IN THE GAME

GAME CONTROLS


A typical game screen.

The screen in Tómate un descanso can be divided in three areas: the game area, the icon bar, and the sentence bar, each one of them tell different things about the game. The game area shows what Al can see in his surroundings. The icon bar allows Al to interact with the different eleents of his environment through the four basic actions. The sentence bar tells you what Al would do if you click in some part of the game area.


The icon bar.

Each icon represents a different kind of action. These actions are 'WALK', 'LOOK', 'USE' or 'PICK UP', and 'TALK', respectively. In order to do some action, you have to clic an icon, and then click anywhere you can complete a sentence in the sentencer bar.


The sentence bar.

The last icon opens Al's inventory, where you can see what Al has in his pockets. Al can realize different actions over his stuff with the same icons in the icon bar. The only exception is the 'USE' icon: you use this icon to combine the object with any part of the screen or another object.


The inventory bar.

The green arrows allow Al to see the rest of his inventory when it grows too big (Al can see only four items at once). To close the inventory bar, raise the mouse cursor above the bar.

OPTIONS MENU

By pressing F5 you deploy the game's options menu. Nowa description of each element of the menu follows:


The options menu.

  • ?: Offers on-line help.
  • Restore game: Allows to restore some savegame. This way you can resume the game where you left it.
  • Save game: Allows to save the game in some point.
  • Restart game: If something goes wrong you can always go back to the beginning.
  • Credits: Shows all the people who were developing the game..
  • Back to the game: Closes the options menu and continues the game.
  • Exit: Closes the game and goes back to the operative system.
  • Text speed: Controls the speed which the characters' speech are displayed in the game..
  • Master volume: Controls the volume of the game.
  • Game speed: Sets the Al walking speed..
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