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1. 1 Collide with a Rot 2 Have a full thirst bar 3 Have a full hunger bar 4 Have an empty warmth bar To increase health use a medkit or bandage A solid green bar shows you are at maximum health and cannot increase it further This is your warmth bar Warmth slowly goes down over time and if this gets to O you will start to lose health Use a wood item to place a fire to increase it You can also increase warmth by standing near a fire barrel Tom Clark User Manual Hunger This is your speed bar Your speed will never decrease but once your fear bar described later has reached a high level your speed will slowly increase until the speed bar area is completely filled The playable character will begin moving faster as well This is your thirst bar Your thirst will steadily increase until the bar area is full When this happens your health will go down rapidly so always keep thirst as low as possible Drink a drink item to decrease thirst Note that thirst cannot decrease below the level shown This is your hunger bar Your hunger will slowly increase over time until the bar area is full When this happens your health will start to go down You should keep hunger low to remain healthy Eat a food item to decrease hunger Note that hunger cannot decrease below the level shown This is your fear bar This slowly increases over time It will also increase if you see Rot see section 9 on page 9 If your fear reaches2. Pressing R on the keyboard will make the You are now sleeping When the purple bar fills you will wake up unafraid and refreshed playable character sleep Sleeping is important for your survival as it is the only way to reduce fear You must choose where you sleep wisely as not everywhere 1s safe The risk of being killed in your sleep is displayed in the DEATH RISK at the top of the screen see page 7 Your current location is displayed in the LOCATION see page 6 Changing location from outside to inside a building will lower the risk of being killed in your sleep To ensure there is no chance of being killed during your sleep you must barricade the building See the barricade item on page 8 for how to do this When a building is barricaded the LOCATION will change to BARRICADED and you can sleep without risk of death Note that some buildings require more than one barricade item to be placed before they become barricaded Such buildings have multiple spaces marked by gt While sleeping you have no control of the playable character Control will be restored when the purple bar fills the black area If you die during sleep a message will be displayed to explain this Click OK to return to the game but with 1 life lost Provided you do not die during sleep any placed barricades N in that area will decay once you wake They decay in stages depending on the number of times you have slept After one sleep they remai
3. a high level you will start to hallucinate If your fear fills the bar area with a solid yellow bar you will lose all control move around randomly for a short time and immediately fall asleep wherever you end up The only way to decrease fear is by sleeping but you do not want to sleep too often as you will not get the speed increase Can you sacrifice your sanity for higher movement speed This shows how many lives you have left Each time you die by your health reaching 0 or if you are killed in your sleep you lose a life You have only three lives and which can never be replenished if lost If you lose your last life the last skater icon disappears you will lose the game This shows your current location in that area of Fondville If you are not inside a building the location text will display OUTSIDE If you are inside a building for example the Tom Clark User Manual Hunger location text will change to UNBARRICADED If you are inside a building and that building has been barricaded see barricade item on page 8 the location text will change to BARRICADED This represents the likelihood of your character dieing during her sleep The text will change depending on the location you are in with OUTSIDE having a HIGH risk UNBARRICADED having a LOW risk and BARRICADED having no risk or NONE See section 11 on page 10 for more about sleeping 7 Inventory Throughout the game you will need to pick up items to stand any ch
4. wish to save the game type CANCEL 4 If the name is invalid a message will be displayed Click OK to repeat step 3 and enter a new name 5 Ifa save game with that name already exists you will be prompted whether or not you wish to overwrite it If it did not exist go to step 7 6 If you click YES go to step 7 If you click NO you will have to repeat from step 3 entering a new name 7 The game has been saved and a conformation message will be displayed The message displays the name game has been saved as Do not forget this name as you will need it to resume that game Click OK to continue 11 Tom Clark User Manual Hunger 14 The game over screen When all your lives are lost either from your Select a button withthe mouse by moving the cursor over it When the button is highlighted click it with the left mouse button to activate it aa W E R page 4 load a saved game see section 16 on page 12 and exit the game You cannot Le continue a game ending in game over To continue playing you must click RETURN TO MAIN MENU and then start a new game from the first area by clicking NEW GAME health reaching O or dieing during sleep you have lost the game The game over screen will be displayed This lets you return to the main menu of the game see section 4 on 15 Exiting the game during gamepla To exit the game during gameplay and return to the operating system follow these steps 1 Open the in g
