0:00:01.449,0:00:05.100 Welcome to Lugaru - Fighting Fundamentals. 0:00:28.190,0:00:32.410 This video will introduce you to all the techniques you need to kick some serious ninja rabbit 0:00:32.410,0:00:33.000 butt. 0:00:34.900,0:00:38.510 So when you run Lugaru, you're going to be presented with this main menu screen. 0:00:38.510,0:00:45.130 You'll want to click "Enter", then "New User", then enter your username. 0:00:45.130,0:00:48.850 Press enter, when you're just starting be nice to yourself and choose "Easier". 0:00:48.850,0:00:51.170 And now there are three major modes you can try. 0:00:51.170,0:00:54.370 The tutorial will walk you through all the moves at your disposal. 0:00:54.370,0:00:58.149 Clicking the dot on the world map will start the campaign story mode. 0:00:58.149,0:01:01.289 But the quickest way to get to some fighting is to open up the challenge mode. 0:01:01.589,0:01:05.700 You'll have to start at level one, but every time you beat a challenge level, you'll unlock 0:01:05.700,0:01:07.710 the one after it. 0:01:07.710,0:01:09.390 So here we are in level one. 0:01:09.390,0:01:12.070 Moving the mouse rotates the camera around our character. 0:01:12.070,0:01:18.700 W, A, S and D move our character forward, left, back and right relative to the direction 0:01:18.700,0:01:20.450 the camera is facing. 0:01:20.450,0:01:23.220 Spacebar is jump. 0:01:23.220,0:01:25.729 And shift is crouch. 0:01:25.729,0:01:29.500 Left click is your attack button, and you want to hold it down early, because your character 0:01:29.500,0:01:33.740 will auto-attack as soon as an enemy is within range. 0:01:33.740,0:01:38.060 In fact, when you are unarmed you should never let go of left click, because your character 0:01:38.060,0:01:42.850 will continue to string together auto attacks every time an enemy gets near you. 0:01:42.850,0:01:46.920 You'll notice though that I'm generating a wide variety of attacks. 0:01:46.920,0:01:51.579 Here's a breakdown of the basic Lugaru moves, feel free to pause the video here to soak 0:01:51.579,0:01:52.780 it all in. 0:01:52.780,0:01:57.920 If I am crouching and holding Left Click my character will attempt the sweep-kick. 0:01:57.920,0:02:03.560 He'll go for the double-punch if I am standing still and holding Left Click. 0:02:03.560,0:02:07.220 If I am running and holding Left Click, my character will attempt to do to Chuck Norris' 0:02:07.220,0:02:10.379 favorite, the round-house kick. 0:02:10.379,0:02:14.209 Of the three basic moves, the sweep kicks are the fastest. Which means they are very 0:02:14.209,0:02:17.849 hard to intercept, but unfortunately they do the least amount of damage. 0:02:17.849,0:02:22.919 Round-house kicks, on the other hand, take a while to perform, but do a lot of damage. 0:02:22.919,0:02:26.189 And the standing double-punch is right in the middle, requiring a moderate amount of 0:02:26.189,0:02:29.709 time to perform and doing moderate damage. 0:02:29.709,0:02:34.620 One last piece of information you should have is that all moves can be reversed. 0:02:34.620,0:02:39.279 You can initiate reversals by pressing Shift right when an enemy is about to strike you. 0:02:39.279,0:02:43.049 If you end up doing the same move too many times in a row, the enemy will catch on and 0:02:43.049,0:02:44.329 reverse you. 0:02:44.329,0:02:48.709 You can execute a counter-reversal by pressing Shift right when a reversal strike is 0:02:48.709,0:02:50.409 about to contact you. 0:02:50.409,0:02:54.069 You'll know you've done a successful counter-reversal, if instead of getting smashed in the face 0:02:54.069,0:02:56.689 your character rolls or flips away to safety. 0:02:56.689,0:03:01.319 To practice your timing doing these moves, to learn more moves, and to practice fighting 0:03:01.319,0:03:05.359 with weapons, definitely check out the Lugaru Tutorial. 0:03:05.359,0:03:10.209 Remember to hold Left Click early and often whenever you want to attack, and watch out 0:03:10.209,0:03:10.779 for wolves. 0:03:10.779,0:03:16.279 If you like Lugaru, you'll love our upcoming sequel Overgrowth. So keep up with the latest 0:03:16.279,0:03:18.559 Overgrowth development news at the Wolfire Blog.