Ace-Time Continuum

Our submission for GMTK Game Jam 2025!

Deal, rinse, repeat - trapped in a rigged casino, doomed to repeat the day you lost all your money... unless you can bribe the bouncer to leave for $1,000,000. Learn the casino's secrets and make it out of your prison!

CW: Suicide (expand for details)

The player can kill themselves to end a day early by sticking a fork in an electrical outlet in comedic fashion. Several in-game characters may suggest that you do this. The main character does a Family Guy death pose.

Controls

• WASD - Move, select coin
• E - Interact
• Tab/ESC - Pause

Guide

Expand (spoilers)

• To the left of the bar, challenge the bouncer to an arm wrestle.
• After winning, you'll be told that the blackjack dealer loves to drink on the job.
• Go to the bar and purchase a whiskey for the dealer.
• When the dealer is drunk, you'll always draw a 21.
• After winning, you'll be told the coin toss dealer's outcome depends on the in-game timer. If you flip on an even time, it will land on heads, and if you flip on an odd time, it will land on tails.
• Play the coin toss dealer. After winning several times, you'll be suggested to factory reset the slot machine with a power surge.
• Interact with the power outlet to the left of the slot machine.
• Play the slots. After winning several times, a note will be dispensed that tells you to "bet on the chips color"
• Play roulette. There will be a stack of chips on the table, down and to the left of the UI. If they're red, go all in on red, and if they're black, go all in on black. If they're green, you should split your bet 50/50 between 0 and 00.
• After winning $1,000,000, talk to the bouncer and take your exit.

Credit

• Mitch - General programming, gameplay programming
• xScaramouche - General programming, gameplay programming
• Sandro - General programming, gameplay programming
• Caeden117 - Gameplay programming, slots VA
• Bobbie - Gameplay programming
• KoviDomi - General programming
• JoyceIsDrawing - 3D art, 2D art
• ruru - Character art, 2D art
• Sku - Music, SFX
• fragskye - General programming, 3D art, shaders

Tools used

• Godot 4.5.beta3
• Blender
• Krita
• Clip Studio Paint
• Photoshop
• Substance Designer
• Substance Painter
• FL Studio

Third-party assets

• Fonts by Not Jam
• Godot Second-Order Dynamics by Audrey Serene
• Godot Resource Groups by Jan Thomä
• Gong sound by soundkid96
  
• Metal hit by floraphonic
• Glass knock by floraphonic
• Marimba by Woititti2005