Shear Factor by Media Design School
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Shear Factor | | ============ | | | | Shear Factor is a puzzle, "Herd em up," single player game with platform | | style gameplay. You take on the role of Farmer Joe within unique, vividly | | textured New Zealand environments with cel shaded characters. The | | objective of the game is for Farmer Joe to guide his sheep to the goal | | while protecting them from possible danger. | | | | THE STORY | | --------- | | | | Farmer Joe, a typical New Zealand farmer, is on a mission to rescue his | | sheep dog Shep from a gang of rebels called The Wooly Farmers. The Wooly | | Farmers have abducted poor Shep and are demanding tons of wool as ransom. | | With Joe and Shep being as close as close can be, Joe does not think twice | | about giving in to the rebels rash demands. The only problem is that Joe | | doesnt have enough wool. He decides to round up as many sheep as | | possible, and shear enough wool to get back his beloved Shep! But where is | | he going to find the sheep? With the clock ticking, Joe hastily heads off | | on his mission around the country, to shear all the sheep he can find. | | | | This is Shear Factor! | | | | RECOMMENED SPECIFICATIONS | | ------------------------- | | | | Graphics: Vertex Shader v2.0 and DirectX 9 supported | | Resolution: 1024 x 768 | | Input: Microsoft Xbox360 USB Controller for Windows XP | | | | CONTROLS | | -------- | | | | For optimal game play, Shear Factor is designed to be played with the | | "Microsoft Xbox360 Controller for Windows." The game has been primarily | | designed around using this controller as the only user interface to the | | game. Keyboard support is also provided. | | | | XBOX360 CONTROLLER | | ------------------ | | | | Windows XP Drivers for the "Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows" are | | required to be installed before the player can use the controller in the | | game. | | | | Left Analogue Stick = Move Farmer Joe | | Right Analogue Stick = Move Camera, in / out | | | | X (BLUE) = Action Button | | A (GREEN) = Use Selected Ability | | B (RED) = View Level Map | | Y (YELLOW) = Show Demo Cursor | | | | Start = Pause / In game menu | | Back = Fast Forward | | | | Right Shoulder Trigger = Move Camera Right | | Left Shoulder Trigger = Move Camera Left | | | | Left Shoulder Button = Select Previous Ability | | Right Shoulder Button = Select Next Ability | | | | KEYBOARD | | -------- | | | | W, A, S, D = Move Farmer Joe | | | | ; = Action Button | | L = Use Selected Ability | | M = View Level Map | | P = Show Demo Cursor | | | | Enter = Pause / In game menu | | K = Fast Forward | | | | Q = Select Previous Ability | | E = Select Next Ability | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | CD LAYOUT | | --------- | | | | CDROM | | | | | +---- "Shear Factor Joe's Adventure.exe" = Windows Installer. | | | | | +---- "ShearFactor.nfo" = Nullarbor NFO. | | | | | +---- "Screenshot.png" = Nullarbor Screenshot. | | | | | +---- "ShearFactor.zip" = Nullarbor Zip. | | | | | +---- "Shear Factor Joe's Manual.pdf" = Electronic Manual. | | | | | +---- "Controller Layout.png" = Xbox360 Controller Layout. | | | | | +---- "Keyboard Layout.png" = Keyboard Layout. | | | | | +---- Screenshots | | | | | | | +---- "*.png" = Assorted screenshots | | | | | +---- Xbox360 Controller XP Drivers | | | | | +---- "XBOX360Eng.exe" = Xbox360 Controller Drivers. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | AUTHORS | | ------- | | | | Steffan Hooper, Project Manager, Programmer, Designer. | | | | Jeremy Scott, Lead Programmer, Designer. | | | | Ryan Ferguson, Lead Artist, Designer. | | | | Elijah LaMont, Designer, Artist. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | CONTACT INFORMATION | | ------------------- | | | | Website: http://www.shearfactor.co.nz/ | | Email: steffan@shearfactor.co.nz | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | | ====================== | | | | Please refer to the Shear Factor Manual: "Shear Factor Manual.pdf" | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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