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|  Shear Factor                                                                |
|  ============                                                                |
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|  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.                                 |
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|  THE STORY                                                                   |
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|  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   |
|  doesn’t 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.      |
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|  This is Shear Factor!                                                       |
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|  RECOMMENED SPECIFICATIONS                                                   |
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|  Graphics:      Vertex Shader v2.0 and DirectX 9 supported                   |
|  Resolution:    1024 x 768                                                   |
|  Input:         Microsoft Xbox360 USB Controller for Windows XP              |
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|  CONTROLS                                                                    |
|  --------                                                                    |
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|  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.                                    |
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|  XBOX360 CONTROLLER                                                          |
|  ------------------                                                          |
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|  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.                                                                       |
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|      Left Analogue Stick = Move Farmer Joe                                   |
|      Right Analogue Stick = Move Camera, in / out                            |
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|      X (BLUE) = Action Button                                                |
|      A (GREEN) = Use Selected Ability                                        |
|      B (RED) = View Level Map                                                |
|      Y (YELLOW) = Show Demo Cursor                                           |
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|      Start = Pause / In game menu                                            |
|      Back = Fast Forward                                                     |
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|      Right Shoulder Trigger = Move Camera Right                              |
|      Left Shoulder Trigger = Move Camera Left                                |
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|      Left Shoulder Button = Select Previous Ability                          |
|      Right Shoulder Button = Select Next Ability                             |
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|  KEYBOARD                                                                    |
|  --------                                                                    |
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|      W, A, S, D = Move Farmer Joe                                            |
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|      ; = Action Button                                                       |
|      L = Use Selected Ability                                                |
|      M = View Level Map                                                      |
|      P = Show Demo Cursor                                                    |
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|      Enter = Pause / In game menu                                            |
|      K = Fast Forward                                                        |
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|      Q = Select Previous Ability                                             |
|      E = Select Next Ability                                                 |
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|  CD LAYOUT                                                                   |
|  ---------                                                                   |
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|  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.  |
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|  AUTHORS                                                                     |
|  -------                                                                     |
|                                                                              |
|  Steffan Hooper, Project Manager, Programmer, Designer.                      |
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|  Jeremy Scott, Lead Programmer, Designer.                                    |
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|  Ryan Ferguson, Lead Artist, Designer.                                       |
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|  Elijah LaMont, Designer, Artist.                                            |
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|  CONTACT INFORMATION                                                         |
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|  Website: http://www.shearfactor.co.nz/                                      |
|  Email: steffan@shearfactor.co.nz                                            |
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|  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION                                                      |
|  ======================                                                      |
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|  Please refer to the Shear Factor Manual: "Shear Factor Manual.pdf"          |
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