Shot in the Dark (Brackeys Game Jam 2022.2)

Hiii!!! This is the first game I have ever made, and the first game jam I have ever entered, so I'm obviously really excited over this.

Sorry for not having much information in-game in terms of gameplay, but I'll lay it out for you here:

Use the arrow keys to move. Press the C key to open your inventory. Press the Z key (hold) to use your flashlight. When near an item or NPC, press the X key to interact with them. When the inventory is open, you can press the Escape key to close it, or cancel using the item or interacting with the NPC.  

You are Bee, and you are trapped in a school building where red glowing "cores" spread infection. Stepping on these infected areas will kill you immediately (but not the cores), but you can destroy the infection with your flashlight.

Using the flashlight for too long will run down its battery, so you have to collect batteries found in item spawners. Said item spawners will generate a random item every 10 seconds. When interacting with them, you can place them in a certain slot in your inventory. However, if there is an item in that slot already, the previous item will be dropped and destroyed with no way to get it back.

Your goal is to fix the generator (a big machine with an ominous red glow) by giving it 8 metal parts. Your other, less necessary goal is to make people not die. Certain food items can hurt some characters, so you need to be careful. People don't have health bars in real life, so there isn't any information in-game (this was intentional i swear). In any cases, here is what you need to look out for:

Petra Valentí

Petra is Bee’s girlfriend gal pal. She can eat any food item given to her.

Spanish, somewhat tan skin, black hair, a red flower hairpin on the opposite side of Bee's head. Wearing black jacket, green shirt, grey jeans.

Mark Withasee

Mark is another friend of Bee's. He can also eat any food item given to him.

Irish, pale skin, reddish hair, wearing a black headband. In blue shorts and a pink t-shirt.

Dr Oasis

Andy Oasis (PhD) can also (wow surprise) eat any food item given to them.

Indonesian, darker skin than Petra and lighter skin than Bee. They have short green hair. Wearing goggles, a large white lab coat, black trousers, and a greyish-purple turtleneck.

Aurora and Borealis Johnstone

Aurora and Borealis are the twin sisters of the school. Aurora is a vegan and can’t eat meat, losing 15 health if given chicken. Borealis isn’t a vegan but has severe allergies to several foods, including dairy, losing 15 health if given a cupcake.

Aurora has dyed her hair red. She wears a blue t-shirt.

Borealis has dyed her hair blue. She wears a red t-shirt.

They are both British with peach-coloured skin.

Orion Johnstone

Orion is the younger half-brother of the twins. He was visiting them with his parents at the time the monster invaded. Hiding in the cafeteria, he has type 2 diabetes and cannot eat anything sweet, much to his displeasure. Eating candy will make him lose 15 health (i'm pretty sure that's how that works)

Orion has darker skin than his sisters and has long brown hair. He wears a black and white striped shirt.

All characters lose one health every 2 seconds, and if they die, you'll know at the end of the game (unless you die, then who really cares).

Finally, thank you to Exuin for making the tileset I used for the game (which can be found here). Also thank you to my friend Jase who created most of the sprites for the game (except Bee you loser).

Thank you for looking at this page and not necessarily playing! If you play that's cool too lol

(sorry for this shitty graphics)