:

BUILT FIRST

The entire real-money engine — entries, escrow, USDC payouts, anti-cheat — exists and is tested on Solana devnet today.

LOCKED ON PURPOSE

Paid contests stay off until a gaming attorney completes a state-by-state legal review. Two independent code locks enforce it.

FUNDED ON-CHAIN

Supporter pack sales go to a public treasury wallet. The balance is read live from the blockchain — nobody can fake the bar.

NO TOKEN, NO "RETURNS"

Supporter packs are digital goods: badges, skins, credits, access. Not investments — that's what keeps this clean.

MILESTONE 1 — LAWYER UP

$15,000 goal ($10k retainer + billable hours) — loading live treasury…

See the live treasury, roadmap & supporter packs →

Where we're headed

NOW — LIVE

Real-time multiplayer arenas, live leaderboard, minimap
Saved accounts, lifetime stats, Founder Credits, referrals
Solana wallet linking + Founding Supporter packs

NEXT — AS MILESTONES FUND

Milestone 1: gaming attorney retained (legal opinion, state-by-state)
Milestone 2: compliance rails — KYC, geolocation, AML vendors
Cosmetics shop, daily quests, ranked weekly leaderboards

LATER

Milestone 3: paid-entry skill contests with USDC prizes, in permitted states (founders enter Season One free)
Milestone 4: mobile PWA, tournaments, new arenas, creator skins

Straight answers

Is buying a supporter pack an investment? No. Packs are pre-sales of digital goods — founder status, cosmetics, credits, early access. No profit, no revenue share, no token, no expectation of return. The upside is being provably early to a game doing this the legal way.

Why no cash prizes yet? Paid-entry prize contests are regulated in the US whether they pay in dollars or crypto. We won't run them until counsel signs off. Milestone 1 pays for exactly that.

How do I verify the treasury? The wallet address is public on the supporters page with a live balance read from the Solana blockchain and an explorer link. Watch the wallet, not our words.

A founder's note. Daddy Shrimp is early access and actively being built. Founder Credits have no cash value. Timelines are directions, not promises. Real-money contests, if and when offered, will have age, location, and eligibility restrictions and launch only after legal review. Play for fun first.

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