User Guide

During the course of the game, you gain the ability

to morph into the forms of other races. You get

their abilities and their weaknesses, as well as their

method of movement. Some of your metaforms can

fly, others can swim. To change altitude while fly-

ing, floating or swimming, click on either of the

Altitude Bars — the two thin columns to either

side of the View Window with the purple gems. To

dive, click at the very bottom of an Altitude Bar; to

surface, click at the very top. To go higher, click

above one of the small gems. To go lower, click

below one.

COMBAT

You begin the game in human form, locked in an outdoor “room.” Before you

can explore, you have to dispose of the monster that is rapidly approaching.

In the Selection Bar (below the View Window) are six icons. Two of these

look like hands and one looks like a foot. To hit the monster, left-click on

one of the HAND icons. This is now outlined in white to show that it is active.

Move the cursor back into the View Window until it is over the monster.

Now right-click. Note that the cursor changed to a red cross when you

selected the hand. This red cross appears whenever a hand (or appropriate

appendage) is selected, except when an object is cursor-grabbed.

When you hit the monster, a small star appears where you hit the creature

and you hear the sound of an impact. When a monster hits you, you are

pushed back (unless you are against a wall), you make a grunting sound and

your Life Bar decreases.

If you are unable to hit the monster, you are probably too far from it. Place

the cursor at the top of the screen above the monster and hold down the left

mouse button while attacking. This keeps moving you toward the monster

and helps to offset changes in distance caused by you and the monster push-

ing each other back. If you have difficulty holding down the left mouse but-

ton while clicking the right mouse button, try holding down the left mouse

button while pressing z to attack (instead of right-clicking).

Click to Surface

(when swimming)

Click to go

Higher

Altitude Gem

Click to go

Lower

Click to Dive

(when swimming)