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| Read Me | Overview & Goal | Spells | Walk-Thru |
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2.2 General Game Play 2.2.1 Statistics & Inventory The statistics menu displays the Life Points (LP), the Essence Points(EP), and the spells the character knows. The Life Points displays the amount of health the character has. If the LP drop to 0 or below, then the character is dead and the game is over. Essence Points tell how much energy the wytch has to cast spells. If the EP drop to 0 or below, then the wytch can no longer cast spells until more Essence Points are gained. The spells list will show which spells the character knows, and the number of EP the spell will cost is in parenthese after the spell name. To bring up the statistics menu during the game, type the word 'stats'. The inventory is the list for what the character is holding in her possession. To bring up the inventory, type either the letter 'i' or type 'inventory'. To pick up an item, type 'get' or 'take' and then the item's name (i.e. get stone). To drop an item, just type 'drop' and the item's name. (i.e. drop stone) 2.2.2 Interacting with the game 2.2.2.1 Looking To get a general idea of what your surroundings are, type 'look'. To inspect an object in the room more closely, type 'look' and the object's name (i.e. look ground). To view an item in your inventory type 'look' and the name of the item (i.e. look stone). 2.2.2.2 Quitting the game If at any time you wish to quit the game, simply type 'quit' or 'quit game' at the parser ( > ). 2.2.2.3 Moving You will often have several directions you can move in the various rooms of the game. Generally just by looking around you will know which ways you can move. If you try to move in a direction you can't go, you will be told. To move type directions (north, east, south, west, up, down) or use their abbreviations (n, e, s, w, u, d). 2.2.2.4 Basic functions There are many other various actions you will need to perform such as taking items, opening and closing doors, drinking a potion, and so on. Many commands are fairly simple like 'open', 'close', 'get', 'drink', etc... For more help, type 'help' during the game. 2.2.3 Saving & Restoring the game Currently, there are no Save or Restore features in Psychomancer. The game is fairly short anyway, so a save feature is not critical at this point. However, Save and Restore features will be present in the 1.1 version of Psychomancer. To save a game so you don't have to restart the game from the beginning each time, type the word 'save' or 'save game' during the game and then give the saved game a name. 2.2.4 Casting spells To cast a spell type 'cast' and the name of the spell. To find out what spells you have, type 'stats' and the statistics menu will give you a listing of what spells you know, and how many Essence Points each spell will cost in parenthese. Be very careful to type the spell's name in correctly or else the spell won't work. Yes, the spell names are case sensitive at this point, so Unlock is different from unlock. 2.2.5 Tips If you are having trouble, try looking through the tutorial some more or type 'help' during the game. Also remember to look at EVERYTHING. Some items might give clues on what to do next, or where to go. If you are truly stuck, try playing again, except this time with a different Spell Circle (Sorcery, Elementalism, Psychomancy, Spirit). Some puzzles might be easier to solve with a different character, depending on each character's spells and resources. A walk-thru has been available with each download since version 1.05, or you can find the current walk-thru on-line at http://www.edenwaith.com/products/psychomancer/walk-thru.html. |
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