pause game, and check our inventory and stats

Realize that this isn’t a game for ants so pause game, go into option and increase resolution with 300%.

>>1053011
>>1053012
Agreeing with both of these, but first... Retrieve arms from chest!

... Also, quick question: What is the "everything" that presumably got started somehow, and why is it annoying?

There is a chest. I suggest you loot it.

Suggestion 2022/12/31(Sat)15:51 No. 1053018 ID: 05a2ab
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Pressing Start seams to have brought up a window with some icons.

There are no settings, but you cram your face 300% closer to the screen to compensate.

Start again to remove the screen.

Then Leftx4, Northx1, Interact (use key?)

Suggestion 2022/12/31(Sat)16:19 No. 1053021 ID: 05a2ab
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You don't typically have to think through every button press while playing games, Are you okay?

Using your Stone Key, you open the chest to see 5 Items.
A Curved Stick
A Forked Stick
3 Crab Apples
A Dull Knife
A Lighter

You don't have enough room in you inventory to carry everything.

>>1053021
How much inventory space do you have?

>>1053029
Four Inventory Slots.
>>1053018

What is the "everything" you mentioned earlier, and why is it annoying?

In the meantime, pick the knife, lighter, and both sticks - I assume they serve some purpose. Food resources should be saved for when you return to camp and need to eat.

Anarchy
start9

>>1053021
knife, lighter, apples, forked stick

Take only the knife and the lighter to keep some free spaces in your inventory.

ArtisanBubblegum 2023/01/01(Sun)21:59 No. 1053091 ID: 6e4a4c
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You grab the Dull Knife, Lighter, and Forked Stick. Dropping the Key to keep an inventory space open, you close the chest with a satisfying click.

[1/2]

ArtisanBubblegum 2023/01/01(Sun)22:03 No. 1053092 ID: 6e4a4c
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Now equipped with your gear, you head outside.

You step out into a clearing in the middle of a Dense Forest.
You have a plot of earth turned for Farming, no crops planted yet.
There is also a Crab Apple Tree, the Apples have started to Ripen, telling you it's sometime in Fall.

The only obvious exits are <Inside> and <North>

[2/2]

>>1053033
The Game Manuel doesn't explain any of that, perhaps it will make more sense if we play a bit further into the game.

>>1053092
Exit North.

>>1053092
Talk with squirrel

Put an apple on the stick

ArtisanBubblegum 2023/01/04(Wed)06:25 No. 1053201 ID: f9d74d
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You place an Apple on the Business end of the Forked Stick.

The porcupine pays you no mind, but the squirrel seems to ask for treats.

Crundis: I have no Treats for freeloaders!

Mr. Squirel: ...

You and the Squirrel head north along the forest trail. After some time, you reach a Small Pond.

There's a familiar face across the water.

Crundis: "I was hoping I wouldn't have the misfortune of running into someone, but at least he doesn't ever have anything to say."

"Unlike you, Mr. Squirel.."

ArtisanBubblegum 2023/01/05(Thu)04:22 No. 1053273 ID: 6e4a4c
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You elect to spend some time here, enjoying the day pass by. The Squirrel eventually loses interest and leaves to find food elsewhere. You watch the fish swim in the pond, eating the bugs that rest for too long on the waters surface. A nice fat fish get's a little too greedy, and is snatched up by a bird. You imagine that bird has a little bird family to feed, those little mouths will be full tonight! Between the active wildlife and the serein ambiance of the forest, you've whiled away your whole day.
[Spirit Points already full]

Crundis: "I guess I'll be having Crab Apples again tonight.."

Only obvious exit is <South> Back to Forest Clearing.

Take a bath before supper

Wave to the familiar face before going home.