Don't know how to begin

[InnerAlchemy]

The game begins with closeup scene of an empty, tattered ship. I can navigate around a bit using the arrows on my keyboard. But what keys to I use to get the tools I need, such as the list of names, the stopwatch tool that shoes the death scenes, etc. ? I'm using a SurfacePro with a keyboard. Thank you

[Fusha]

I recommend using a mouse, but you can also look around and interact with things using your touchpad. The game begins by you climbing onto the ship from the boat, walking around until you find your first corpse, then being called back and climbing back down to the boat. There you'll receive all your tools, and will be shown the buttons to use them -- you can also see them in the options menu, which you get to by pressing the esc key.

When you see your hand extending to something, you can press your touchpad equivalent of the left mouse button to interact; this includes using the stairs to climb back down to the boat.

[InnerAlchemy]

Fusha -thank you very much. I'll find a mouse & try again. So far, I can't walk around on the ship, i can only view the masts but not actually "move" to anywhere, only see a very limited view. it must be my either my keypad or more likely my ineptitude. I also press the esc key but don't see tools, don't even see an options menu on the main menu page. perhaps the options menu will only appear once I find my first corpse & then go back down to the little boat. thank you for your help and for answering so quickly

[Fusha]

There are certain mechanics in videogames that are so ingrained in the minds of players and developers that it is difficult to even conceptualise the possibility of someone not understanding them -- using the mouse/touchpad to look around in a first-person view is one of them. This is often assumed knowledge, so games don't bother to explain things like this to their players. I was only cognisant of what you were missing because I watched a certain popular youtuve video discussing the topic -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax7f3JZJHSw -- which discusses issues like this.

You'll get the hang of it as you go along, though. Just ask someone if you don't understand anything. You can get to the options menu from the main menu by pressing the little anchor icon on the bottom part of the screen. You get to the same menu by pressing esc in-game. You can review the keys that you'll need to use by selecting «view» next to «controls» in that menu. When you do get a mouse, I recommend using the wasd keys to move around instead of the arrow keys -- it will be a bit more convenient. The w, a, s, and d keys are used for movement in pretty much every modern videogame which involves controlling a character.

Once you can look around, look into the direction of the ladder to the ship, move close to it, wait for your character to extend their hand, and press your left mouse button/touchpad button to climb onto the ship.

[ekze]

Originally posted by Fusha:

I watched a certain popular youtuve video discussing the topic

Wow this is incredible. I have never thought about it this way, having played videogames since early childhood. Thank you!