The Adventures of Relic Rick

Developed and Published By:
	Toxin Games

Version:
	Public Alpha Version 1.00

Genre:
	Action/Adventure/Rogue-Like

Story:
	You control the adventurer, Rick, who is on a hunt for an ancient artifact for his museum. During his search in an underground ruin, he feels an earthquake and, before he knows it, the ground caves in beneath his feet! Rick is then swallowed into a secret temple! Trapped inside, Rick must proceed forward through the newly discovered ruin using his wits to solve puzzles, collect keys, and survive to escape the labyrinth. Will he ever find a way out of this secret underground dungeon or will it become his permanent tomb? It is up to you to help guide Rick out of his unfortunate state.


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= HOW TO PLAY =
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	• Escape the labyrinth  by completing each area without dying.

	• There is no respawn. If you die, you are dead permanently... Unless you start a new game, of course.

	• Watch your hunger level, it will decrease overtime. Once it is empty, you health is taken away overtime due to starvation.

	• Hunger decreases quicker if you sprint. Use sprint wisely.

	• Food replenishes 25 hunger and 10 health.

	• Potions replenishes 35 health

	• Keys are used to open locked doors. To use a key, go up to the door, open your inventory, use the key (Right Click).

	• Pots can contain items. Break them with your whip.

	• You can only hold 9 items at a time. Store only what you need. Drop items and pick them up when you need them.

	• TNT can blow up damaged walls, revealing secrets. TNT can be also used for defense against hordes of enemies.

	• To use TNT, open up your inventory, right click on the TNT stick.

	• Pressure plates open passages, but only if something is on top of them. Put a block on top to keep them down.

	• You can lift green boxes. Go up to it and right click on the box to pick up. Right click again to release box. Left click to throw box.


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= CONTROLS =
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	W,A,S,D 				Movement
	Spacebar				Jump
	Shift					Sprint
	CTRL, C					Crouch
	TAB, E 					Inventory
	Left Mouse Button		Whip Attack
	Right Mouse Button, F	Use

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	Inventory Controls
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	Left Mouse Button {Hold}	Grab & Drag Item
	Right Mouse Button			Use Item

	* You can drop items by grabbing and dragging them out of the inventory boxes.


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= CREDITS: =
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	Designed & Produced By: Kevin Schuster

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	Programming
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	Kevin Schuster (AKA: TØXIN)

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	Art & Game Design
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	Kevin Schuster
	Nick Schmitt (AKA: Mr. Graves)

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	Sound FX
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	Kevin Schuster
	Nick Schmitt
	FreeSound.org

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	Special Thanks
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	Friends & Family – For puttin up with the crazy time schedules. Thanks for putting up with my shenanigans! ;)
	Leadwerks – For making an awesome game engine! This game would have never been created with out it!

	...

	    And most importantly...

			   YOU!
	-- Thanks for playing! :) --


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KNOWN ISSUES
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• Performance (Framerate) Issues on midrange and lowend hardware.

• HUD Icons are missplaced on abnormal screen resolutions.

• Quitting the game causes the game to crash on some systems.


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PLANNED FEATURES
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• Options panel at main menu. Ability to change screen resolution, graphics options, etc.

• Optimization for midrange and lower end hardware.

• Save & Load Game

• More dungeons :)

• More Puzzles

• Storymode