User manual GAMES PC THE CASTLE OF DR BRAIN

[. . . ] Adventure games are all about solving puzzles, exploring new worlds, meeting and talking to strange creatures both friendly and not quite so friendly, and about figuring how the heck you're going to get out of the jam you've got yourself into this time. April Ryan, the protagonist of The Longest Journey (and your alter ego in the game), can't die. We believe it's very frustrating for the player to spend hours solving a puzzle only to have a piano dropped on her head when she pushes the wrong lever. But this doesn't mean the game isn't challenging. [. . . ] Left-click the hand, and April proceeds to either pick up the item or to interact with it in some other way. If it can be picked up, the item will 17 16 disappear from the Game Window and briefly appear on top of the inventory icon to the far left in the Toolbar before "swirling" into your inventory. To take a closer look at the item you've just picked up, open your inventory (by clicking the right mouse-button), click on the item and choose the eye icon. April will describe the item or, in some cases, a new screen will appear with a close-up of the item. At various points in the game you will need to combine one item with another, or use an item on an object or character in the current scene: To combine two items in your inventory you will need to click on the first item in your inventory, and choose the hand icon. Notice that the cursor has now changed into the item you selected. To use the currently selected item with another item in your inventory, simply move the cursor item on top of the second item. If your cursor item starts to flash, this means you can combine the two items. Left-click, and April will perform the necessary action. If the cursor item doesn't flash, the two items cannot be combined. To combine two objects on different inventory pages, left-click the up or down arrows on the right hand side of the inventory, or press the up and down arrows on your keyboard to scroll through your inventory. The cursor will remain "broken" (or non-interactive) when April or the other character is speaking. When the time comes for you to choose April's response, the cursor becomes active again, but only in the Dialogue Window. Passing the cursor over the various dialogue choices highlights each choice. Clicking on a choice prompts April to speak the chosen sentence out loud. Alternatively, you can use the number keys (1, 2, 3, etc. ) to choose a reply, or the arrow keys on your keyboard to scroll up and down and the Enter key to choose a reply. Sometimes, there are more choices available than can fit into the Dialogue Window at once. If this is the case, arrows will point up and down on the left-hand side of the Dialogue Window. Left clicking on an arrow scrolls the choices up or down. You may also use the arrow-keys on your keyboard to scroll up and down, and the Enter or number keys to select a question or reply. If you don't want to hear what a character is saying, or you've heard a particular response before, you can press the Escape button or right-click in the Dialogue Window. This skips the current reply and jumps ahead to the next one. [. . . ] After about a second, the inventory screen closes down. Move the cursor item on top of the stream. Left-click, and April moves forward and places the funnel right beneath the stream. A short video sequence will play, showing you what happens. [. . . ]