Help! How do you even play this thing?

Fret not, I got you. All you need is a Mouse 🖱️ and a Keyboard ⌨️.

Controls🏃‍♀️:

• Player👨👩
  • Right Mouse click 🖱️ on the level will move your character to that location.
  • Left Mouse click 🖱️ on another player will target that player.
    • The targeted player will have their name shown to you in the top center of your screen 🖥️. 
    • Targeting the player will give you the option to invite them to your crew ⚓! Simply Left Mouse click 🖱️ on the 'Invite' button underneath that player's name.
    • Targeting the player will also give you the option to invite them to a 1v1 duel! Simply move close to your target, and Left Mouse click 🖱️ on the 'Duel' button underneath that player's name. 
      
• Ships 🚢
  • Use your Arrow keys ⌨️ to control your boat.
    • Your Up 🔼 and Down 🔽 keys ⌨️ will increase/decrease the boat's desired speed.
    • Your Left ◀️ and Right ▶️ keys ⌨️ will try to rotate your boat to the best its speed allows.

• Cannons 💣
  • Use your Arrow keys ⌨️ to rotate your cannons.
    • Your Up 🔼, Down 🔽, Left ◀️, and Right ▶️ keys ⌨️ all rotate the cannon for as long as you hold them (up to the turning limit of the cannon itself)
  • Hold your Spacebar ⌨️ or your Left Mouse click 🖱️ to charge up your shot. The longer you charge, the farther it will go. Each shot costs one 1️⃣ action charge.

Interaction⚙️:

• Your 'E' ⌨️ key will be your friend. Use it to engage teleporters for example. When near an interactable object, you will see a small prompt next to your chat 💬(input area, to be precise), showing you that you can press 'E' ⌨️ for some effect.
• Your Escape ⌨️ key will pull up your in-game menu, where you can modify your game settings or exit the game (gracefully).

Questions❔:

Your main enabler of actions and focal point of the game mechanics. Questions will come in a variety of topics and expect differently formatted answers.

When the time comes and you need to answer questions, the questions UI will pop-up 🖥️. Four main components form the questions system:

• The Question Hand 🖥️ (Bottom center)
  • 5️⃣ cards 🃏 each with their own question on the back!
  • The colour 🌈 represents the topic!
  • The number #️⃣ represents the difficulty!
  • Choose a question you'd like to answer by Left Mouse 🖱️ clicking the respective card 🃏!
  • Change your card at any point. 
• The Hint Display 🖥️ (Top right)
  • It will help you understand what format the answer is expected in (numeric, full text, etc.).
  • It can be closed by clicking with your Left Mouse button 🖱️ the question mark ❔ button. You can reopen it the same way. 
• The Question Display 🖥️ (Top right)
  • All questions will appear in that area. Some will have suggested answers, some might not. 
  • Remember to look 👀 at the hint, whether or not the full answer is expected of you, or simply the number of the answer box (if you're not sure).
  • For questions that have suggested answers, you can press the numbers on your keyboard ⌨️ that match the answer box! 1️⃣ for 1️, 2️⃣ for 2, etc.
  • Or Left Mouse 🖱️ click them with your mouse! That will work too!
• The Input Panel 🖊️ (Bottom left)
  • It's right underneath your Chat 💬 window.
  • Your Challenge 💬 window will be automatically focused when it's time to answer questions! However if you select a different window, like General 💬, you need to re-select it manually by Left Mouse clicking 🖱️ the Challenge tab again.
  • Submitting answers through text works only in the Challenge 💬 window.
  • Press Enter/Return ⌨️ to activate the field 🖊️ and input your answer.
  • Press Enter/Return ⌨️ again, to submit your answer/answers.
• Whether your answer was right ✔️ or wrong ❌, you will be informed, as well as seeing what you actually wrote.
• Correct answers will provide you with one 1️⃣ action charge, which you can see underneath your health bar (maximum of three 3️⃣ stored)
• Skip a question!
  • If too difficult, you can always skip a question!
  • Type /skip in the chat, or
  • Press the 'Skip' button.
  • Not happy with any of your available choices? Press the 'Skip all' button!

