Thank you for choosing a TerraGlyph product for your family's entertainment.
We hope that you will enjoy this enchanting, musical game created in the
most modern medium of our time.
Music is a wonderful teacher. And the ability of children to learn and grow
through music is one of the timeless qualities of Kidsongs.
Come and join these characters as they explore this musical and enchanted
world through the magic of interactivity.
All you need is your imagination.
Sincerely,
All of us at TerraGlyph
Cursors
The player interacts with the game through the cursors. Each type of cursor
is described below.
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The appearance of the Arrow Cursor lets you know that you are now
free to "click around." It always points to the upper left corner
of the screen. When the Arrow Cursor turns black over an object,
clicking the left mouse button causes an "action" relating
to the object.
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Move the cursor near any of the various exits on every scene of
the game, and it becomes the Exit Cursor. It always points
directly left, right, or up. Click the left mouse button when an
Exit Cursor appears and you will proceed in the direction indicated.
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Move the cursor to the lower left corner of the screen and it becomes
the Orb Cursor. Click the left mouse button when the Orb appears
and the options menu will appear.
How To Play The Game
You are helping your friends, Billy and Ruby Biggle, discover where the
missing instruments are for Professor Majorchord's Harmonious Orchestra. But
first, you get to choose who you want to play with: Billy or Ruby. When you
click on one of them at the beginning of the game, they will become your
detective partner!
The object of the game is to find the lost instruments and match them to
the musician who has lost them. As you travel through this magical Kidsongs
world, you'll meet different musicians. They will tell you the instrument
that they have lost.
Instruments are hidden through the world. When you click on an instrument's
hiding place, it magically appears in the center of the screen. If you click
on the instrument, it will go into your inventory box in the corner of the
screen. If you don't click on the instrument, it goes back behind its hiding
place.
Also hidden in the world is the Biggles' Magic Dust which allows you to
explore secret worlds! The Magic Dust works the same way as the instruments.
Just click on it when it magically appears in the center of the screen. One
thing to remember, your inventory only holds one item at a time. So if you
have an item already in inventory and you click on a second item, the two
items will swap places.
If you forget which musicians have their instruments and which musicians
still need help finding them, move the arrow cursor to the bottom of the
screen. When it changes to point directly down, click the left button.
You will get a map of the world, along with a choice to see the Kidsongs
Control Panel that has pictures of each musician with or without their
instrument. If you found an instrument for a musician, they will be pictured
holding it.
When you match all the instruments to the right musicians, you win the game!
But go ahead and try it again. The game changes each time you play.
Map and Prograss Panels
In order to help you through the game, "Kidsongs Musical Mystery" includes a Map Panel and a Progress Panel. From most game panels, moving the arrow pointer to get an exit cursor pointing down and then clicking will bring you to the Map Panel. It illustrates how to get from one panel to another within the Kidsongs Musical Mystery game world.
When in the Map Panel, clicking on the larger, highlighted image at the top center will take you to the Progress Panel. Here, you can click on any musician and see if they still need their instrument, just as you can in the Control Room. Clicking anywhere in the sky will take you to back to the Map Panel. Clicking at the bottom of the Map Panel will return you to the game panel you came from.
Options Menu
If you move your cursor to the lower left corner of a game panel the cursor
will change to an orb. When you click, you will be presented with the
Options Menu.
Click on GAME PLAY to select a new game play level.
Click on SAVE to save the game currently in progress.
Click on LOAD to load a previously saved game.
Click on HELP to view the online help.
To play from the beginning, click on RESTART GAME.
To exit the game, click on QUIT.
To continue the current game, click on RESUME GAME.
To start in the Kidsongs Studio, click on CONTROL ROOM.
Save Game Menu
Click on an empty location to save the current game. To erase a previously
saved game, click on the X below it.
Pictures of the characters will appear in each box representing a saved game
location box.
Load Game Menu
Click on a picture to continue playing a previously saved game.
Game Play Level Selection Menu
Kidsongs - Easy, Medium, or Hard. Use these buttons to change the difficulty
of Kidsongs game play.
In Medium mode, the instruments are scattered more widely in the world.
In Hard mode, you may even find them in secret locations.
