Around the Clock at Bikini Bottom
A downloadable game for Windows
Squidward's earned his chance to wow a crowd during the Symphony Orchestral performance in Glove World. As Squidward is warming up, he receives a call from Mr. Krabs, warning him about a smelly-smell, the kind of smelly-smell that smells... smelly. All at once, a massive swarm of jellyfish overrun Bikini Bottom, and begin attacking Bikini Bottomites! Oh, the horror!
It's up to SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs to eradicate the Jellien invasion, and the resulting clones that follow. They'll have to stay one step ahead of the Overlord's advances in order to survive these weird, and rather horrifying, monstrosities that are on the prowl. They've fought robots, bucketheads, and more... surely they can take down some scary Jelliens, right? ...Right?
Sigh, better grab some mayo and get to it! I have a feeling tonight's going to be a very long night.
- Play as SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs- each with their own unique quirks.
- Explore over 16 locations from the show, recreated with the classic Dave Microwaves Games aesthetic.
- Experience an original story with the resurging wrath of the Jelliens from the episode, "Planet of the Jellyfish."
- Prepare for an invasion of unique enemies, as well as some familiar faces!
- Go toe-to-toe with threatening bosses and dastardly scenarios.
- Use the firepower of the Mayo Minigun, or the brute strength of Starfishman, to defeat your foes.
- Unlock a treasure trove of extras, minigames, and more by revealing secrets.
- Learn about the inner machinations of the game by using an official digital manual, located in the game's executable folder.
- Read up on the prologue for Around the Clock at Bikini Bottom, a short narrative following the Overlord's misadventures leading up to the invasion. This PDF can be located in the game's executable folder.
Main Contributors: MXXN, Jam, Nicole Marie T, Hybridkoala, NagolBOT, HarveyB, Uncle Al
This is a SpongeBob fan-game, thus featuring a lot of spoofs and parodies to honor the life of Stephen Hillenburg. SpongeBob SquarePants and all related titles, logos, and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc. Created by Stephen Hillenburg. Exclusively published by Dave Microwaves Games. Developed by Dave Microwaves Games and Snowmizzle Studio. Uses Unreal Engine 4. All other trademarks, logos, and copyrights are properties of their respective owners.
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The developers describe the content like this:
This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages: Cartoon violence, animated bloodshed, suggestive themes, language and crass humor.
System Requirements:
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit Operating System
- Processor: Intel Core i3-4170 or AMD FX-8120
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 460 1GB or AMD HD 6850 1GB
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 15 GB available space
- Sound Card: DX10 compatible
- Additional Notes: With these requirements, it is recommended that the game is played on Low quality settings.
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit Operating System
- Processor: Intel Core i3-4170 or AMD FX-8300 or higher
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: DX11 Compatible GeForce 760 or AMD HD 8800 or higher with 4GB of RAM
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 15 GB available space
- Sound Card: DX11 compatible
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Install instructions
Lookin' to snag Around the Clock at Bikini Bottom, are ye? Awesome; here's how you can download, extract, and play the game!
STEP 1:
Before you download the game, we'd highly recommend downloading the latest version of WinRAR, a very important piece of software that will allow you to extract the game. Ensure that you can open .rar files! You can ignore any requests to donate or buy the full version of WinRAR, if you wish.
STEP 2:
When you've successfully installed WinRAR to your PC, you can download Around the Clock at Bikini Bottom. Give it some time, and when it's fully downloaded, WinRAR should open the .rar file automatically. If not, open the file through your browser, or in your File Explorer.
STEP 3:
Once the .rar file has been opened in WinRAR, you'll want to select, "Extract." From here, you'll be given a location to save the extracted contents; select, "Browse," and choose a folder location that can hold the file size of the game.
STEP 4:
When you've found a location, create a new folder in that location; name it whatever you'd like, as long as you can find it shortly after! Select this new folder, and then confirm that folder as your extraction location.
STEP 5:
Once that's done, begin extraction! It may take some time, but once it's finished, you can close WinRAR. From here, go to the extraction folder, go through an extra folder or two, and you should see a .exe called, "AtC_BB." Open it, and presto! You've claimed the booty all for yourself. Enjoy your experience!
Development log
- Crash Fix (Relating to newer generation CPUs)Mar 20, 2024
- The Feedback Survey Has Been RemovedAug 24, 2022
- V1.1.0 Around the Clock's Anniversary Update Is Now Live!Feb 28, 2022
- Update V1.0.1b Is Now Live!Mar 13, 2021
- Feedback/Bug Report Form UpdateMar 06, 2021
- 32 Bit version has been removed! Sorry folks. D:Mar 04, 2021
- Update V1.0.1 Is Now Live!Mar 04, 2021
- Download Instruction Tweak + Balance Changes Incoming!Mar 01, 2021
Comments
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So I have an Issue, Everytime I start the game It'll play for a few seconds before crashing. Anyone got a solution (Long term or short)
Short term solution is to disable your internet before launching the game (you're free to reenable it after launching the game), this seems to fix the crashing issue!
