Prisoner 84

The following section will hopefully answer any questions you may have about how to play Prisoner 84. If you have a question that isn’t answered here then please don’t hesitate to contact us, and we will be happy to answer your question and add it to this section.

Controls

If you’re already familiar with other third person action games then the controls in Prisoner 84 should be fairly straightforward. As with most third person games you control your movement with one thumb, and where you’re looking/aiming with the other.

In Prisoner 84 we have included two control schemes — as well as a left and right handed option — so we hope we have a scheme that will cater for most gamers (I have described below how to change control settings).

Firstly the left and right handed options flips the orientation of the entire user-interface. However, I am just going to describe the two control schemes in the right handed setting, so if you’re left handed then simply mirror my directions and it should make sense.

Control Type 1:

This is the recommended control type; it combines using your left thumb to control the movement of the main character together with using your right thumb to control where the main character is looking/aiming. In this control type the left thumb is digital (i.e. it behaves in the same way as a conventional d-pad) and the right thumb is analogue, which means you can drag pretty much anywhere in the bottom right hand corner of the screen to look around.

You can also run by double tapping up on the left directional pad (this is the case for both control types).

Control Type 2:

This control type changes both movement and look/aim controls to be digital.

Other On screen Controls:

The in-game HUD also consists of a few other options as indicated in the above screenshot.

1. Pause (allows you to pause the game and to access the in-game options menu)
2. Weapon Icon (displays which weapon is currently equipped, along with an ammunition counter)
3. Reload (this appears below the weapon icon only if you have run out of ammunition for the weapon equipped; tap it to reload)
4. Inventory (tap this to access your inventory)
5. Use (an interact icon which only appears if you are standing in front of a use-able item)
6. Fire (fires your weapon)
7. Movement (this is the d-pad to move your character; you can run by double tapping the up arrow)

Picking Up Items

The above screenshot is the pickup item screen which appears when you have found an object. You can examine the item more closely by dragging your finger across the screen to rotate it, and you can zoom in/out by pinching the screen either inwards or outwards.

Inventory Screen

The inventory screen is where all the items you have picked up appear. To see a description of an item simply tap its slot.

Weapons/Collectables Screen

This screen (accessed via the inventory by tapping the Weapons/Collectables button at the top) displays all the weapons and other collectable items that you have accumulated so far.

In this screen you can equip or holster a weapon. To equip a weapon simply tap the desired weapon icon once to select it, then a second time to equip. To holster a weapon which is already equipped, tap its slot once. You can also change your clothes in more or less the same way.

Maps

In some areas of the game you will find Information Terminals which map out the area (and in some cases the surrounding areas) that the player is in. The player’s present location is indicated by a flashing orange icon.

Options

Here is a run down of all the editable options in Prisoner 84 in case any of you were wondering what they all mean. Please note that there are two options menus: the main options which are accessible from the main menu; and the in-game options which are accessible from the pause menu.

Main Options

• Control Style (allows you to change the controls between left and right handed modes)
• Controls Layout (lets you choose between two control layouts, see above for more information)
• Low Power Mode (this toggles between high and low res textures; by default this option is off, but if your battery level is low you can switch to Low Power Mode to use less power)

In-Game Options

• Smooth Camera (toggles between a smooth and rigid camera)
• Noise Filter (adjust how intense the noise filter is)
• Experimental FPS Mode (allows you to change to a first person camera; available only once it has been unlocked!)

FAQ, Walkthrough and Secrets

Here are the official walkthrough and secrets documents. We have decided to release these to help anyone still struggling to achieve an S-Rank in the game.

Prisoner 84 FAQ/Walkthrough 1.0 (14.25 kB) - This is the official Prisoner 84 FAQ/Walkthrough document. We recommend using this only as a last resort!

Prisoner 84 Secrets 1.0 (13.64 kB) - This document contains all the secret locations of each of the collectable items found throughout PRISONER 84. It is strongly recommended that you finish the game at least once before referring to this guide.

Credits

Lead Programmer/Designer
John Murray

Lead Artist/Designer
Gareth West

Title Music
Ian Tomlinson
Michael Lehane