Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child

Dream Chronicles®: The Chosen Child™ README v.1.0

System Requirements

§ Minimum

§ Recommended

Installation Instructions

Controls

§ Mouse

§ Keyboard

How To Play

Known Issues

Credits

Legal Information

System Requirements

> Minimum:

> PC:

> Windows Vista, XP SP1 & 2
> Pentium IV 1.2 Ghz processor or faster
> 256 MB RAM
> 1024 x 768 minimum screen resolution
> 70 MB available hard drive space

> A sound card is recommended

> Flash Player Version 8 or higher (installed to work in Internet Explorer)

> MAC:

> Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5
> G4 800 MHz or faster processor
> 256 MB RAM
> 1024 x 768 minimum screen resolution
> 70 MB available hard drive space

> A sound card is recommended

> Flash Player Version 8 or higher

> Recommended:

> 64 MB Video RAM recommended.

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Installation Instructions

PC

1. Double-click on the downloaded Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child installation executable file to begin the installation program.

2. Follow the instructions in the installation program to install Dream Chronicles:The Chosen Child.

3. After installation, double-click on the Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child desktop shortcut, or by using the appropriate shortcut in the Start Menu.

4. To uninstall Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child, use the appropriate shortcut in the Windows program menu or by accessing Windows’ Add/Remove Programs control panel.

MAC

1. Double-click on the downloaded Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child installation executable file to begin the installation program.

2. Follow the instructions in the installation program to install Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child.

3. After installation, double-click on the Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child icon in your Applications folder.

4. To uninstall drag the Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child icon from the Applications folder into your trash.

Flash Player Installation Instructions

1. Open Internet Explorer. You must install Flash Version 8 or higher to work with Internet Explorer.

2. Go to the Adobe Macromedia website to install the latest player http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/.

3 . Follow the instructions on the site.

4. After installation, reboot your computer.

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Controls

Mouse:

· You can use the mouse for all of the actions in the game.

Keyboard:

· Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child does not support keyboard control.

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How To Play

Game Goals:

· Solve all the puzzles to find your daughter.

Controls:

· Click on objects to get a description of them.

· Items you can use will be moved into your inventory or will be activated.

· To use an object click on it in the inventory and then in the scene where you want to use it.

· When you have multiple items of the same type or an item with multiple uses a number will appear next to it in your inventory.

· Click on the Crystal Ball to get help from Fidget.

· Check your Dream Journal for story updates and goals.

· Collect Dream Pieces and Dream Jewels as you travel through the game. The Dream Pieces will fill Dream Jewels which will allow you to open new gateways in the Nexus. There are extra Dream Pieces - collect them all for a medal and a higher score.

· Collect all the Gold Nuggets for a medal and a higher score.

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Known Issues

· There are currently no known issues in Dream Chronicles

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Credits

Katana Games S.L.

Original Concept, Game Design, and Project Manager

- Miguel Tartaj

Art Director

- Pablo Vietto

Lead Programmer

- David Gonzalez

Programming

- Miguel Angel Linan

Additional Contributions

- Juan Ainsa
- Matthew Lee

3D Brigade Hungary, Inc.

Producers

- Tamas Daubner
- Norbert Petro

Lead Artist

- Peter Szucsy

Artistic Consultant and Style Tutor

- Szabolcs Penzes

Senior Artists

- Csaba Molnar
- Csaba Vekony

Artists

- Domokos Abran
- Janos Antal
- Gabor Bodnar
- Jozsef Bosnyak
- David Ecsi
- Laszlo Farkas
- Katalin Gerlei
- Andor Kollar
- Nikoletta Lazar
- Karsa Lehel
- Szabolcs Matefy
- Robert Nagy
- Peter Orban
- Tamas Radli
- Tamas Szikszai
- Gabor Szugyi

PlayFirst, Inc.

Producers

- Christopher Williams
- Angel Inokon

Design Consultants & Writers

- Michelle Woods
- Patrick Baggatta

Senior Producer

- Aaron Norstad

Game Design Manager

- Michael McCormick

Art Director

- Nick Stern

Quality Assurance Manager

- Christopher Dunn

Quality Assurance Lead

- Cesar Lemus

Quality Assurance

- Adam Gourdin (Game Lead)
- Adrian Guerrero
- Ryan Medina
- Victor Kunkel
- Guy Romhild
- Brian DeGraf
- P. Tseren Sodbinow
- A.J. Chelson

VP & Creative Director

- Kenny Shea Dinkin

Executive Producer

- Craig Bocks

Marketing

- Anne Marie Edwards
- Sean Denny
- Ruth Grossinger
- Myles Brundage

PlayGround SDK

- Brad Edelman
- Tim Mensch
- David Parks
- Jim Brooks

Special Thanks

- Hung Chang
- Bernt Habermeier
- Brad Simon
- Maria Waters
- Doug Cherner

SomaTone

· Music and Sound Design by SomaTone Interactive Audio

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Legal Information

© 2009 PlayFirst, Inc. All rights reserved. PlayFirst, Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child, and all related titles, logos, and characters are trademarks of PlayFirst, Inc. PlayFirst and Dream Chronicles are registered in the U.S. and/or other countries. KatGames.com is a trademark of Katana Games, S.L. The Software is protected by international copyright treaties.

This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group

This software uses OGG/Vorbis, which is distributed under the following terms:

Copyright (c) 2002, Xiph.Org Foundation

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· Neither the name of the Xiph.Org Foundation nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

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