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Workers begin each day with a deep breath of early morning air, and a joyful departure for their place of labour. Some may go in search of resources, others to turn those resources into great buildings, and yet others to generate the energy required for our collective endeavour. But no matter who they may be, each and every one is a happy and productive member of society, whose every drop of sweat is dedicated to the restoration of humanity. |
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The Ministry of Labour observes and evaluates all works carried out by those it oversees, no matter how small. Each worker’s contribution to society is evaluated, and their efforts rewarded with the requisite number of ration coupons. These ration coupons can be exchanged for tools, supplies and a host of other items designed to facilitate increased efficiency and productivity. |
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Workers who participate wholeheartedly in the betterment of their towns will eventually be rewarded with an increase in social status designed to reflect their contribution to the Great Rebuilding. It also brings with it a host of helpful perks and benefits. In this way, it can be demonstrated that work benefits not only society, but also those who strive to better it. |
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Comrades finding themselves in possession of matryoshka dolls should report immediately to the nearest rescue apparatus, where these dolls can be used to increase the population of your town. The higher your town’s population, the greater the range of buildings, equipment and other amenities that will be made available to you and your fellow workers. |
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Through collective effort, the wheels of production can be made to turn again, and the population restored. The towns of this land can be made to grow great once more!
And when one town is completed, we shall move on to the next, and so on until the Great Rebuilding is complete!
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When you load the game, the Title Screen will appear. From the title screen, you can press the buttons to select either [NEW GAME] or [CONTINUE], and the game will begin. |  |
Selecting this option will allow you to start playing from the beginning.
Once you’ve been through the basics on the practice stages, it will be time to set out from the station to your first town.
At the station, you’ll see a list of towns you can visit. Select a destination in order to travel there.
The following details will be displayed below each destination from left to right, and the details of your currently selected town will be displayed to the right of the screen.
Town Name
Town Flag
Players in Town
Number of Individual Residences
Number of Friends in Town
Load a previously saved game.
Choose a town to join.
View the credits.
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Each and every one of us performs a productive role in society, be it mining, construction or whatever else we choose. Every action performed in pursuance of this role will be observed and evaluated by the Ministry of Labour. |
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Resources are an essential ingredient in the building and maintenance of the amenities and facilities that make up any town. Workers are requested to make their way immediately to the islands that appear periodically in the Void, and mine them for all available resources. |
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Various facilities and amenities will be necessary for the establishment of a fully functioning town. These can be crafted via means of the workbench. |
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Damaged facilities can be patched up with wood after Izverg attacks and other unforeseen incidents. |
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The town’s various facilities and amenities all require electricity in order to function. When power reserves run low, most facilities will cease to function. |
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The matryoshka dolls sometimes recovered from nearby islands can be brought back to town and returned to human form by placing them on one of the pads at a rescue apparatus. In this way, the population can gradually be restored. |
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Izverg attack is a common cause of the destruction of facilities and amenities. |
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Conversation with members of the populace may sometimes result in your being entrusted with tasks to perform or errands to run. Successful completion of such requests will result in the awarding of special medals commemorating your selfless sacrifice for the Greater Good. |
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The information below can be made to appear on the game screen.
Helpful information on how to play the game will also occasionally appear. For more detailed information on how to play the game, please refer to the controls guide.
Displays information about your current town, such as electricity reserves, population, stocks of the various resources etc.
Build Cost Limit
Town Resources
Food
Crystals
Metal
Coal
Wood
Population
Power ReservesDisplays the various items carried by the player.
Inventory
Regular Items & Black Market Items
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Gestures can be used to communicate with other players around you. |
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If a bug occurs while you are playing the game, you can go to this screen and send a report to the development team.
