Navigating Planet Arizona

Navigating Planet Arizona http://web.mit.edu/emitchel/Public/ZU/computer/az-hand.htm Navigating Planet Arizona Scenario You are a space creature. You have fallen asleep and crashed your ship on the mysterious planet of Arizona. Your ship is badly damaged. Your on-board computer can repair the ship, but it requires that you locate certain materials for it to use when performing the repairs. After you locate those materials, you will be able to leave the planet. Task You must find the following: a ring-shaped container, flexible tubing, copper nuggets, machine oil made from a plant, a timepiece, a large, flat piece of fiberglass, and steel pipe. It is not enough to just see these materials-you must take them into your possession. Most of the materials will be given to you by people-others you will find on your own. Quick Start Talk Use the console to talk. Look Drag the trackpoint to look around the scenery. Move Click on the spot where the cursor turns into a hand. Click on the object's icon. Then click on the person Give you would like to give the object to. Save Type 's' to save the game. Titles Type 't' to turn subtitles on or off. Click on the rapidly moving purple planet on the Load opening screen. Quit Type <Ctrl>+q to quit the game. Detailed Instructions The Console The console is the device that enables you to communicate with your computer and with the people of Planet Arizona. It looks vaguely like a car radio with buttons on the bottom. If the console temporarily disappears from view, you can call it back by double clicking on the small console icon on the lower right part of the screen (the small icon actually looks more like a letter slot). Speaking To "speak", use the trackpoint to select one of the canned phrases from the center of the console. After you select the phrase, click on it and the computer will pronounce the phrase. Listening After you speak, a character may reply. If you have the subtitles turned on, you will see the character's words appear in the space above the console. If you have the subtitles turned off, you will not see any 1 of 5 16/09/16 5:28 PM Navigating Planet Arizona http://web.mit.edu/emitchel/Public/ZU/computer/az-hand.htm words. To toggle the subtitles on and off, type "t". To ask a character to repeat a phrase, click on the back arrow circle on the right edge of the console, beside the red dot. Words …