Instructions = "INTRODUCTION\r\nIn Steppenwolf: The X-Creatures Project, you guide the characters through \nan interactive series of action and logic based puzzles. To succeed, your objectives are to:\r\n- Watch the scenes for valuable clues.\n- Collect inventory items to help you overcome obstacles.\n- Survive to the end of the episode.\r\nTo help you along on your quest, the game is divided into two major components:\r\nMAIN GAME SCREEN: Where all the action takes place.\nINVENTORY SCREEN: Where you access stored information and inventory items. \r\n\r\nMAIN GAME SCREEN\r\nThe following keyboard commands are key to your survival:\r\nARROW KEYS: Walk in the appropriate direction. \nSHIFT + ARROW KEYS: Run in the appropriate direction.\nCTRL : Short Jump in the current direction **\nCTRL + SHIFT : Long Jump in the current direction ** \nSPACE: This \"ACTION KEY\" allows you to interact with the interactive \n element closest to the character\'s current position.\nT: Toggle the current selected item\nI : Open the Inventory Screen\r\n** use COMMAND instead of CTRL on MAC \r\nThe following onscreen items can be viewed throughout the episode\r\nLIFE GAUGE: Located in the top-left corner, this measures \nthe character\'s current health levels. If it falls to zero, the game is over.\r\nINVENTORY ICON : Located in the top-right corner, clicking on this \n(or press on the \"I\" key) gives you access to the INVENTORY SCREEN.\r\nSELECTED OBJECT ICON : Located in the bottom-right corner, \nidentifies the currently active inventory object. \n(Exchange this object with the next one in the list by pressing \"T\")\r\nGTS SCREEN (Global Tracking System): Located in the bottom-right \ncorner of the screen, the GTS will give you information about your \nposition as well as those of other mobile game objects. The GTS must \nbe selected from the inventory to become visible, and is only available \nwhen SteppenWolf is the player character. \r\n\r\nINVENTORY SCREEN\r\nFrom this page, you can access stored information and inventory \nitems. Note that the game\'s action is paused while here.\r\nMAIL : Click on the MAIL button to browse from a list of recent email \nmessages from various supporting characters. Click on a message \nto read it, or on the paper clip located at its side to look at an \nattachment. This feature is only available while Meg is the player character.\r\nGTS (Global Tracking System) : When the GTS is active, the bottom-right part \nof the main game screen will show the current game map, updated in real time. \nSteppenWolf is represented by the blue dot; other creatures and game objects, \nif any, will be shown in different colors. Use the GTS to look for useful items, \navoid dangerous situations or find your way if you are lost. This feature is only \navailable while SteppenWolf is the current player character.\r\nITEMS : When active, you can scroll through the inventory items \naccumulated since the beginning of the episode. Clicking on an item \nwill make it active. Some inventory items can be combined into more \nelaborate objects by dragging a new item to the main display window \nwhile another item is active. For example, making an antidote potion \nmay require several ingredients. If you drag a different object to the \nmain display window while it is already showing something else, the \ntwo will automatically merge into one if appropriate. (Otherwise, the\nnew item simply replaces the old one as active object.)\r\nOK : Returns to the MAIN GAME SCREEN.\nHELP : Returns to the game instructions at any time during the episode.\nQUIT : Leaves the current episode.\nQUALITY : If the animation is choppy or slow, select a lower image quality.\nVOLUME : This slider allows you to set the sound volume.\r\nMINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:\r\nWindows 95/98/NT/2000\nMinimum 200MHz processor, Windows compatible sound card, 24 bit display.\r\nMacintosh OS\nMinimum 200MHz PowerPC processor, 24 bit display.\n";
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Mail1 = "Meg, \r\nAs your first Secrets of the Wild assignment, you must seek out, find and film a legendary African creature known as the Mokele Mbembe. \r\nReportedly, this creature is as big as an elephant and can knock down trees with a single blow of its long and powerful tail. I say reportedly, because we have no formal proof that it exists: several scientific expeditions have visited the area since 1980, but failed to produce any conclusive evidence. However, given that legends concerning the monster have turned up all over central Africa, and that the local population is utterly terrified of the creature, we do believe that it is there, probably deep in the marshes beyond the source of the Congo river. \r\nA veteran cameraman by the name of Derek Murphy will assist you in this assignment. Don\'t be put off by his personality quirks; he\'s the best I\'ve ever seen at what he does. We expect daily reports, which Derek will send us via satellite and which will be published on the World Geographic web site. We have already signed up over one hundred thousand subscribers; failure is not an option. \r\nAs I mentioned earlier when we talked in my office, you may want to contact a man known as the Steppenwolf. I know little about this guy, especially not whether he\'ll be of any help to you; all that my sources tell me is that he is a paleo-biologist and a self-proclaimed expert in the study of mythical and improbable animals. If that\'s true, he probably knows as much about the Mokele Mbembe as anyone. Apparently, he lives as a recluse, somewhere in the jungle near your destination, and he hasn\'t talked to anyone outside of the local tribe in years, so you\'ll have to be very convincing to squeeze any information out of him. For what it\'s worth, I have attached an old photograph of the man to this message. \r\nTime to get to work, now. A boat is waiting for you in Kisangani harbor. It will take you up the river, to the heart of the jungle. From then on, you\'re on your own. \r\nSincerely, \r\nMcAllister \r\n";
Mail2 = "Hey Meg,\r\nI hope that everything is nice and cozy for you in Africa. Have you met the Steppenwolf yet? Is he cooperative?\r\nWe\'re all looking forward to your first report. When do you think you\'ll be able to send it in?\r\nTalk to you soon,\r\nMcA";
