Sunset Smoothies

About:

You play as Scarlet Sunset, a batpony running a smoothie business somewhere in Equestria. Prepare and serve tasty fruit and vegetable-based smoothies to local ponies to earn their admiration!

Done for June 2025's /mlp/con Game Jam with the theme of "Hobbies", though the initial idea was to make this a "Fruit" themed game.

Warning:

This project is incomplete (was unable to finish in the Game Jam timeline), so some features are missing or poorly implemented. Examples include no title screen, tutorial or real "end goal" gameplay wise currently, no SFX/Music (yet), some missing effects (e.g. visual cues for when a smoothie has been transferred to a cup), and at least one menu hastily implemented (the Order menu which is very basic just to make the game "playable").

How to Play:

Simply download the 7z archive and extract it into a folder (you may need a program such as 7-Zip to do this). Once extracted, you can launch the executable to start playing the game.

Once inside the game there are a number of primary controls which are relevant:

• WASD/Arrow Keys - Basic movement and Menu navigation.
• E - "Action" key, allows for interaction with stations, other ponies and can "use" items on stations/ponies.
• Q - "Quit" key, closes menus.
• R - "Secondary Action" key, used for additional actions some stations may provide.
• 1-3 - Numeric entry for specific stations.
• O - "Orders" key, opens the orders list, pressing O again will also toggle this menu.

In terms of gameplay, ponies will first start to approach the counter and form a line. Interacting with a pony waiting in line will generate an order which can then be viewed by pressing O. The goal of the game is then to fulfill the order using the various stations around the area.

The general flow of making a smoothie is simple:

• Pull ingredients out of the Fridge.
• Place ingredients on a Cutting Board if they need to be peeled or chopped first (Oranges, Bananas, Kiwis, Apples and Mangos).
• Move ingredients into the Blender, each smoothie requires 3 produce ingredients and 1 liquid ingredient before it can be made.
• Activate the Blender and wait.
• Pick up a cup from the Cup Holder and use it on the Blender to move the smoothie into the cup (currently there is no visual for this).
• Bring the cup to the correct Customer.

In theory doing this correctly would reward you with a positive rating, however this feature is not yet fully implemented and not present in the current build.

Extra Info:

All development was done by myself (Lemon Drop), Art was done by Goodly. This game is written in Zig using raylib for basic Window/Graphics capabilities.