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The World's Only Robot-Dinosaur Presidental Simulator
By Team BAKE (Benson, Alexa, Kimberly and Eric)

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Introduction
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As a young up-and-coming politician hailing from the land of the robot dinosaurs, Din-Robo, there's no more exciting time than now! With the current president stepping down in just a few weeks, it's your chance to run for office and show everyone that you're the one right for taking Din-Robo into the future! 

To do this, though, you'll have to become popular with the general populace before the big election, befriending them and learning about their different opinions and political views. Do you have what it takes?

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Installation
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1) Extract all the game files from the Dinocracy.zip file to the desired location (wherever you would like the game to be installed.)

2) Run the Dinocracy.exe file to play the game. It's that simple!

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How to Play
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Dinocracy is a "visual novel", which means it is similar in fashion to a Choose Your Own Adventure book, albeit more animated and digital.

Therefore, the core gameplay consists of dialogue scenes which play out on their own accord, with the user occasionally choosing the response that their character should make (i.e. to respond positively or negatively to a question) from a series of set choices.

Additionally, the player is responsible for planning each day of their campaign, selecting what activity they will perform and, if applicable, who they will perform that activity with.

Game flow follows the rough pattern:
1) Begin a day (viewing any day-dependant activities)
2) Select activities to perform for the day
3) View dialogue scenes corresponding with these activities
4) End day (viewing any day-dependant activities), proceed to next day

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Controls
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The game is largely mouse-driven, but can also be controlled by the keyboard. Basic controls are as follows:

Interact with menus / select dialogue choices / click on buttons: 
Left mouse click OR use arrow keys to choose and hit Enter to select

Bring up the pause menu (allows you to save game, adjust options, etc):
Right click OR Escape key