The basic controls are as follows:
| Left Stick | Move Character |
| Right Stick | Move Camera |
| Button | Perform Action |
| Button | Jump |
| Button | Kick |
| Button | Use Tool |
| Directional Button | Use Transceiver |
| Directional Buttons | Pack |
| Directional Button | Pull Out/Put Away Tool, Put Item In Bag |
| Button | Whistle |
| Button | First-Person View |
| Button | Display Town Information |
| Button | Open Gesture Menu |
| OPTIONS Button | Open Status Menu |
Projection clones’ abilities are indicated by the following parameters:
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Phase Cohesion will decrease when a projection clone spends too much time in the dark, when it falls from great heights, or when it is attacked by Izverg. When phase cohesion reaches zero, the clone will collapse and become unable to move.
Small amounts of phase cohesion can be restored by eating food, while a visit to a people’s church will restore phase cohesion entirely.
Collapsed projection clones can be revived in the following ways:
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Sufficient contribution to the betterment of one’s town will eventually result in an increase in one’s social standing. Increases in rank of this kind confer the following benefits:
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Perks are special privileges available to projection clones lucky enough to be able to afford them. They are acquired by drinking the beverage known as VoidKa. |
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New items of clothing can be equipped in order to change a projection clone’s appearance. Some may also affect vital parameters. |
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In order to make use of privileged modes of transport or tools, workers will require the necessary licences. A few examples of such licences follow:
The bearer is permitted to operate hover machines, hover tanks, jet packs and other conveyances.
The bearer is permitted access to certain restricted items at kiosks, including jackrammers, night vision apparatus and stretch guns.
The bearer is permitted access to certain explosive items at kiosks, including shotguns, rocket launchers and dynamite.
Social standing will confer various limits on freedom of action, and will affect the colour of individuals’ silhouettes when viewed by other players.
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Proletarians are projection clones who have yet to earn the right to carry Bourgeoisie Papers. |
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Projection clones who have earned the right to carry Bourgeoisie Papers, but have yet to be awarded a personal residence.
In addition to the rights enjoyed by Proletarians, Bourgeoisie also enjoy the following freedoms:
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Projection clones who have earned the right to carry Bourgeoisie Papers, and have also been awarded a personal residence.
In addition to the rights enjoyed by the Bourgeoisie, the Bourgeoisie Rezidenty also enjoy the following freedoms:
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Towns contain various facilities and amenities, with new ones being built by using workbenches.
Most facilities can only be used by a single projection clone at a time. When in use, others must form an orderly queue and wait their turn.
■ Workbench
Allows resources to be used in order to build new facilities and amenities.
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■ Resource Repository
Allows resources to be contributed to the town’s communal resource pool.
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■ Generator
Enables the generation of electricity to power the town’s various resources and amenities.
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■ Ministry of Labour
Assesses individuals’ contributions to society and apportions ration coupons accordingly.
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■ Kiosk
Offers various tools and other items in exchange for ration coupons.
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■ Rescue Apparatus
Increases town population by restoring citizens through the use of matryoshka dolls.
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■ VoidKa Vending Machine
Allows commemorative medals to be exchanged for VoidKa.
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■ Town Hall
The heart and soul of any settlement.
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■ Living Quarters
Houses restored citizens.
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Workers enjoy the free and unrestricted use of various forms of public transportation.
Buses provide quick, convenient transportation between towns and their surrounding islands.
Passengers are free to transport resources and other items using the designated cargo platform.
Subway trains are used to travel between towns.
As you bring back more and more matryoshka dolls from nearby islands and restore them, the population of your town will begin to grow.
As your population grows, you will gain access to more advanced amenities.
Restored citizens will require domiciles in which to live. If you run out of domiciles, no more citizens can be restored until you build more.
Your town’s population will also dwindle when food or energy reach zero, and when attacking Izverg destroy existing domiciles. It is every worker’s responsibility to keep a careful eye on food and power levels, and to quickly repair domiciles when damaged.
When the population of a given town reaches a certain point, it will be considered “rebuilt”, and play at that town will end.
When a town is rebuilt, the total contribution rankings for that town will be announced.
As more citizens are restored and more amenities built, your town will start to develop in various ways.
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The more metal you invest in your town hall, the higher its level will grow, and the more individual residences you will be able to build. |
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Monuments commemorate various milestones in the development of a town. |
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Each facility and amenity has a specified build cost, and each town has a specified build cost limit.
