It's Tea Time! [#trijam 156 2022]

It's Tea Time! (~4mins)

◘Controls: (arrow_keys/shift/a/s/d/f/x)

•The 4 arrow_keys: move up/down/left/right

•a/d Hold to aim (turnrate)

•S to Fire: Shotgun (tap), Bomb (tap with short hold), Minigun (hold)

•F to interact: Tap F while ontop of teacup to Grab/drop, hold F to drink from the grabbed teacup

•Shift Hold: Holding shift while aiming (i.e. Shift+a/d) will increase your turnrate

•Shift Tap: Tapping shift will swap your weapons to white (less dmg, larger radius)

•X: tap X when prompted by the various menu to advance to the game. Tapping X at the endscreens will restart the game.

Recommend using right-hand on arrow_keys, left-hand starting with pinkie should rest on shift/a/s/d. You will use be holding shift alot.

◘The UI:

HP/25 | time/240s | Leaves_in_cup/10| 

                                      Cup_Hp/250

(Note a squiggly will appear to the left of HP when white weapons are on i.e. shift_tap)

◘Objective: Drink an edible blend of tea leaves when teacup has cooled

•Keep your hp above 0

•Keep 10 or fewer enemies from touching the teacup

•Keep the teacup from dying from your own bombs

•after 240s, when timer<0, drink from the teacup (grab teacup then hold f). You will only have 10 seconds to do so, until time=-10.

◘Tips:

☻take some time practicing the controls. Particularly the 3 weapons u fire with s. Short tap is shotgun, u can tap tap tap and shoot them fairly quick. Hold that tap just a little longer and you'll fire the bombs...hold it too long and you'll automatically fire the minigun.

☻when equipped/grabbed, the teacup is still vulnerable from the right side. Enemies hitting u from above/left/below will protect the cup and only damage you.

☻the teacup is hot! Don't drink before those 4 minutes are up. And be careful not to carry it for too long at a time, it will burn you causing it to drop.

☻Failure to drink the teacup within 10 seconds of time<0 (when it has cooled down) will result in game_over. You must consume your tea at optimal temperature!

☻bombs when they explode injure the teacup and enemies, that's it. If you accidently drop a bomb on the teacup, quickly move it out of the way! 

This is a very hard game. I set the bar pretty low here as my best score in the finished product was 10/10. The highest score to achieve is 0/10...aka drinking water! Will you reach such a coveted milestone?!?!? It won't be easy.

☻☻☻☻☺The score to beat is 10/10. Goodluck! ☺☻☻☻☻

Made in Pico8 for the trijam game-jam: https://itch.io/jam/trijam-156. This game took 6 hours as per the rules. I'm 3 hours over the intended time, but I wanted to be happy with the result and for it to be a playable experience (I am, and it is).

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