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"The Secret of Chunky Salsa" is an adventure game created for
MAGS February 2010 competition ("Chunky Salsa")

Current version: 1.01


DESCRIPTION:

In this game you play as Colin, a son of humble chronicler from the
farming village of people called "Bearders" because of their tradition
to wear beards of unusual sizes.
The grave danger imposed onto the village sets him forth on the
adventure to save his compatriots...


BACKGROUND:

A long time ago...
There were two farm villages.
One of them was inhabited by people, who valued their beards above all
and therefore never had a shave.
And the dwellers of the other village preferred Moustache, only
Moustache and nothing but Moustache.
In the bygone times there was an Ancient War between those villages.
In fact, nobody remembers the reason of that war but its results are
quite obvious: the blood feud and utter hatred has grown between those
farmers.
But for one day a year they forget about the feud.
The event is called the "Festival of Food"
There the cooks from both villages present their art of cookery and
decide who is the best.
The Bearders' specialty was the stew.
And the Moustachines cooked mysterious sauce called "Chunky Salsa".
It was so special, that they kept the recipe away from everyone.
But one day...


GAME FEATURES:

- Blood feuds.
- The power of love.
- Eldritch abominations.
- Farmers.
- Beards of unusual size.
- Chunky salsa.
- An ancient war

+ 2 endings

CONTROLS:

All game is controlled by mouse.
Left click - Interact/Talk to
Right click - Examine

Inventory & menu screen is represented by the scroll in the upper part
of the screen. Just move cursor there and it will open.
Left click on item icon - Use/Interact
Right Click on item icon - Examine

Save - Save game (there's only one slot, so be careful)
Load - Load game
Quit - Quit game (to Main menu screen)

In main menu there're buttons:
Begin - Start new game
Continue - Load game
Quit - Quit game

Using the ESC key you can skip some cutscenes (not recommended if you
view them for the first time)


HINTS:

There're no walking deads in the game and no possibilities of death,
so there's no need to save often (especially if to take into account,
that there's only one save game slot).

Examine everything and interact with your surroundings - it may give
you further clues.

Talk with everyone and repeat this as often as possible - you can get
different information depending on the game situation.

There're times when you can influence the game flow in dialogs, places
where you encounter puzzles with various items, and at one stage you
should act quickly.


CREDITS:

Game created by the Cavemen ProgrammerZ studio, namely:
Michael "Vukul" Molchanov (leading programmer)
Pavel "Andante" Pavlenko (leading artist)

Music used:
"Greensleeves" (Blackmore's Nights)"
"Dirt theme" (Heroes of Might&Magic IV OST)"
"Rough theme" (Heroes of Might&Magic IV OST)"
"Sand theme" (Heroes of Might&Magic IV OST)"
"Snow theme" (Heroes of Might&Magic IV OST)"
"The Sound of Silence" (Gregorian)"
"Botwan theme" (Samogonki OST)"
"Electrozombie theme" (Samogonki OST)"
"Soviet Combat 1" (C&C Red Alert 3 OST)"
"Haggard Lite" (cover) (Rennaissance)"
"Hijo De La Luna" (Haggard)"

Powered by AGS Engine 3.1 SP2  2006-2009 Chris Jones


VERSION HISTORY:

v.1.01:
- fixed some minor bugs and one major glitch making game crash
- fixed Quit button in in-game menu


 Cavemen ProgrammerZ, 2010