After the game completes to load, the game menu is shown with the available options:

Play

Here you can create a new hero, select the game difficulty or continue to play the existing hero.

To create a new hero:
1. type the desired hero name
2. select the player type: female or male
3. click Next and select the game difficulty

To continue a saved game, click Continue button.
Note: the game saves the hero status each time you close it.
Note: see the Game System chapter for details.

Achievements

Here you can see your in-game achievements.
Each time you win an achievement, the corresponding icon will be activated. The last 3 achievements (with a different border color) are the 3 parts of the Stone Tablet of Dwarfs which need to be found, as a game quest.

Settings

wasd for movement or arrow keys
if this is enabled (red cross), you will move your hero with wasd keys and you will shoot with arrow keys; if you disable this option, you will move your hero with arrow keys and shoot with wasd keys.

shake the screen on player hits
If enabled, the game window will shake each time a hit is made.

publish your achievements
If this is enabled (red cross) your achievements and hero stats will be published online to be seen by other players. This option is enabled by default and no account is required.You can see the heroes stats here: http://app.valentinticu.space/paganhope/

game window size
By default, this option is disabled which means the game window size is 1000x700.
If you enable this option, the game window size will be 1600x1120.
For the moment, the game does not have a fullscreen feature.

sfx and music volume sliders
you can change music and sound effect volumes.

info

here you can read some information about the game and the credits.

1. Top-right buttons

	show Hero & Skills window
	show Hondol map
	show the menu
	minimize the game
	close the game

2. Bottom bar

	hero`s health
	hero`s soul
	hero`s arrows amount
	yellow, green and red crystals amount
	hero`s gold
	the selected (active) skill

3. Bottom-right corner
When you are not attacking, the text will show the current map name. When you are attacking, the text will show the map progress: the % of monsters kills form the current map.

To activate this window, click on the top-left hero button or press C during game.

Hero

On this window you can see your hero statistics.
Each time you will receive skill points, you will distribute them between Vigor and Anima by clicking the + buttons.

Your hero name will be shown in 3 different colors, depending on the difficulty you have selected: White color for Novice, Green color for Medium and Red color for Expert.


On this window, you can also see what rune you are wearing and what is it`s level.
Note: more information on game mechanics chapter

Skills

Here you can read information about your skills, your skill points and you can increase your skills` level.

To increase a skill`s level click on the + button near the desired skill.

To see information such us: soul energy needed to cast the skill, damage, cool down, range and duration hover the mouse other the skills name / icon. Skill key means what is the binding key of the skill.

To read the skill description click on the skills name / icon.

To activate this window, click on the top-left map button or press M during game.

The green dot will indicate the location of where you are on the map.
After level 10, you will be able to teleport between the cities of Hondol, by clicking on the house symbol from the map. Each teleport will cost you 100 soul energy and 666 gold. Note that you cannot use this feature within hidden maps.