When your town’s build cost limit is reached, you will not be permitted to build any more.
In order to increase your town’s build cost limit, you will need to build certain special facilities or memorials.
You can check your current build cost limit, and your progress toward that limit, at any time by referring to the bar at the top of the [TOWN INFO] screen in the status menu.
The items used by individual projection clones for the purposes of work are known as “tools”, while all collectively owned and operated items are known as “equipment”.
In general, tools are acquired by exchanging ration coupons at kiosks, while equipment is usually acquired on-site at towns or islands, or built at workbenches.
As well as being essential to the retrieval of resources, some tools can also prove useful in fending off Izverg attack.
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Tools can also prove useful when traversing dark or difficult terrain.
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Tools and equipment will prove essential in the event of Izverg attack.
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The following tools have effects that are visible to other players.
As such, they can be used to give directions, or to pass on messages.
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There are all kinds of other tools and equipment available to workers, including the following:
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When another projection clone is carrying out an action nearby, you will see a silhouette representing its physical presence.
The colour of the silhouette reflects the clone’s social standing, with Proletarians being shaded green, members of the Bourgeoisie shaded red, and Bourgeoisie Rezidenty shaded white.
Pressing will open the gesture menu. Select and use a gesture to communicate your current mood to your fellow projection clones.
The praise and snub gestures can be used to indicate your approval or disapproval of the actions of nearby projection clones.
This will directly affect the Ministry of Labour assessments of the clones in question.
By helping a fellow projection clone in their work, you can increase the efficiency with which a given task is completed.
Workers are able to sacrifice a little of their own phase cohesion in order to aid a collapsed comrade.
The Izverg are giant creatures that will periodically attack towns, often destroying valuable facilities and amenities.
It is every citizen’s duty to attempt to destroy the Izverg with whatever weapons are available.
Defeated Izverg will revert to a crystalline form that can be mined for resources in a similar way to a regular island.
These information terminals can be created by means of a workbench. They offer valuable information on how to live a productive and worthwhile life, along with vital intelligence concerning the world in which we find ourselves.
In addition to officially endorsed Ministry of Labour ration coupons, there also exists a separate currency, brought in from beyond the borders of our glorious nation.
This currency cannot be exchanged for goods in state-run kiosks, but can sometimes be used to purchase items on the black market, or in the illicit practice of bribery.
When browsing in shops, the up directional button can be pressed in order to gain access to the black market.
Here, foreign currency can be used to purchase tools and items of a higher quality than those available in regular kiosks.
While not officially encouraged, bribes made in foreign currency can be used to gain certain societal advantages.
Screens and menus in which bribes can be made will be marked with the foreign currency symbol.
Foreign currency can be acquired in various ways within the game. It can also be purchased using real-world money.
Citizens are encouraged to swell the ranks of the people by inviting friends and acquaintances to play The Tomorrow Children.
Use Ration Coupons to purchase comrade invitation tickets at the resident’s store, and issue the relevant invitation codes to those you wish to invite. Only one person may be invited per ticket.
Please be aware that comrade invitation tickets may not always be available.
The recipient of the code will be able to redeem it on PlayStation®Store and download the free-to-play version of The Tomorrow Children, in which they will begin the game as members of the proletariat.
TOWN INFO
Displays information about your current town. Press the relevant buttons to change the information displayed.
PLAYER INFO
Displays information about the player.
Press the button to check your foreign currency exchange history.
PERKS
Shows any active perks.
BADGES
Shows any honours or accolades earned.
LICENCES
Shows any licences held.
BOURGEOISIE LEVEL
Allows the player to check their current social standing and allocate any unassigned vital parameter points.
CONTROLLERDisplays the game controls.
OPTIONSAllows the following settings to be checked and adjusted:
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PLAY LOG
Displays various pieces of gameplay-related information.
Requests
Lists requests currently underway and completed.
Log
Lists your activities so far.
GAME INFOAllows you to quit the game and return to the title screen.
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