00:05I'm Chandana Ekonayaka
00:07And I'm Migna Jayanth
00:09Welcome to the joyful and surreal world of Thirsty Suitors
00:12Thirsty Suitors is an action adventure RPG
00:15about fighting your exes, disappointing your parents
00:18and finding yourself
00:19This is Jawa
00:21She's back in her hometown of Timber Hills
00:23after a brutal breakup
00:24and has to face everything she left behind
00:27Her immigrant parents tattered expectations
00:30claustrophobic small-town gossip
00:31Did you love me, Jawa?
00:33and the string of messily broken hearts she left in her wake
00:36The player shapes Jawa's story through narrative choices
00:39woven through skating, cooking with her parents
00:42and fantastical turn-based combat with her Thirsty Ex-Suitors
00:45Each suitor battle is a battle with the past
00:48as Jawa's confronted with her ex's perspective
00:50of a narrative she thought she knew
00:52Let's look at how combat and narrative work together
00:55during the battle with Jawa's third-grade boyfriend, Sergio
01:00Jawa's base attack does damage and builds up her willpower
01:02Taunts reveal your opponent's weaknesses by putting them in a mood
01:06My mom says I'm irresistible and my mom is always right
01:10So let's hit him with a Thirsty Tord
01:17Now Sergio is in a thirsty mood
01:19His attacks do less damage and have a chance to backfire
01:24When he's in this mood, Jawa's Thirst skill does way more damage
01:29In between their attacks and deflections
01:31the player shapes Jawa's personality and backstory through choices
01:35which build up her Thersona
01:38Just when Jawa thinks she's getting through to Sergio
01:41he pulls her into his inner world
01:43a psychic landscape
01:44where he's the man he imagines himself to be in reality
01:48What the hell? I can't make a dent!
01:50Sergio's ego makes him invulnerable to attack
01:53What's a girl to do?
01:55Like most South Asian men
01:56all it takes to destroy Sergio's ego
01:59is a single word from his mom
02:01Jawa summons the next best thing
02:03to help her win this psychodrama battle
02:18Jawa hits Sergio with a Rage Taunt
02:20which brings all of Sergio's varied resentments to the surface
02:24Once this weakness is exposed
02:26we hit him with a Rage skill
02:28The battle ends not with a defeat
02:30but a reconciliation
02:31They've worked through their issues during the battle
02:34and can now start again
02:35I'm sorry I came on so strong Jawa
02:38as friends
02:38or maybe even something more
02:41When Jawa needs to clear her head
02:43she heads out to the abandoned theme park
02:45just outside of town to go skating
02:47These days it's run by the bear mascot Soundy
02:49and his creepy cult of skater punk kids
02:51Our approach to skating is to make it accessible
02:54not too punishing
02:55but also add enough depth for folks that really want to get into it
02:58The basics are to keep the combo meter going up for high score
03:05Extend the combos on rails, wall runs, manuals, quick turns
03:09and end on a combo finisher for a big score
03:13These are just some of the stories and mechanics packed into Thirsty Suitors
03:17We have so much more to share with our players
03:19We can't wait for you to join Jawa
03:22as she confronts her mistakes
03:23makes up with her exes
03:25reconciles her cultural differences
03:27and becomes the person she was meant to be
03:30Thirsty Suitors is coming to Steam, PlayStation, Switch
03:34and launching into Game Pass
03:36Experience the game for yourself with a Thirsty Suitors Steam demo
03:39Out now
03:41www.te虜.co.uk
03:42Ex convince yourself to rip this up
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