EXTREME HERDER

INTRODUCTION

INSTRUCTIONS AND BASICS

1. 
   You!
   
2. 
   Balthazar!
   
3. Use the Arrow Keys to move.
   
4. You automatically pick up each petpet as you touch it.
   
5. Use the Space Bar to drop the petpet.
   
6. Put them all into the paddock before Balthazar eats them (or you!)
   
   
7. You have three lives, and you lose one each time you, or a petpet gets eaten.
   
8. Picking up a Snowflake will freeze Balthazar temporarily. (lasts 2 seconds)
   
   
9. Picking up an orange speed orb will give you a temporary burst of speed! (lasts 5 seconds)
   
   
10. The gray bars on the top and sides of the screen (all on the center) lead you to the opposite side of the screen.
    
    At level 5, the teleporter on the top dissapears. In level 6, the bottom teleporter dissapears. Level 7 the Right teleporter dissapears, and finally, in level 8, the left teleporter is gone.
11. The gates to the inside of the paddock start magically fadiing away, too! EEGAD! They dissapear in the same order the doors do, as I stated in the previous bullet, although the gate on the left stays. How else would you be able to get those pesky petpets in? I know you wouldn't throw them over...
    By level 11, you're left with one gate, as shown.
    

STRATEGIES AND GAMEPLAY

• In the first ten levels, you can decide which gate to put the petpet in. When you get the last petpet, after you pick him (or her) up, Balthazar starts to leave. He'll wander (Yes, wander. He's very slow.) on up near the top left corner. Two things can happen:
  
  Balthazar will get stuck (POINT AND LAUGH!), or...
  
  He'll walk off the screen.
  These things don't have much to do with this strategy, I just thought I'd let you know... But, anyways. After you pick up the petpet, bring it over to the gate on the left-hand side. This is for important for two reasons. One reason is Balthazar comes from the top-left corner, which means you need to get the petpets near him first. You don't want him to eat them, do you?
• The other reason you want to put the last petpet in the left gate is because at the beginning of every level, there is a certain spot I find is best to stand.
  
  In the light blue box is where it is best to stand. Although the placement of the petpets at the beginning of each level is random, the petpets are placed away from you. As I've stated before, Balthazar comes from the top-left corner of the field. This ensures that Balthazar won't be able to eat your petpets before you get to them.

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