Future Boy! Demo for Macintosh

Website: http://www.generalcoffee.com/futureboy

Installation - Help With Playing

INSTALLATION

Macintosh (OS 9 or OS X)

This StuffIt archive contains the Future Boy! demo, installable on Macintosh (as well as Palm OS and Pocket PC based handheld devices).

You should just be able to double-click the "Play Future Boy! Demo" application icon to start the game. If, for some reason, the game does not start properly, you can start the "Hugo Engine" application and selected "future.hex" from the demo's "game" folder.

Palm (PalmOS 3.5 and higher)

Upload the files "future.pdb" and "palmhugo.prc" to your Palm handheld device. Start the program "Hugo" and select "Future Boy!" from the games list.

Windows CE/Pocket PC (2000 or later)

Run Setup.exe in the Pocket PC folder to install PocketHugo on your device. (Non-Windows users should manually transfer the appropriate .CAB file for the device's processor type (ARM/MIPS/SH3) to the device and open it using File Explorer.) Then, transfer the file "future.hex" from the "game" folder to the device's Documents folder. Launch PocketHugo and select "Future Boy!" from the games list.

Others

If your system is not one of the above-listed supported platforms, you can try downloading the Hugo Engine (version 3.1 or later) for your computer from http://www.generalcoffee.com/hugo/, if a version is available, and use it to run the game file "future.hex". Additionally, a demo package providing support for Windows, Linux, and BeOS, in addition to Macintosh, Palm, and Pocket PC, is also available.

Please note that running Future Boy! on a non-supported system is not guaranteed to work properly, if at all, and is not recommended or supported by The General Coffee Company Film Productions.

HELP WITH PLAYING

Macintosh: Menu items in both the main menu and conversation menus may be clicked to select them. Shift-clicking on a word on the screen during player input will enter that word into the input. Right-clicking or control-clicking during player input will bring up a contextual command menu. On Macintosh, a clickable compass rose may also be displayed in a separate floating window for easy navigation.

Palm OS, Pocket PC: Menu items in both the main menu and conversation menus may be tapped to select them. Tapping on a word on the screen during player input will bring up a list of possible commands. Double-tapping on the word will enter it into player input. The "..." button will bring up a list of commonly used commands as well as a contextual command menu. You may also easily navigate by tapping a direction (under the footprint icon on Pocket PC, or the direction buttons on Palm OS).

Standard typed commands:

Please note that the game understands a wide range of full-sentence input. This is only a short list to get you acquainted with the sorts of things you may try; the game will understand many, many more things that you might want to try. Selecting "Some Basic Commands" from the "Help and Information" menu ("menu" or "help") is a good further introduction.

Moving around: "north", "southwest", etc. (or just "n", "sw"), "enter", "exit", "sit down", "get up"

Using objects: "take", "drop", "open", "turn on", "push", etc. (e.g., "take the box", "turn on the television"), "examine" ("x"), "inventory" ("i")

Talking to people: "talk", "ask", "tell", "give", "show" (e.g., "talk to Frank", "ask Eno about Future Boy")

Game management: "save", "restore", "restart", "quit", "undo"