Blue’s Room: Blue Talks! – Windows Readme – English

Get ready for a way great playdate in Blue's Room!

It's B-B-B-Blue's Room! Enter Blue's magical music box to discover the ultimate 
playdate full of games, music, stories and more! And best of all, Blue can talk to you! 
Play along in the CD-ROM with six great games.

Dress-Up and Pretend-Along Stories - When Key unlocks Dress Up Chest, you get to 
help Blue and friends dress up and pretend to act out three different stories!

Doodleboard - Play a doodle-riffic game with Blue as you try to guess what doodle is 
drawing. Listen for the doodle-clues!

Boogie Woogie - Join Boogie Woogie and Roar E. Saurus for a dino-dance-athon! Help 
Roar E. move to the music in a Boogie Woogie freeze-dance game. 

Polka Dots - Polka Dots spots something in Doodleboard's drawings. What is it? Find it 
and then color it in to complete the picture. 

Fred's Birthday Search - Celebrate at Frederica's birthday party with Blue and 
Dictionary! And help Blue look in Dictionary to find the birthday surprises Frederica's 
talking about! 

Polka Dots' Peek-a-Boo Puzzle - After each of the games described above, find Polka 
Dots in one of the Peek-a-Boo doors to earn a puzzle piece.


THE PRINT CENTER:
The print center is a place where you can go to print pictures, flip books, drawings and 
more. But please be sure to work with an adult when printing projects and making crafts. 
You can reach the Print Center from the Sign-In screen by clicking on Printables.  
Printing can also be turned off in the Options screen. Adults please note that several of 
the projects require the use of scissors and staplers-items that may need adult 
supervision when using. Printable activities include:

Silly Seat Joke Book - Make a knock-knock joke book. Requires a stapler.

Doodle, Doodle, Guess - Print out Doodleboard and complete the drawing yourself. 
Requires drawing supplies.

Boogie Woogie Dance Flipbook - Pick from one of 6 flipbook projects. Requires scissors 
and a stapler.

I Spot Coloring Pages - Print coloring pages taken directly from the game. Play I Spot by 
spotting your own items in the scene and coloring them. 

Birthday Cards - Cut out the cards and play your own vocabulary concentration game. 
Requires scissors.

Dress Up Costumes - Color, cut out, and try on costumes from Dress Up Chest's stories. 
Supplies needed: coloring supplies, scissors, and string.

Dress Up Stories - Print the stories you created with Dress Up Chest.

Peek-A-Boo Puzzle - Print out the Polka Dots puzzles! Requires scissors.

INSTALLING:
Insert the game CD into your CD-ROM drive. If installation does not start automatically, 
follow these steps:
1. Click on START.
2. Click on RUN.
3. Type D:\AUTORUN.EXE (where "D" is the letter of your
CD-ROM drive) and follow the on-screen instructions. 

Windows(r) 2000/XP User's Note: Blues Room: Blue Talks! must be installed from a 
user account with Administrator privileges.

During installation, you will be prompted to install DirectX(r)  9.0.
Blues Room: Blue Talks! requires DirectX 9.0 or higher. If you do not already have 
DirectX 9.0 or higher installed, follow the on-screen prompts to complete the DirectX 
installation

Starting Blues Room: Blue Talks!
Double click the Blues Room icon on your desktop or click Start\Programs\THQ\Nick 
Games\Blues Room.

Uninstalling
To uninstall Blues Room: Blue Talks! click Start\Programs\THQ\Nick Games\Blues 
Room\Uninstall Blues Room. The game files will be removed from your hard drive. 
Note: Once You've uninstalled the game, any saved game sessions will be lost.



 GETTING AROUND THE GAME:

Starting the Game and Navigating 

The opening movie can be skipped by clicking the mouse button. Once you're inside 
Handy Dandy Journal pick an image to bookmark your game. Then, click the Let's Play 
button to begin. Picking the same image next time will continue your saved game.

>From Handy Dandy Journal you can also change the game's setting by clicking on 
Options, or print out off-line activities by clicking on Printables. 

Explore Blue's Room by clicking the left or right sides of the screen to move around. 
Click on Blue's friends to play games and find other surprises. You can also use the 
Playdate Spinner in the upper right corner of the screen to go directly to your favorite 
game.

To stop playing an activity, click the Back button. 

To return to the sign-in screen at any time click on Handy Dandy Journal in the upper left 
corner of most screens.

Press the ALT and F4 keys at any time to quickly exit the Blue's Room program and 
return to your computer's desktop.

PLAYING THE GAMES:

Dress-Up and Pretend- Along Stories - Pick a book for Dress Up Chest to read and for 
Blue and friends to act out. When Dress Up Chest reaches a blank in the story, it's up to 
you to choose costumes and props for Blue and friends to keep the story going!.

