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Space Station 13 is a 2D multiplayer space station simulator with fully destructable environments. It can take some time to get used to the dynamics of the game but below is a quick tutorial to get started on your first visit to SS13.  

== The Rules ==

Yes, there are [[Rules|rules]] set inplace to ensure an enjoyable experience for all players. Please take a moment and [[Rules|read them]].

== Character Setup ==

You'll learn this part by yourself, for the first time follow my instructions so we can get to the game as quickly as possible:

== Heads Up Display ==

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|Your inventory is along the bottom and lower left of the screen. Commands are to the lower right corner, and your personal status is on the right edge of the screen.

== Picking Up and Using Items ==

The game uses a point-and-click system. You select which hand you wish to use with the [[File:Hud-hands.gif]] hand buttons and by clicking on the item you wish to interact with. If you want to heal someone's bruise damage with a bruisepack, you first click on the bruisepack with an empty hand to pick it up and then click on the patient with the bruise pack in your active hand.

== Learn as You Play -Exercises ==

Here we come to the first sign of of whether you'll be a good player or not: '''If you're bored already and can't be assed to do these exercises then you're probably not going to like Space Station 13. If you are eager to learn, however, you will become a good player.''' These exercises are not mandatory but now that you know how the basics work. DON'T JUST GRAB an ITEM AND START HITTING PEOPLE WITH IT, or your existence on SS13 will be very short indeed.

'''First Day on the Job'''

Welcome aboard the Space Station 13, chances are you have arrived late in the shift and are currently located on the [[Arrivals|arrival shuttle]].

=== Clothing and Internals ===

#'''Navigation and items:'''[[File:Backpack.png]] Firstly you need to get your clothing. Head over to the blue and pink lockers and open them, pick up a jumpsuit you like and a pair of shoes and place them in your backpack. When you're done close the locker.

##Use the movement keys to move.

===Writing, radio and PDA's===

#'''Writing:'''[[File:Pen.png]] It's good to have things written down, so I want you to write your name on the sheet of paper in the [[Security Checkpoint]].

##Head out of the maintenance shaft through the same door you came in.

# Go get a 'watered down' -version of some job and join a department mid-shift. Walk to the [[Head of Personnel|HoP's]] desk (if there's no one manning the desk you can PDA message the HoP asking him to come as soon as possible) and ask him a job recommendation or recommend some of your own (e.g. Space Hobo, Pianist, Waiter, Monk, Boxer)!

# Most rounds end with a shuttle call, the [[Escape Shuttle]] will arrive to the [[Escape Shuttle Hallway]], which you can find easily if you follow the panicking people, blood trails and hallways leading east. Get on board the shuttle and buckle yourself to a chair so you won't fall down during takeoff by clicking & dragging yourself on to the chair you're on and enjoy the ride! After you're all back at CentCom, the round ends and another one starts, such is the circle of life in SS13.

== Keyboard Shortcuts ==

Check out the list of [[Keyboard Shortcuts]] to make your life in space easier.

== Need More Help? ==

Look at the [[Frequently Asked Questions]] or ask a question [[Talk:Frequently Asked Questions|here]]. We'll answer it.

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