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In the Federal Bureau of Ice Cream, you play as an Agent delivering ice cream. Your goal is to drop ice cream onto the cones of individuals located around the world. Director Dairy, leader of the F.B.I.C., will give you your mission, and it’s up to you to bring the ice cream goodness!
Hold the PlayDate sideways and use the crank to move the ice cream cone, catching the ice cream scoops as they fall. If you miss three ice cream scoops in a row or hit a cherry, the mission is over. Simple enough... but each mission features special flavors that alter the current stage.
Each mission has a twist that makes the gameplay unique. When the mission begins, a mission brief will inform the agent of what the gameplay twist is. These twists range from altering the controls to entering a boxing competition!
F.B.I.C is an arcade game played by holding the PlayDate sideways. You use the PlayDate crank to move the hand of a creature/animal/person so they can catch the falling ice cream scoops. The gameplay on each level is straight forward, don't miss three scoops in a row and don't hit any falling cherries. While it seems simple at first, each of the twelve unlockable levels is unique. These could be different control schemes (microphone, accelerometer, etc..), answering questions on a quiz show, a mini version of Punch Out, and many more surprises. The player outside of these missions there are cutscenes that introduce the player to Director Dairy who will assign more tasks once the player has beat highscores on a mission. The game also has 3 unlockable achievements for every level and has accessibility features.
The inspiration for this game came to me when playing around with my PlayDate for the first time. I wanted to create a quick demo, and that demo later snowballed into the game I am submitting. Additionally, the theme of ice cream hits close to home. It is something my now fiancé and I first bonded over. We traveled all over New England going to ice cream spots and for Christmas I even wrote her an ice cream book. It was only fitting that my first game I ever made was about ice cream.
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PLEASE NOTE: This game is ONLY for PlayDate