Pyracurse

Starting a Game

To start a game using the controller, press the Select joystick button on the menu screen. To start the game using keyboard input, press K on the same screen.

Gameplay

Pyracurse features several different gameplay modes. The message at the top center of the screen indicates the current gameplay mode.

• Mobile: The currently selected character can be moved using the movement keys.
• Selection: Use the menu to select a different character to control.
• Character: Manage this characters inventory and movement mode.
• Inventory: Entered from character mode - select an inventory item to use in cursor mode. Inventory is displayed per-character - to use an item another character has picked up, switch to them first.
• Cursor: Use the movement keys to move the interaction cursor. The interaction cursor will be the sprite of the currently selected item from the inventory.

when picking up an item, a beep can be heard, and the item will be shown flashing in the inventory panel at the bottom right of the screen.

There are a number of different items in Pyracurse that are used by puzzles, and necessary to progress -

When in cursor mode, items can be placed on top of the environment to interact with panels, key slots and other objects. Move an item over an object to interact with it.

Items can also be thrown by a character to discard them - select the item when inside inventory mode, then return to mobile mode. Press the Select menu item key while moving in a direction to throw the item forwards. Certain items can be thrown to deal damage to enemies.

The current state of the active character can be seen while in Mobile mode at the bottom center of the screen. For instance:

ANTECHAMBER
 O'DONNELL 
   SOLO

This indicates that you are in the Antechamber of the tomb (the current level), you’re controlling O’Donnell, and his current movement mode is SOLO.

Each character has their own health bar that is shown when controlling them. If a characters health bar reaches zero, they will perish. Characters can be revived by another by finding a Gold Chalice and touching the perished character while in cursor mode.

Movement Mode

Characters that are being controlled can either be in SOLO or LEAD modes. Solo characters will move alone, leaving the rest of the team where they are stood. When swapping control to another character, the previous character will stay in the position where they were last controlled.

In lead mode, party members close enough to the controlled character will follow you.

Characters

Each of the characters in your team have unique strengths:

• Daphne Pemberton-Smythe (good at finding things)
• Professor Roger Kite (good at using things, but rather naïve
  • may need to be rescued from time to time)
• Patrick “Legless” O’Donnell (strong, but rather clumsy)
• Frozbie the dog (good at digging up buried objects)

Interface

1. Character energy
2. Menu mode
3. Menu prompt

Story

Pyracurse features the adventures of a team of three people and a dog called Frozbie who explore an ancient Sinu city based in the forests of South America in search of the missing archaeologist Sir Pericles Pemberton-Smythe. There are a host of fearful creatures for them to meet and match but with your help they can overcome all…