Pizza Time

Template:Infobox eventPizza Time is an essential feature to the gameplay of Pizza Tower.

It is activated once Peppino or The Noise ram into, or attack, Pillar John.

Gameplay

Pizza Time is normally the main requirement to opening a level's Exit Door and completing the level. Once Pillar John has been slain, the level immediately turns into a mad chase back to the beginning. A timer, varying for the level, will start ticking down, indicating that the player must escape as fast as possible. John Blocks will also switch states. (i.e. if one is off, it turns on, and vice versa for the ones that are on)

When time runs out, Pizzaface appears and starts to chase the player, similarly to what happens when time runs out in boss levels. As time goes on, Pizzaface will start to speed up, with his speed gradually increasing with no cap the more time is wasted. If he touches the player, they instantly get a Time Over. As there are no Toppin Warriors outside of boss levels, there is no way to get saved from getting a time over if Pizzaface gets the player in a normal level.

Trivia

• The Pizza Time mechanics are an intentional parallel to the escape sections of Wario Land 4 and Shake It.
• Originally, When the time ran out, the player(s) would start to lose their points, and their face sprite and idle/walk states would turn into the 1 HP animations from older demos, where pizza slices were used as health pickups. The result when the points were drained varies from demo to demo. In the December/November patron builds, both players would be able to escape with no game overs or punishment for finishing with 0 points except for a D rank. In the January patron build(s), when the players points are drained, a game over screen plays, and sends them back to the menu.
  • This was possibly changed due to being too similar to the point draining mechanics in the Wario Land series escape sequences.