Saturday School

A short game drawn, written, and scripted by Edmundo Ruiz
Original music and sound editing by Roger Holten
Original sounds by Edmundo Ruiz and Mark Lovegrove

Executable Files:

• ss.exe - The game! Just double click it.
• winsetup.exe - The game's setup. Normally you wouldn't have to run the setup file to just run the game, but if you want to run it in a window or without sound or music, then you can change all those settings in the setup program. If you're trying to run the game from an LCD monitor and it doesn't run, try setting the resolution in the setup to 640x480.

How to Play:

There are three verbs you can control in Saturday School: Interact, Talk To, and Look At. You can switch between each of them by clicking the right mouse button. If you move the mouse around, you'll notice that it highlights in certain spots. You can then click on the left mouse button to perform an action on that spot. The black circle cursor represents that you cannot click on anything at the moment, and it is usually shown when a cut-scene is played. You can skip cutscenes with the Esc key, and you can skip individual lines of dialog by clicking the left mouse button.

You start out as the character Vivi, a girl with short dark chestnut hair. The exclamation mark on top of her head means that she is the current character you are controlling. To switch to another character, you can tap on their shoulder with the Interact mode, or you can give an inventory item to a character. You can only switch to characters closest to your current character.

Every character has an inventory. Usually the objects characters own are on their desk, but you can also access those objects through the inventory window at the bottom left corner of the screen marked by a button with the picture of a backpack or pressing the Tab key.

You can save, load, get more help, or quit the game by accessing the main menu at the bottom left corner of the screen through the button marked with the picture of a computer or pressing the F10 key. You can also save by pressing F5, load by pressing F7, and Quit by pressing Ctrl+Q. If your game ever gets frozen, you can force quit with Alt+F4 or abort with Alt+X.

If you ever get stuck or lost in the game, try looking at Vivi's notebook. She may write some things that she thinks are important.

Legal Information:

This game is freeware. If you bought this game somehow, I really feel sorry for you. Just try to demand your money back. Do not try to sell this game, either. Just make your own game and sell it.