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*Note: Quite a few of these commands are synonyms and were added because it felt just right. As far as the game is concerned, TAKE and GET are doing the same thing, so are DROP and PUT, **FRISK **and SEARCH, or LOOK, EXAMINE and INSPECT. If you feel like to FRISK the FRIDGE or SEARCH the THUG, that's all right! *

Simplified Controls

If you were a fan of 80s adventure games, you can fully type your commands, but if you can also play the game like a classical Point'n Click adventure: Instead of typing your commands you just need to press space to bring in a menu with all the commands and lists of items you can use. You can then uss the four direction arrows as well as the space bar to select them.

These control also work with legacy type four direction joysticks, but also just fine on the Steam Deck where you can use any of the directional controls (dpad, analog sticks, ...) to select options and the (A) button to select.

Items

As in most similar games you will encounter quite a few interactable elements - "items" - which you will be able to EXAMINE. Some will be possible to take with you or modify, or even combine with other items, while a few others are impossible to TAKE and can only be inspected (like the CHURCH or the WELL).

Inventory and Scene Objects

Above the command prompt in the blue area is a list of all the items present in the location you are standing in, while the black area under is your inventory, where all your possessions are located.

When you TAKE items, they move from the location to the inventory, and the opposite happens when you DROP items.

If you are not quite sure about the actual name of the item, you can press the SHIFT key to highlight the important part of the name, like for example CABINET in "a medicine cabinet" or MORTAR in "a mortar and pestle"

Note: Most items will stay where you left them, with a few exception like liquids which may drain away or evaporate

Commands

To successful solve the case you will most definitely have to use of many of these items.

Here are a few of the commands you can use.

Single object commands:

• INSPECT: This will often give relevant (or not) information on the subject.
• TAKE: It will attempt to take the item and put it in your inventory. For that to happen you need to have enough room, and in some cases the game will ask you to specify the name of a container: You can't simply take water or sand in your bare hands, you'll need a bag, box, bucket, etc...
• DROP: The item will be left in the room where you are
• THROW: This is a very contextual command, in most cases it will do the same thing as DROP, but for some items (like a rock, a knife, a ball, ...) it may actually do something else if you are at a relevant location
• USE: Typically used for things like KEYS, devices, buttons, etc...

Dual objects commands:

• COMBINE, followed by two item names will be used to craft new items. For example if you COMBINE BREAD BUTTER you will create a delicious slice of bread covered in butter. Please note that the order does not matter, so COMBINE BUTTER BREAD will also work

Puzzles

Encounter is not a puzzle game, but it features a few obstacles you need to solve in order to progress. Most of the obstacles have more than one solution, and generally speaking the more elegant the solution is, the more points you will get for it.

If you managed to pass an obstacle using lethal force, know that there was most probably an alternative solution not involving any form of violence. Each of the alternate solution unlock one of the possible achievements!

Also please note that there are many clues in the images, so inspecting items and scenes can hi