5. Tom Clark User Manual Hunger User Manual Contents A aereos sieer erra nere ere asee eia esea T ae i 2 STORY E AE O OA E A E aninya un lamigs 2 Di GE TINGS PAR EE Dy iena a aara 2 PINS ING ON GIR ease aa corer ee ae ee N AE 2 UN GANG HUNGER tots 2 RUNNIN GMS LOIS 6 ER Eaa E E A en Toe 3 Bs CONTRO ES a Rca 3 4 MAIN MENU lt a a taa 4 5 79 PARTING A NEW GAME oneroso oie daa io 4 6 PLAYING HUNGER ido 5 Te MIN VEIN ORY o ias eos o lo oi 7 IES cae che Sasa se cues sieeve cau cans E E E EEE EE 8 Y ENEVITE Sicilia EINEN EEE EE EAE EEEE ER 9 10 OTHER SURVIVORS lt dic ahead ee a 9 TE SLEEPING dni 10 12 PAUSING THE GAME AND THE IN GAME MENU cssssccccssssssssssssccccssssssssssseesssssssees 11 13 SAVING AGAME cios aid iia 11 14 THE GAME OVER SCREEN raaa aaa aaa aa aa aaa aa aaae aaan Taaa 12 15 EXITING THE GAME DURING GAMEPLAY ssssssssecseecssecssecssecssecsseocseccseecssecsseosseesseosse 12 16 RESUMINGA SAVED GAME 3 00 ease es ecto asta hace eee estates 12 17 TAKING SCREENSHOT Sve sccsscsscecssssscececesisessnecscceneosecesssnsacecavesecnsccassdeeosccacessensccessseedsecsesssase 13 15 DEEETING A SA VED GA MB sconccvesasaadcnecsasdesssiiaxsuanesnstisxssestansevendensesaxtesussnssveaseestsixsssatenstsents 13 19 VIEWING THE GAME CREDITS wzsccsceesnceesscscecanteneciesasnentslastenssesnonsxesmabessseenguseesesseceeesavansseaxts 13 20 GETTING HELL oa aa 13 21 THE HUNGER WEBSITE cat ii tdt bol id 14 22 KNOWN PROBLEMS cu
6. ame menu by pressing Esc on the keyboard 2 Click QUIT TO MAIN MENU 3 Click YES If you click NO you will return to the in game menu without exiting the game 4 On the main menu click the EXIT button If you are playing the game in windowed mode you can also exit the game by clicking the X in the top right corner Click YES to exit or NO to continue playing 16 Resuming a saved game To continue a game you have saved follow these steps from the main menu 1 Click the LOAD GAME button 2 Enter the name of the saved game you wish to load If you do not wish to load a game type CANCEL 3 Click OK 4 If no save game with the entered name exists a message will be displayed and no game will be loaded Click OK to return to the main menu 5 Ifa save game with the name you entered exists in the Save_games folder that game will be loaded After clicking OK on a conformation message the in game menu is shown see section 12 on page 11 From here you can click CONTINUE GAME to continue playing the loaded game 12 Tom Clark User Manual Hunger Alternatively if you are already playing a game you can load a previous game by pressing Esc on the keyboard to open the in game menu Click LOAD GAME and follow the stages described above 17 Taking screenshots Press F12 at any point in the game to take a screenshot A small picture of a camera will appear for a short time near the top right corner of the screen to show tha
7. ance of survival To pick up items simply move over them If there is room in your inventory they will be picked and stored in your inventory When your inventory becomes full a sound will play and Dis displayed in the top right of the screen You must use or drop items before you can pick up any more Press I or F on the keyboard to open your inventory and display the cursor You can still move your character while the inventory is open and the game is not paused Left click with the mouse cursor over an item to open its action menu The action menu allows the clicked on item to be used or dropped by pointing to the desired action and left clicking on it All items are deleted when used When items are dropped they are removed from inventory and placed near your character You can re collect dropped items later by moving over them Some items have more options in their action menus To close an items action menu click the CLOSE action in the menu or left click on another item You can also left click and hold down the mouse button to drag items around the inventory and change which slot they are stored in Press I again to close the inventory When your character dies the inventory will immediately be closed if it is open All collected items are retained when your character loses a life so you will not have to collect them again Tom Clark User Manual Hunger 8 Items Drink to decrease thirst Eat to decrease hunger Use to give a larg