The reason for the crash is related to the version of UE4 I used when I made Around the Clock, with it being a relatively outdated version and having a few compatibility issues with newer gen CPUs.
Probably one of the most well made spongebob games out there, well done, Dave!
though i wouldve loved to see a Chum Bucket level. similar to 6am at the chum bucket
hey so im on hp laptop and THE GAME IS CRASHING ON ME FIX?
Try disabling your internet before launching the game. Some newer gen CPUs have a compatibility issue with older versions of Unreal Engine (this game was built on UE4 4.19) and a temporary fix for it is by disabling your internet before launching the game. No idea why this works but it does, lol. So it may be related to that, but if that doesn't work then it's likely something else. ;w;
used to have that same exact problem back in 2022-2023
Hey, Dave, I wanted to ask something, what happened to Pearl? I just discovered that her corpse in rock bottom was headless and was wondering if I could get some details on what happened to her
The jelliens ate her
when i download it, it only downloads notes not the file
That's very odd. Do you have Winrar or 7zip installed? Maybe it's displaying the .rar folder as a text file since the computer doesn't know what kind of file it is and you'll be needing Winrar or 7zip to extract the .rar folder into an accessible folder to play the game.
ah i see, thanks for letting me know
make level editor for game
yea smart idea I would like to do my own levels too
Maybe something like boofie's bunker, choose a level and then add any enemies ya want to the level
can you make a way to open without winrar because my computer wont let me due to not allowing stuff to make changes to my device
Why do the enviroment 3D models are simplified in my game? I already tried to download the game again, and extracting the ZIP with another tool, but it keeps happening... Might it be related to my PC? (sorry if i have a bad english btw)
broooo I can't download ittttt 3:
this game is an "ABSLOUTE GOAT" you all better try it instead wasting time reading comments see what others say about this game i am telling you bro try this game
check my gameplay by the way don't forget to sub plz
ignore the boring intro btw CLICK "MY GAMPLAY"
well if you say so i will play it
sorry Dave i fixed it
also zachs basics i dunno why theres 2 patricks but its funny🤣
IT SAYS 7 HOURS NOW BRO WHAAAT
also your game is great pls respond
Dave why is the game taking soo long to download but my pc meets the requirements and its never taken this long to download it before and it just said 6 hours until its done downloading
thanks daveee
Dave, have you ever thought of bringing AtC to Steam? Amazing game, btw
the game is VERY good.
download it. press dat button now, pal.
you most likely aren't working on this anymore, but i just cannot get past spongebob's house. the furthest i've made it was up to grabbing gary, before dying to doodlebob immediately. i think the way the monsters work and roam is fine (other than doodlepatrick being really hard to see in some cases) but the fact there aren't any checkpoints really makes this 10x harder than it needs to be
uhh my game keeps crashing do you know how i could fix that
Try disabling your internet before launching the game (I believe you can turn it back on a little after launching it and it shouldn't crash). It sometimes happens to users due to a compatibility issue with certain hardware and the version of Unreal Engine this game was built on. Sorry about that! Hopefully that fix works for ya.
Thanks for the advice I will try doing that and tell you if it worked
playing it.
Oh and I loved to watch game salmon
DO I need to have internet to play ATC because when I didn't have internet it couldn't play the tutorial.
cause I try to play the scooby horror but it also ran slow.
And its my moms because I don't have my own PC do you know have to make all your amazing games run fast?
so how do I play this game I really wanted to play this game but I have a HP Windows 10.
dave,do I have to patch 'PxFoundation_x64.dll'.
I don't know what that is, but I'd imagine no? The game should run fine without any sort of "patch"
uh dave why is there 2 patricks i load the game?! in level tenclies levels!!!!!!!!
hey dave i speedrun the 101% of game i cant show you the video is not done maybe some day ti well be done! replay to me dAVE
DAVE GOOD GAME I BEAT GAME TO 101% GAM
I need help Dave im on a windows 10 with 64-BITS but it's running like it has 5 FPS pls help me Dave.
Frames can drop for a variety of reasons. Your OS doesn't have to do with how it performs. The type of GPU, CPU and ram you have is what you need to look at. Be sure to read the system requirements on the game page's description.
If you do indeed have a strong enough computer to run the game and it's running at 5 FPS, I'm not quite sure what would be causing that, I'm afraid. Sorry!
i don't know why but my download is taking so long one time while it was downloading it said 1030 hours until done DDDDD:
hi Dave can you make where's my pink slip less hard also w game its so fun 10/10
Heyy Dave, since this is best, the best spongebob horror game out there, it would be cool if you make a new one like for er atc at bb 2 or something simmular :D
i was trying to download the game but it says untitled and cancled i do have permission
So I rediscovered this game and tired downloading it for the first time and every time I boot it up the game will crash either in the settings, or the tutorial and I've even tired skipping the tutorial but I would play a mission and still end up crashing before I load, is there any fix?
Try disconnecting from your Internet before launching the game and it should prevent the crashing from happening. It's a problem with older versions of Unreal Engine conflicting with certain newer hardware. Sorry for the inconvenience!
hi dave i love you and yours game