In this game you will play as Ember, or if you would rather to think of it in another way, Ember will always be part of your team. The walkthrough is written as if you are Ember though. Movement is made with either the keyboard arrows or mouse or a combination of the two (my fave). If your mouse or screen size is not working properly, be sure you have the most recent version where these have been fixed. The game author also frequents the forums at her website, www.eridani.com, so if you have any operating problems, you can ask a question there.

If you want to go into a windowed mode or back to full screen, you can use alt+enter or F12. If you wish to turn off the game sound, hitting F1 will bring up a screen that allows you to uncheck the two play sounds boxes.. The game interface uses a combination of the esc key, space bar, and enter key for the keyboard. On the mouse, the left button acts as the space bar and the right button acts as the escape button.

The game is not really scored at the end of the game. You will get a total number of pumpkins found, familiar items found, flying lesson score, and friendship points.  The score just doesn't seem to really mean anything.  Basically you just want to get everything done.  Eridani has published a strategy guide with a list of all the sidequests but no hints on how to get them.  Most people seem to want to get everything available done and not miss anything.  Read the walkthrough and this will be you.

You need to talk to everyone if you want to find sidequests, and you need to talk to them more than once since sometimes thing needs to be done before a character will initiate a sidequest. Always choose to be helpful and nice as that will provide you with quest points and/or bonuses later on. But be willing to ask for rewards in a polite manner.  

At the beginning of the game you are given the option of choosing your difficulty level. If you have not played this type of game before, you should really play it on the easy mode. If you don't like fighting, then choose the easy mode. However, the fighting is just challenging enough on easy mode to make the game enjoyable without getting too frustrating.

It is very important to note that you will not have an autosave feature on this game unless you choose the easy mode.  You need to be sure to save often as in anytime you think you might be getting into a fight if you are not on easy mode.  

In addition to progressing through the game, fighting is also important to get gold and experience. You will need gold to buy different potions and armament to assist in your fighting. You will need experience levels to become strong enough to fight effectively. .

Bonus items are usually found in chests of all sorts.  Don't go around clicking on other furniture as there will not be anything there. You will also find small bags of gold lying on the ground.  

The Sidequests will be included in the walkthrough and also in list form at the end.  Some sidequests are just too time-limited and I don't want you to miss out because they were split off. Screenshot maps are included in the Main Quest section. Items circled in blue are necessary for the main quest. Items circled in red are either sidequest items, or bonuses.  Not all pumpkins are circled as they are pretty easy to see even on the maps.  If an interior of a building is not shown, it means that there is nothing to do in there or that it is very obvious what to do inside. I have circled any doors that require entry though. I would still go in each building if possible and talk to everyone but at least you don't have to waste your time clicking on every single item. Items circled in purple will be available to explore at a later time upon your return back.

The Journal is extremely helpful.  The first item is what you need to do next for the main quest.  All the other items are what you need to complete for sidequests.

Familiars:  You get to choose which one you want.  Each one will find items in different spots, but for all they will have a bluish-white light where you need to look, so keep your eyes open.