Tutorial

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## Details

### Player Character

SpongeBob SquarePants
Patrick Star (optional)

### Enemies

Big Lenny
Red Jellyfish
The Hooks

### Goals

**Earn Your Sea Legs*** Find Patrick.
* Proceed down the path.
* Find Squidward (Unused)

**Jellyfish Jam**

* Catch more jellyfish than Patrick!

**Earn Your Sea Legs** (returns to)

* Proceed down the path.
* Navigate around the fish hooks.
* Navigate through the kelp field.
* Proceed down the path.

**A Wee Favor**

* Steal the treasure chest, then give it to Mr. Krabs.

**Earn Your Sea Legs** (returns to)

* Leave the area.

### Music

JellyfishingLenny
Overlord

## Navigation

### Next Level

Glove World

The **Tutorial** is the very first level in Around the Clock at Bikini Bottom. Unlike every other level in the game, this level is skippable.

## Plot

The level starts with the French narrator introducing Bikini Bottom, foreshadowing the terror that is to come but also delivering on the promise of a more relaxed introduction. The screen then zooms over to SpongeBob's Pineapple where SpongeBob is excited. Today is his driving test- if he passes he'll legally be able to drive a boatmobile.

SpongeBob leaves his house when Patrick asks if he wants to go jellyfishing. SpongeBob forgets it is the migrating season for the Jellyfish and tells Patrick that he has to take his test. If the player chooses to skip the tutorial, Patrick is left disappointed, but SpongeBob reassures him that they'll still meet up for Squidward's concert that night before he heads off to take his test. If the player chooses to play the tutorial, Patrick is excited and tells SpongeBob he found a shortcut to Jellyfish Fields. SpongeBob says he'll meet him there after he's retrieved Ol' Reliable, his jellyfishing net.

SpongeBob makes it to Jellyfish Fields and finds Patrick. SpongeBob says it's been a long time since he went jellyfishing, and he's worried he might not be as good as he used to be. Patrick and SpongeBob decide to practice their skills and catch some jellyfish. Along the way, they see Squidward in a gazebo. Squidward explains he's practicing for his latest clarinet performance and since he doesn't want to be distracted, he tells SpongeBob and Patrick to compete on how many Jellyfish they can catch. After the competition ends, Squidward leaves the gazebo, leaving behind the golden spatula for this level. SpongeBob and Patrick pick it up and continue catching jellyfish.

Eventually, they reach some hooks, which the two have to avoid. After avoiding the hooks, Patrick heads into the kelp, trying to scare SpongeBob by sneaking up on him. If the player escapes the kelp in time or turns around before Patrick can get to SpongeBob, he will be disappointed that he failed to scare him, if the player fails to catch Patrick before he reaches SpongeBob, Patrick will jumpscare the player, yelling loudly, before laughing lightheartedly. They find Mr. Krabs, who explains that he's trying to get to a treasure chest but he can't seem to get past Big Lenny.

Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob and Patrick he's not feeling "very adventurous" and he decides to send SpongeBob or Patrick (the player chooses who to play as) to sneak past Big Lenny and get the chest. They get the chest and Mr. Krabs decides to let SpongeBob have the day off. SpongeBob and Patrick wonder what's in the chest. Upon opening the chest, it's revealed to hold Goofy Goober tokens. Suddenly, Berry The Bear falls from the sky and sees the Goofy Goobers tokens. Berry asks if the tokens are money, SpongeBob starts to explain, "Yes, But-", but before he can finish Berry takes the tokens and threatens them at knifepoint before leaving. Berry forgets a single token, which SpongeBob picks up.

Afterward, SpongeBob and Patrick (or only Patrick if the player skipped the tutorial) continue jellyfishing- neither of them noticing that in the background, a Jellyfish is grabbed by the Overlord's tentacles and turned into a Jellien. So begins the Jellien invasion...

## Tutorial Guide

The player can look around using the mouse, and move in the environment using WASD.

To pick up the pace, press and hold Left Shift to sprint.

### Hint Clam

Such a fulfilling interaction! Hint clams are scattered around Bikini Bottom, offering insightful tips about your upcoming adventures. Keep your eyes peeled for these! Psst, while we're here, you can jump across platforms using the Spacebar...

Interact with objects within the world by pressing E.

## Control Guide

* **W** - Move forward.
* **S** - Move backward.
* **A** - Move left.
* **D** - Move right.
* **Space Bar (Tap)** - Jump.
* **Space Bar (Hold)** - Jump high.
* **Shift (Hold)** - Sprint.
* **Ctrl/C** - Toggle or untoggle crouching.
* **E** - Interact.
* **Left Mouse** - Use the current held item.
* **Esc** - Open menu.

## Trivia

* This level introduces the concepts of hiding in seaweed, breaking free of hooks (which parallel the tentacles of Belchers later on in the game), and also introduces Big Lenny.
* This is also the only level where a protagonist jumpscares you as a joke, and not as the result of ill-will or malice.
* SpongeBob telling Patrick to avoid the hooks is referred to in the episode Hooky. The sponge even mentions the events of the episode.
	+ "We're not starting this again, Patrick." - This was referred to in the beginning and middle of the episode where SpongeBob and Patrick were playing the game: 'Hooky'.
	+ "I've been publicly humiliated enough; we're going around these." - This was referred to near the end of the episode when while SpongeBob escaped the hooks, one of them ripped off his pants, causing him to be a laughing stock to Pearl, Krabs, Squidward and the rest of their friends.
	+ There used to be a glitch in the Tutorial where repeatedly swiping with the Jellyfish net would cause the player to begin flying into the air but this was patched before the game's release.
	+ Originally there was a quest title to find Squidward but it was removed.

## Gallery

The Tutorial unrendered.
1. ↑ https://twitter.com/i/status/1249722501413974016