Slice of Life - an open-world Chinese immersion game
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To play: double-click SliceOfLife.exe
(Keep it in the same folder as SliceOfLife.pck.)


"WINDOWS PROTECTED YOUR PC"
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Click "More info" - it looks like plain text, but it is a link - then
"Run anyway".

Windows shows this for any program without a code-signing certificate. It is
not a virus warning and says nothing about this file.

To avoid it entirely next time: before unzipping, right-click the downloaded
zip, choose Properties, tick "Unblock" at the bottom, then unzip. Windows marks
downloaded files and spreads that mark to everything extracted from them, so
clearing it once on the zip clears it for the lot.


JOINING A CLASS
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On the first screen, enter the server address and the six-letter class code
your teacher gives you, then click "Join class".

Playing in a class shares your position, your progress, and the answers you
give with your teacher. You can also just click "Play solo".


SPEAKING
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You can play entirely by typing pinyin - tones optional, spacing ignored.
"wo yao liang ge baozi" and "woyaoliangebaozi" are both accepted.

To speak your answers instead, run install-speech.bat once. It needs Python
from python.org (tick "Add python.exe to PATH" when installing). The first
time you speak, a 460MB model downloads.

Without it, the microphone simply does not appear. Nothing else changes.


CONTROLS
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WASD / arrows   walk (Shift to run)
mouse           look
E               talk to whoever you are standing next to
T               start speaking - press again when you have finished
G               your guide, when you are stuck
Enter           chat to your class
Tab             show pinyin
J               journal - the words you have learned
N               map, and travel
O               settings, including the microphone tester
Esc             leave a conversation / free the mouse
F1              the full list