8. e increase to health OA Use to give a small increase to health Barricade Place to barricade a building so Rot cannot enter Barricades can only be placed on spaces marked a by If a barricade cannot be placed a sound will play and the item will not be used If the barricade was placed successfully the space will change to N which Rot cannot pass Wood 2 uses e Place Fire to place a fire nearby and increase warmth Warmth will only increase while near a placed fire Placed fires will eventually burnout If a fire cannot be placed a sound will play and the item will not be used Use as spear to convert the wood into a wooden spear and use it When you collide with Rot now you will kill them The spear will break after hitting 4 Rot Wood used as a spear cannot be placed as a fire Tom Clark User Manual Hunger 9 Enemies Apart from simple survival the only enemies you will face are Rot bi Very little is known about Rot What are they Is Rot their true name Where do they come from Why do they relentlessly attack all living creatures These are a few of the questions that need answering From their movements Rot are thought to be stupid and slow but when approached they will move towards their prey until they can no longer see it or they kill it For this reason Rot should be avoided wherever possible making sure to keep a safe distance It has been discovered that if Rot see prey they turn red and immediately give c
9. ger website at http uk geocities com tdc1 btinternet com Hunger Hunger html 22 Known problems During a game it is possible for your character to become stuck on wall objects If this happens press the Home key on the keyboard This should nudge your character off the object but if you find you are still stuck change direction by pressing one of the movement controls and try again Keep changing direction and pressing the Home key until you can move about freely If this does not work after several attempts you will have to exit the game and restart it Any progress you have made will be lost 14
10. hase As soon as they lose sight of their prey they lose the red colour The reason for this colour change is unknown Rot are also capable of striking fear in the hearts of nearby people If you get close to a Rot providing you can see them they darken and cause your fear to increase Fortunately darkened Rot cannot cause additional fear after this increase When you move out of sight darkened Rot will become normal again enabling them to cause fear If you collide with a Rot they will hurt you unless you have a spear equipped as described for the wood item on page 8 Your health will decrease and the playable character will become partially invisible for a few seconds While partially invisible you can still move normally but cannot be hit The Rot will continue to chase you so it is advisable to find somewhere to hide until they give up 10 Other survivors fe On your journey across the island you will encounter other humans trying to survive the Rot You can talk to these survivors to get survival advice When you get close to a survivor a yellow circle will appear around them Press E on the keyboard to start a conversation To continue the conversation press E again If the survivor has no more to say the conversation will be ended when you pressed E If you want you can end a conversation immediately and open the in game menu see section 12 on page 11 by pressing Esc Tom Clark User Manual Hunger 11 Sleeping
11. i is 14 Tom Clark User Manual Hunger 1 Introduction Thank you for downloading Hunger developed by Tom Clark as a computer science major software project Other people involved in the project including my supervisor are listed in the credits section of the game This manual will tell you everything you need to know to play the game I hope you enjoy playing the game as much as I enjoyed making it Story Fondville is a peaceful place It consists of an island just off the coast from the continent and main city Few if any distinguishing features flooding and job shortage have lead to its sharp decline Today the population of Fondville is mere thousands most of which reside in the main city However it is not the main city but the island to the west where our story begins On the night of the 5 of June 2009 the Rot appeared Where they came from is not known What they are is not known Why they are here is not known All that is known is that they will stop at nothing to kill living people In an effort to control the situation the government has ordered the 2 bridges connecting the island to the main city destroyed The cable car in the Northern district of the island was left intact so any survivors could escape the abandoned island based on the assumption that the Rot are to stupid to use it 2 Getting started Installing Hunger Hunger can only be downloaded as a zipped file You will need to double click the zipped f