Doodle, Doodle, Guess - Listen to Doodleboard and try to guess what he's drawing. 
When Doodleboard stops, pick the image you think Doodle is doodling. Listen to the 
doodle-clues for extra help!

Boogie Woogie - Play a Freeze-Dance game Blue's Room style! When Boogie Woogie 
says "Woogie," click Roar E. Saurus to make him stop dancing. When Boogie Woogie 
says, "Boogie," help Roar E. Saurus get back in the groove. You can mix up Roar E.'s 
dance moves by clicking the blocks on the floor, and you can change the music by 
clicking the music block. To start over, just click Boogie Woogie!

Polka Dots' I Spot - Listen carefully to what Polka Dots spots, then try to spot it in 
Doodleboard's drawing. Once you spot the item and click it, pick a color and color it in. 
Find all the items Polka Dots spots!

Fred's Birthday Search - Fred likes to use big words when talking about her birthday. 
Help Blue understand what Fred is talking about by picking the matching image inside 
the Dictionary. Then find the item that Fred is describing in the scene.

Polka Dots' Peek-a-Boo Puzzle - After finishing each activity Polka Dots pops out of the 
peek-a-boo doors. Catch Polka Dots and he'll give you a puzzle piece. Successfully place 
all four pieces to finish the puzzle and print it out.



Hot Spots in the Game 
Click around each area of Blue's Room for little hidden surprises.

TROUBLESHOOTING:
If the game does not run properly, here are some suggestions:

Make sure there are no scratches or fingerprints on the bottom of the disc. (The bottom is 
the side without printing on it.)

For optimal performance we recommend that you close any other applications that are 
running on your computer prior to playing Blues Room: Blue Talks! 

We strongly recommend that you obtain the latest DirectX compatible drivers for your 
video and sound cards. Using drivers that are not compatible with the latest version of 
DirectX can have unpredictable results. Updated drivers are typically available at no 
charge through your hardware manufacturer's website. Popular video chipset 
manufacturers include: ATI - www.ati.com, Intel - www.intel.com, and Nvidia - 
www.nvidia.com. For additional information on DirectX, please visit 
microsoft.com/directx/

Ensure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements. Blues Room: Blue 
Talks requires a Pentium(r) 350 MHz or 100% compatible, Windows(r) 98/ME/XP, 128 
MB RAM, 4 MB 3D video accelerator with DirectX(r) 9 compliant video drivers, sound 
card with DirectX 9 compliant sound drivers.

Try installing the game on a friend's computer to determine whether the disc itself is 
faulty.

If these suggestions do not help, contact our support team.

Technical Support
Questions or problems? We're here to help.
For updates, answers to frequently asked questions and 24-hour Technical Support visit 
our website at: www.valusoft.com,
or
E-mail us at:  [email protected]
 or
 write to us at: ValuSoft, 711 South Pine Street, Waconia, MN 55387.

Attention: Please make sure that your e-mail security settings and SPAM blocking 
software are set to allow e-mail from [email protected]

CREDITS:
ImaginEngine, Backbone Entertainment
Philo Northrup
   Executive Producer
Andy Purviance
   Producer
Victor Kalvachev
   Senior Art Director

Engineering
  Cathy Marshall
  Wes Gale
  Grant Yee

Art & Animation
  Arch. Enil Entchev
  Ivan Chakarov
  Rafael Mikaelyan
  Georgi Koev
  Nedyalko Nedyalkov
  Philip Popov
  Peter Daskalov
  Martin Georgiev
  Andy Purviance
  Sarah Fey Krom
  Will Guy

Sound
  Rob Thomure
    Audio Director
  Greg Rahn 
    Music
  Andrew Roth
    Sound effects
  Now Hear This, New York
    Voice Recording
  The Tone Lab, Oakland
    Voice Editing

Special Thanks to:
Matt Sughrue 
Jon Goldman
Mark Loughridge
Bridget Erdmann
Lana Thomas
Larry Kelly
Denise Kelly
Leigh Brown


Nickelodeon Interactive
  Steve Youngwood
       SVP of Media Products

  Stacey Lane
       Director of Interactive Production & Marketing

  Jack Daley
       Coordinator of Interactive Production & Marketing

 Tim Blankley
       Creative Director Nickelodeon Creative Resources

 Rob Lemon
       Senior Designer of Interactive Nickelodeon Creative Resources

 Brian Bromberg
       Copy/Content Manager Nick Jr.

Nickelodeon would like to thank:
Giuseppe Bianco
Leigh Ann Brodsky 
Koyalee Chanda
Claire Curley
Wendy Harris
Russell Hicks 
Traci Paige Johnson
Dave Palmer
Linnette Pastori 
Miles Rohan
Joe Sandbrook
Angela Santomero
Russell Spina
Eric Squires
Amy Steinberg
Lori Szuchman
Geoff Todebush
Jen Twomey
Teri Weiss
Alice Wilder
Stavit Young

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