VENTURE ARCTIC
© 2007
Pocketwatch Games
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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1 GHz Processor or higher
512MB RAM
Windows
XP/Vista or Mac OSX 10.3 and later
3D
Video Card with 64 MB RAM
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Bring the
THE BASICS
· Click and drag the RIGHT mouse button to move around the world.
· Use the scroll wheel on your mouse to move up and down.
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Move
the mouse to the bottom of the screen to show the tool palette.
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Complete
your goals to progress to the next level.
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Collect
the spirits of animals in the winter
SPIRIT
POINTS
You can collect spirits of departed
animals in the winter. You can spend
your spirit points on:
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Using
tools out-of-season
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Creating
new animals
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Unlocking
new tools, animals or legends
TIPS
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Sometimes
there are frozen animals in the environment.
Once you have unlocked a species, you can thaw out these frozen
specimens with the sun tool.
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If
you are having trouble finding an animal, scroll through the animals on the
palette to the species you are looking for.
The minimap will show a red dot where the
animals are.
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Make
sure you have plenty of prey for your predators to eat.
· You can lead certain species of animals to different places on the map by planting food in a path.
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The following
is a list of game functions that can be performed with the keyboard.
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Move forwards |
W or up arrow |
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Move left |
A or left arrow. |
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Move backwards |
S or down arrow |
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Move right |
D or right arrow |
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Change Elevation |
R and F |
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Turn Camera |
Q and E |
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Pause Game |
Escape |
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Change Advisor |
Space, Z,
and X |
TOOLS
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Tools can be
used for free when they are in season.
When they are out of season, they cost spirit to use them.
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Tool |
Description |
Season |
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Pregnancy |
Click on an adult animal to make it pregnant. Click and hold to increase its litter size. |
Spring |
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Berries |
Click on land where you want to grow a shrub. Many animals will eat the tasty berries. |
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Migrate |
Click and hold on an animal, then drag the mouse where you
want them to go. Continue to hold the
button to keep moving the animal. |
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Melt snow to grow grass with the sun tool. You can also melt sea ice. The sun tool will also improve the health
of a sick animal. |
Summer |
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Kelp |
Click in deep water to make kelp grow. Schools of fish hide in kelp, allowing
their numbers to swell. |
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Shelter |
Click on land to grow a tree. Birds perch on trees and small animals dig
under them for protection. |
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Sickness |
Click and hold this tool on an animal to make it sick. If you continue to hold the button, the
animal will eventually die. |
Autumn |
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Plankton |
Click and drag this tool in deep water to grow
plankton. Many oceanic animals eat
plankton as their primary food source. |
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Wind |
Click and drag this tool to change the direction of the
wind and currents. Animals can smell food
from far away if the smells blow across their paths. |
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Snow |
Spread snow on brown, cracked earth to soften it up so
grass can grow. You can also use snow
to cover the ocean in ice. |
Winter |
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Urchins |
Click and hold this tool in shallow water to grow
urchins. Urchins are a nutritous treat
for many animals. |
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Flock |
Click and hold this tool on an animal to make other animals
of the same species flock to this one.
Useful for moving large groups of animals around. |
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ANIMALS
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Every animal
is assosciated with a different season. When an animal dies, you can collect a spirit
that you can use on out-of-season tools, to buy new animals, or to unlock items
in the lock shop.
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Animal |
Description |
Spirit Season |
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Arctic Hare |
The
arctic hare survives by camoflaging itself in the
snow. It is extremely fast for its
size, which helps it to escape its many predators. |
Spring |
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Narwhal |
The
narwhal is a unique marine mammal that feeds mostly on cod. Their major
predators are polar bears and orcas. |
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Arctic Fox |
Arctic
foxes often will scavenge food from carcasses, but they will occassionally hunt smaller mammals such as the hare and lemming. Arctic foxes have more young per litter
than any mammal in the world. |
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Atlantic Salmon |
During
the atlantic salmon's adult phase, they spend their
time in the ocean mainly feeding on smaller fish. |
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Walrus |
Walruses
are large, mean marine mammals that eat mostly shellfish and plankton. Their tusks are formidible
weapons: they have been known to kill seals and can defend themselves from
polar bears. |
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Caribou |
Huge
herds of caribou follow their annual migrations through the Arctic
tundra. Caribou survive the cold
winters by huddling close to one another and foraging grasses. |
Summer |
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Atlantic Puffin |
The
atlantic puffin nests on rocky shorelines and feeds
on fish. They are not particularly strong fliers, so they often encounter
difficulty when trying to take off from the water. |
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Harp Seal |
The
harp seal is both predator and prey.
Polar bears and orcas kill and eat seals for their high fat content, but
seals are also fierce hunters of smaller fish and plankton. |
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Orca |
The
orca is one of the most powerful predators in the sea. They are highly
intelligent and while they typically dine on fish and smaller marine mammals,
they have been observed while hunting much larger than themselves. |
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The
mysterious greenland shark resides in deep waters
and mostly eats fish, though it will scavenge off of larger carcasses as
well. Most are blind and rely on their keen sense of smell. Their meat is
poisonous, and thus inedible to most animals. |
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Common Raven |
The
common raven is an extremely intelligent bird that is capable of eating
almost anything it can find. It will
scavenge kills, eat berries, and even occassionally
team up to kill other mammals. |
Autumn |
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Jellyfish |
The
lion's mane jellyfish is the largest known species of jellyfish. These
ancient creatures eat both plankton and small fish, and their populations go
through boom and bust cycles. |
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Collared Lemming |
Lemming
populations go through incredible boom and bust cycles. Scientists still
haven't discovered what makes their numbers drop almost to extinction before
resurging to feed predators like owls and wolverines. |
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Musk Ox |
The
musk ox is a very hearty mammal, surviving the cold winters of the arcti |
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Wolverine |
The wolverine is possibly the most powerful mammal for its
size in the world. They mostly subsist
on scavenged or stolen kills, but have been known to surprise unsuspecting
prey as well. |
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Arctic Wolf |
The arctic wolf is a pack hunter. A lone wolf will scavenge what it can find,
but a pack can take down larger mammals such as caribou and musk ox. |
Winter |
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Arctic Cod |
Arctic
cod are found in massive schools throughout the arctic every year. Many animals dine on these small fish, so they
survive based upon their large numbers. |
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Polar Bear |
The polar bear is a ferocious predator that is at home in
both the land and the water. The main
source its diet is seal meat, but polar bears have strong stomachs and can
eat almost anything they find. |
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Snowy Owl |
The
snowy owl is a fearsome hunter of arctic rodents. It will even kill other birds in
mid-flight. The size of the snowy owl
populations is directly related the health of the lemming and hare
populations. |
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Bowhead Whale |
The huge bowhead whale filters plankton through their
balleen. They can break through surface ice in order to breathe. |
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Executive Producer |
Andy Schatz |
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Game Design |
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Engineering |
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Senior Technical Artist |
Donnie Bugden |
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Animation |
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2D Design |
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Web
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Character Art |
Nate Clowar |
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Environmental Art |
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Audio Direction |
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Concept Art |
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Writer, Cultural Expert |
Beth A. Dillon |
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Writer, Animal Expert |
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Quality Assurance |
Audrie
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