PLAYER'S
GUIDE
1. BEGIN
2. BASICS
3. SOCIAL
4. ITEMS
5. SPOILERS

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    Butterfield burn is a freeware program made by BOOKEATER, visit the web site here. This guide should tell you everything you need to know about playing the game. If you have technical problems there is probably nothing the author can do but bugs and problems may be reported to him at the website.

  1. Intro

    On a cold quiet night in Butterfield you and your friend, Aberaham, sit on the porch talking of local gossip. You both have long wanted to set the record straight about the twisted people who run your town. Now is the time to strike. You've been hanging out and sleeping on people's porches for years but you knew your day would come. Abraham comes up with some plans but you're the muscle behind the operation. Abe suspects that the political elite are behind the town's major troubles but it's a long road to confronting and exposing them. Just walking around town is trouble since the cops want you for thousands in unpaid jaywalking fines. As if you're gonna block traffic in this town! You'll need to get some cash and make some friends along the way.

ABERAHAM - "We meet at the Cohney Island tomorrow morning."

YOU - "We're gonna rock this town like they'll never forget."

SOME OF THE MANY CHARACTERS:

ABERAHAM - Your only good friend in town, he saves your game, gives you hints, and outlines the game.
TEDDY - The owner of the Cohney Island restaurant, he tries to cut costs to save the failing biz by buying things from you cheap.
CHERRY - A feisty girl who will only like you under certain conditions.
DUFFY - A kid who sells T-shirts to help his family.
THE MAYOR - A mysterious political figure with big plans.

SAVING

The game has a save feature that requires some explaining. Each save file becomes a " .but " file in the folder of ButterfieldBurn.exe. The name entered at the beginning is the title, example: name: MILLER - save file:MILLER.but . When you save again the older saved game [MILLER.but] will become a " _bkup.but " file [MILLER_bkup.but]. Any existing " _bkup.but " will be deleted when saving. To make a saved game an undeletable file rename it a totally different name [MILLER999.but]. It's good to make backups because it is possible to get a corrupted file. To delete the games just delete them like any other file. When you load a game only " .but " files in the game's folder are listed.

BEGIN

To begin the game simply select "FROM THE BEGINNING", press enter, enter a name, and press enter again. RESUME loads a saved game like those described above. Remember that if you return to the title screen during the game and didn't save then progress will be lost. To quit at any time just close the window or hit CTRL Q.