PAY THE FIN

Dig. Find treasure. Sell it. Pay what you owe. ...or else.

Made in Godot 4

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⚠ BARE METAL DISCLAIMER

This game was built mostly by me in the last 8h of the jam. It is not finished. It is not polished. It is raw, rough, and held together with duct tape and and many bugs (ill try to fix 70% of em.
If you're looking for a finished product, this ain't it.

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WHAT IS THIS GAME?

PAY THE FIN is a first-person voxel digging survival game where you owe money to a loan shark called FIN. They gave you a shovel, a hole in the ground, and one week to pay up. Fail, and the hole becomes your grave.

Dig up treasure from the ground. Sell it on your phone. Gamble what you can't afford to lose. Every week, the debt goes up. Every week, FIN gets more impatient.

HOW TO PLAY — SURVIVAL GUIDE

1. The Basics

You're dropped into a voxel landscape with a shovel. Left-click to dig. Every dig carves out terrain and has a 60% chance to spawn loot nearby. Walk over items to pick them up.

2. Controls

Key	Action
WASD	Move around
Mouse	Look around
Left Click	Dig / Interact
I	Open eBay phone (sell items)
U	Open upgrade shop
ESC	Pause / Release mouse

3. Selling Items

Press I to open your eBay phone. You'll see all your collected items grouped by type. Sell individual items or hit "SELL EVERYTHING" to liquidate your inventory. All earnings go directly toward your debt — you don't have to manually pay FIN.

💡 Tip: Money is automatically applied to your debt. Every dollar you earn brings you closer to surviving the week.

4. Upgrades

Press U to open the upgrade shop. Spend money to improve your capabilities:

• Inventory — Carry more items before you need to sell
• Shovel — Dig bigger chunks of terrain per swing
• Odds — Increase gambling chance
• Drill — Faster digging speed

💀 Warning: Upgrades cost money that could go toward your debt. Spend wisely — or dig yourself into a deeper hole.

5. Gambling

Feeling lucky? -- TO BE IMPLEMENTED --

6. The Debt System

This is the core of the game. FIN wants their money back. Each week you have a quota to meet. Fail to pay in time and it's game over.

Week	Quota	Time	FIN's Mood
Week 1	$200	10 min	"Wants more."
Week 2	$350	10 min	"Digging yourself deeper."
Week 3	$500	10 min	"You owe a LOT."
Week 4	$650	10 min	"Time is running out."
Week 5	$800	10 min	"You should be dead by now."
Week 6+	$950+	10 min	"There is no end. Only FIN."

Quotas increase by $150 per week. After each successful week, FIN sends you a personal message. They get less friendly every time.

💡 Tip: The timer only runs when you're in the main game. Cutscenes and gambling pause the clock.

Warning: If the timer hits zero and you haven't met your quota, game over. Back to the title screen. All progress reset.

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KNOWN ISSUES

• 🔴 Some items may clip into terrain after spawning
• 🔴 Slot machine balance is rough — big wins are rare
• 🟡 No audio for many actions (digging, UI interactions)
• 🟡 Late-game quotas may be very difficult to reach
• 🟡 Gambling and Loot still in dev
• 🟡Options menu not workin

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CREDITS

The Team:

• Fletchi — Digging system, FPS controller, environment, gambling polish, organization, title screen, win/lose screens, credits scene, everything the others didn't do (highkey 99% of the game)
• Spirit of Potatoes — Gambling system, inventory system, sell/buy mechanics
• AJ — Title screen UI polish
• Alezea — Custom sprites (logo, spin button)
• Shuttle — PS1 shader, 3D models (both not used)
• One — 3D modelling

Assets & Tools:

• Zylann's Voxel Tools
• Quality FPS V2
• Godot Slot Machine (base)
• "PSX Retro Computer" by Tomitos (CC-BY)
• PSX locations by Elbolillo (CC-BY) — Laundry, Gas Station, Casa Abandonada
• Fence assets by valsekamerplant on itch.io
• Godot Asset Placer by Roman Levinzon
• Sound effects from Pixabay & Mixkit
• GodotWind animation library
• xxidbr9 balatro-effect-recreate

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PAY THE FIN — A very serious Game
Built with Godot 4. 
FIN is always watching.