12. ile to open it and extract the installer before it can be run To install Hunger simply double click on the installer called Install exe and follow the on screen instructions Uninstalling Hunger To uninstall the game 1 Open the Start menu 2 Navigate to Programs 3 Expand the folder labelled Hunger 4 Select the option Uninstall Tom Clark User Manual Hunger Running Hunger Once you have successfully installed Hunger navigate to the folder where it was installed By default Hunger is installed in the Program Files folder on your hard disk H Double click the Hunger icon to start playing The installer will automatically create a shortcut to this on the desktop You can also run the game from the Start menu To do this 1 Open the Start menu 2 Navigate to Programs 3 Expand the folder labelled Hunger 4 Select the option Play Hunger Also available in the Start menu is this User Manual in Microsoft Word and PDF format 3 Controls Movement Move upwards Move downwards Move left Move right Unstick character Sleep Conversations Start Continue End conversation Immediately end conversation and open in game menu Esc Item use and Inventory Open or close inventory I or F Use item Left click on item Open in game help Use button Left click on button Toggle between windowed mode and fullscreen mode Tom Clark User Manual Hunger 4 Main Menu foot a button with the mouse by moving the curser o
13. n unchanged and strong After two sleeps they change to N After three sleeps they become weak and change to N When you wake from a fourth sleep any weak barricades collapse and will no longer keep out Rot A sound will indicate one or more barricades have collapsed 10 Tom Clark User Manual Hunger 12 Pausing the game and the in game menu By pressing Esc on the keyboard during gameplay and while sleeping you can pause the game This will display the in game menu as shown below CONTINUE GAME SAVE GAME LOAD GAME QUITTO MAIN MENU To unpause the game and continue playing simply press the Esc key again or left click on the CONTINUE GAME button This menu also lets you save the current game see section 13 on page 11 get help on what to do next and about playing the game see section 20 on page 13 load a saved game see section 16 on page 12 and quit the current game Clicking on QUIT TO MAIN MENU will display a question asking you to confirm if you want to quit or not If you click YES you will quit the current game and return to the main menu see section 4 on page 4 Any unsaved progress will be lost If you clicked NO you will be returned to the in game menu from where you can continue the game 13 Saving a game You can save the current game to continue later by following these steps l Press Esc on the keyboard to open the in game menu 2 Click SAVE GAME 3 Enter a name for the saved game If you do not
14. t the screenshot has been taken successfully Screenshots are saved in bitmap files in the Screenshots folder contained in the folder Hunger was installed If the Screenshots folder is accidentally deleted screenshots it will be re created the next time the game is run You can take as many screenshots as you like 18 Deleting a saved game All saved games are saved in the Save_games folder contained in the folder Hunger was installed By default Hunger is installed in the Program Files folder on your hard disk Simply find the file named lt name gt sav where lt name gt is replaced by the name of the save game you want to delete and delete it 19 Viewing the game credits To view who a list of people involved in creating Hunger click the CREDITS button on the main menu To return to the main menu described in section 4 on page 4 click the RETURN TO MAIN MENU button or press Esc on the keyboard 20 Getting help Clicking on a HELP button or pressing F1 while playing the game will open a help window giving a summary of this document While the help window is open the game is paused To continue playing close the window by pressing the X button in the top right corner of the window If you still have questions you can e mail them to the game s developer at tdc1 btinternet com 13 Tom Clark User Manual Hunger 21 The Hunger website For more information about the game and how it was produced please visit the Hun
15. ver i When you have started the game and it has When the Fora is highlighted click it with the left mouse button to activate it H loaded the Main Menu will be displayed This y L E R lets you start a new game see section 5 load a saved game see section 16 on page 12 get help on what to do next and about playing the game zz 5 cxcons see section 20 on page 13 view the credits of vow cane a TE the game and who was involved in making it see section 19 on page 13 and exit the game LOAD GAME This game does NOT provide a detailed or complete survival guide and only illustrates basic concepts returning to the operating system 5 Starting a new game From the Main Menu click the NEW GAME button with the left mouse button to start a new game of Hunger The first area Southern Fondville is loaded and you are given control of the female skater in the middle of the screen From here you must survive the mindless Rot control your fear and keep your body healthy until you reach the cable car to safety in the third area Northern Fondville To progress through the first two areas look for roads leading north Good luck Tom Clark User Manual Hunger 6 Playing Hunger This is you the playable character e This 1s your health bar If health gets low the screen will flash red periodically If this gets to O you will die so try to keep it full Your health will go down when you
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