Hints.txt                                                      ver 1.0

Season of the Sakura                                         (C) 1997 JAST USA




A collection or tips for playing Season of the Sakura.

WARNING:  This document contains possible spoilers which can affect your
enjoyment of the game. It is recommended that you reconsider whether you
want to read this file.








Q. 	Do you have any basic advice for me?

A.	Yes. Make use of the save game option at various points, and keep
	a record of where each location is (at the seaside school, in 
	Hokkaido, right before Valentine's Day, etc.). As the game progresses
	you might want to go back and re-play from a previous location.

	You might want to save your game at "base" locations, such the evening
	of the Christmas Party, where you asked to choose which girl you will
	give a Christmas present to. This allows you to go back to that point
	and start again if you make a mistake.








Q.	How do you finish the game?

A.	You spent a year of your live over the course of the game, from one cycle of
	the season of the sakura to the next. You interact with eight different girls, 
	each of whom you can "attack" (i.e., try to become romantically involved
	with and finish the game). 













Q.	And? 

A.	The game works on a points basis. You have a certain number of "love points"
	for each character. Depending on what you do during the game. Various events
	(saving Ruri's life, for example, or lying to Seia about what you really saw
	on the afternoon of the flower-viewing party) affect the number of points
	at the end of the game, and the final outcome.









Q.	What are some of the events that gain points with the girls?

A.	There are too many to list them all. Plus, it wouldn't be fun to play
	the game, either.









Q.	This isn't much of a readme file. Is that all you're going to tell me?

A.	We don't want to give direct solutions to the problems in the game. We
	will give annoyingly vague help, though.

	When "attacking" a certain girl, try to do nice things for her, and your
	point score will go up. If you are concerned about a certain girl, you
	will probably find yourself with enough points to get through each stage
	of the game. Honesty is the best policy when trying to woo the woman
	you love. 
	
	Some events are hard to spot. If you find yourself, say, walking on a beach,
	at night, for example, and you want to take a walk with the girl you love,
	you should try thinking about her before looking at the beach. If you are asked 
	who you would like to spend time with in, say, Japan's northernmost island
	of Hokkaido, you might be well advised to consider your favorite girl first. 













Q.	Is that all?

A.	Yes. Enjoy the game, and don't give up if they play hard-to-get.





End of the Hints.txt file.