Giants Mac Manual

Giants : ™ Citizen Kabuto GAME MANUAL 1 Table of Contents Background Story 4 Menus 6 Player ID 6 Main Menu 6 Cast of Characters 10 Meccaryns 10 Sea Reapers 11 Kabuto 12 Other Characters 13 Structures 19 Game Interface 21 Mecc Interface 21 Delphi Interface 23 Kabuto Interface 26 Controls 28 Movement 28 Attacking 30 Views 32 The Meccaryns 34 Mecc Weapons, Packs, and Items 34 Mecc Base 39 The Sea Reapers 44 Sea Reaper Weapons and Spells 44 Sea Reaper Base 49 Kabuto 54 2 Base Building 58 The Base Building Screen 60 Building a Mecc Base – Walkthrough 62 Multiplayer 66 Host a New Multiplayer Game 66 Join an Existing Multiplayer Game 69 Multiplayer Game Types 69 Hints & Tips 71 Appendix: The History of Planet Moon 73 Credits 75 3 Background Story Before man climbed down from the trees to shop in megastores and drink cappuccino, before Earth wadded itself into a cool blue ball, before PLANET MOON even existed, there was the Island. The Island, a massive fragment of a long-lost planet, hurtling blindly through space. The description evokes the term, “asteroid”, but the Island is no dead piece of scorched rock. Even from a distance of light years, the Island’s radiant colors distinguish it as an anomaly within the void of the cosmos. True asteroids, decaying and splintered pieces of rock floating quietly around the Island like watchful ghosts, radiate jealousy from their black pores, desperate for the beauty they will never have. The surface of the Island is mostly water … if it can be called water. So rich and bright, so vast. Various land formations can be found within the Island’s great sea – small continents composed of stone or ice. These landmasses boast curious shapes, some curving gently, some jagged. Seen from the sky, the scattered islands resemble the alphabet of a lost deity, perhaps writing his name upon the surface of a world. Or making a shopping list with whatever materials were at hand. Or doing his taxes. Anyway, the Island … whether these small continents are made of rock or ice, they boast some curious life forms. Plants ranging from a few inches in height to thousands of feet. Small humanoid creatures occu- pying quaint stone huts. A variety of …