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| D.O.T. : Dot Order Tie - Instruction Manual |
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CONTENTS:

I   - Story
II  - Game Overview
III - Controls
    A - Main Menu
    B - The Maze
    C - Door Locks
IV  - EULA


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I. Story
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A nameless man has found his life to be lacking...something.

He has a beautiful, loving wife and two perfect children.

He has as much money as he needs, but not more.

He has various hobbies and diversions.

He has many friends, and is quite a distinguished gentleman.

He does not, however, have a tie.



After a great deal of research in his favorite library, he comes
across an old legend.

The legend speaks of a great tie, one of unfathomable perfection.

The tie was fought over for centuries by many powerful and
honorable men.

When the wars over it grew too great, its owner, fearing the ruin
of the entire world, destroyed it.



Or so he tried.



The tie was too perfect to destroy. So perfect, in fact, that
reality itself would not allow it.

The best he could do was break it into pieces, and store them
within a vast labyrinth, protected by doors locked with codes
known only to him.

As time passed, interest in the tie waned, and eventually ran out
altogether.



Strange ruins have surfaced recently that seemed to be related to
the fabled tie, but no clear connection could be made.

A structure resembling a door has been found, but stands free of
any room or building.



Out of curiosity, the nameless gentleman visited the structure.



As he stood before it, the air around him seemed to twist and
warp, and he found himself standing in an ancient and
flawlessly built chamber.

And so he came to enter the labyrinth.



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II. Game Overview
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Your objective is to guide the man through the maze, collecting
all of the fragments of the legendary tie along the way.

Along the way you will encounter locked doors, the codes to which
can be found in certain rooms around the maze.

There are also several chambers which do not have an obvious
entrance. It is up to you to find a way into them.



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II. Controls
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A. Main Menu

Up/Down     \
W/S         |----Navigate Menu
I/K         |
T/G         /

C           \
M           |----Select Item
Numpad 1    /


B. The Maze

Arrow Keys  \
W/A/S/D     |----Move Man
I/J/K/L     |
T/F/G/H     /

Z           \
M           |----Access Door Pad
Numpad 3    /

V           \
            |----Expand/Collapse Minimap
Numpad 4    /


C. Door Locks

Arrow Keys  \
W/A/S/D     |----Move Cursor
I/J/K/L     |
T/F/G/H     /

C           \
M           |----Toggle Button
Numpad 1    /

Z           \
M           |----Submit Code
Numpad 3    /

X           \
N           |----Reset Pad
Numpad 2    /




For further questions see this entry's thread in
the forums at TIGSource.com

Created for TIGSource's "A Game by its Cover"
Competition.



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Iv. EULA
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END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

Dot Order Tie is protected by a Creative Commons License
Type BY-NC-SA. This game is distributed free of charge
and may not be plagiarized or ported without permission.

In other words, please be a gentleman about it.