Ships 🚢:

• Ships are the bread and butter of the current version, and there's a few rules for getting one:
  • A ship is meant to have a crew 🤝! To effectively man a ship a number of 3 is recommended, although it can work well enough with 2 (and a lot of position hopping). Your maximum and optimal number per ship is 5.
    • Only your crew's captain 🏴‍☠️ can launch a ship for a party. 
    • When alone, you can launch a ship for yourself, but you will be controlling 2 positions at the same time, so sailing and shooting might prove to be a challenge 🌊. Hint: Find fellow crewmembers using the World/General chat💬.
• Is that pesky cursor annoying you? Right Mouse click🖱️  will lock & hide it from your screen, alloying you to play seamlessly on windowed mode as well! Right Mouse click 🖱️ again to bring it back!
• You launch a ship by going to the helm wheels 🎡 at the end of every dock.
  • When you're in range, you will be greeted by a UI panel in the bottom right of your screen 🖥️, informing you which kind of ship 🚢 is available.
  • You will initiate a spawn, by Left Mouse 🖱️ clicking on the button with the ship's name.
  • When asking for a spawn, a marker is dropped visible only to the person requesting it.
    • Move the marker with the arrow keys 🔼🔽◀️▶️ and rotate it with the 'E' and 'Q' ⌨️ keys. 
    • Green ✔️ means the position allows for a spawn. Red ❌ means you cannot spawn in that position.
    • Assuming the marker is green ✔️, you can hit Enter/Return⌨️, to spawn your ship.
  • Once launched, you will see the available manning positions of your ship in the same panel. 
    • You pick your position by Left Mouse 🖱️ clicking the button with its name.
      • Green ✔️ means it's available for taking.
      • Red ❌ means that it's already taken by a fellow crewmember.
      • Gray means your position swapping is in cooldown ⏱️. You can change your position only once every few seconds.
• You launch yourself off ⬇️ the ship by getting close to a harbor and then pressing the Anchor Button ⚓, found just above your ship's positions! This will drop you off at the closest point of the harbor. Tip: Listen for the bell 🔔 That means you're in range to disembark! Extra-tip: Try to see if some of the islands 🏝️ around the map won't allow you to explore them by foot as well!
• Another crew got luckier and sank ☠️ your ship? Fret not, you can always launch yourself another one (by adhering to the rules above).
• If you're on the Helm, you can also participate in the combat for the cost of actions charges!
  • Pressing 'W' ⌨️will boost your ship forward 🔼.
  • Pressing 'A' ⌨️will boost it left ◀️.
  • Pressing 'D'⌨️will boost it right▶️.
  • This action has cooldown ⏱️, so you need to wait for it to pass, before you can boost it again.
  • Each action costs one 1️⃣ action charge.
• Ships can and will deal damage upon colliding with each other, depending on the parts colliding and the strength💪of the collision.
  • You take 💥and deal 💥most collision damage to the sides and rudder (backside) of a ship.
  • Your front is your spearpoint 🔱- you will deal the most 💥and take the least 🛡️ damage there.
  • Cannons 💣do the same damage regardless of part hit! 

Duels ⚔️:

You want to test your mettle and knowledge against other players undisturbed? You can! Get close your victim target of choice, select them, and press the 'Duel' button underneath their name tag!

• Available on land only.
• 1v1 format - sweet and personal!
• Each answer results in damage to your opponent! [damage = question difficulty * 5`
• You accepted the duel by mistake? Press the 'Surrender' 🏳️ button (found above your questions, next to the skip buttons) to end the duel and move on. 

Chat 💬:

Found bottom left of your screen 🖥️, this is where you will be communicating with your fellow players, crewmates, and answering questions. 

• The chat window consists of three panels.
  • General - Your messages will be broadcasted across the whole map, and most system messages will end-up in it.
  • Party - Messages to your fellow crew/party members will end here.
  • Challenge - This is where you will be answering the questions❔.
• Press Enter/Return ⌨️ to activate the input field 🖊️ and write your message.
• Press Enter/Return ⌨️ again, to submit your message.
• You swap between windows by Left Mouse clicking 🖱️ the buttons 🔳 representing each window (right above the panel itself). 

Camera🎥:

Camera rules apply regardless of whether you're looking at a Cannon💣, a Ship🚢, or the Player itself👨👩.

• You rotate your camera round by holding your Middle Mouse Button🖱️.
• Using your Scroll Wheel🖱️ you can zoom in ➕ and out ➖.
• While interacting you can lock 🔒and unlock 🔓 your camera's rotation from the object you're controlling by pressing the 'F' ⌨️ key.
  • While interacting and your camera's rotation is unlocked 🔓 you can press your 'G' ⌨️ key, to reset its position.

You'll find a small step-by-step instructions if you're playing for the first time! Save yourself some headache and give them a read. 

Proper in-game tutorials take time, and as a one man army, time tends to go towards new features mostly (sorry folks, this is the way, for now).