GO! MAGICAL BOY - A Visual Novel

Welcome to the world of Visual Novels! This file contains short 
information about running the game. For questions, feel free to
contact the author by e-mail via alessio.sapora(at)gmx.de, or through
the Lemmasoft forums at http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums.

This Visual Novel was made using the Ren'Py Visual Novel Interpreter
(http://www.bishoujo.us/renpy/). A big thank you goes to PyTom, the
creator of this engine.



Details about running the Visual Novel
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(Windows)

If this game was installed on Windows using an installer, then you can
run it by choosing the shortcut left by the installer. If this game
was installed on Windows using the cross-platform zip file, then it
can be run by executing the magicboy.exe file.

(Macintosh)

For information about running Ren'Py games on Mac OS 10.3 or higher,
please go to http://www.bishoujo.us/renpy/mac.html .

(Linux/Unix)

For information about running Ren'Py games under Linux and Unix,
please go to http://www.bishoujo.us/renpy/linux.html . At the very
least, you will need to compile the _renpy module. Read
the file module/README.txt for details.



Details about playing the Visual Novel
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- On the initial screen, select START GAME to play

- Use the 'F' key to toggle between full-screen mode and window 
  mode. On some computers, especially some virtual machines, running
  in full screen mode can lead to mouse problems.

Some of the more interesting game actions can be performed as follows:

- The left mouse button is used to advance to the next line of
  dialogue (alternatively, use the SPACE bar), or to pick menu options
  (alternatively, the ENTER key can be used for that).

- The right mouse button (or the ESC key) brings you into a menu
  screen where you can save the game, load the game, change
  preferences, return to the main menu, or quit entirely.

- Scrolling the mouse wheel up or pressing the PAGE UP key returns you 
  to the previous screen.

- Holding down the CTRL key skips dialogue. By default, it only
  skips read dialogue, but this can be changed by a preference. The 
  TAB key toggles skip mode.

- Use the 'S' key to take screenshots. The screenshot files will be 
  saved in the game folder in the .BMP format.



Acknowledgements and Resources
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Thanks to the following resources for making this Visual Novel possible:

Ren'Py Visual Novel Interpreter, http://www.bishoujo.us/renpy
The Lemmasoft forums, http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums
Stock.XCHG, http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml
MorgueFile, http://www.morguefile.com
The freesound project, http://freesound.iua.upf.edu
The GIMP, http://www.gimp.org
Audacity, http://audacity.sourceforge.net
Larabie fonts, http://www.larabiefonts.com
Mikseri.net, http://www.mikseri.net
Japanese Language & Culture, http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/japan/


The soundtrack is available at http://www.mikseri.net/magnify

