The Welcome screen

Every time NutHouse opens, this screen asks what you want to do: learn, start fresh, open a saved game, get back unsaved work, or play a sample.

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The Welcome to NutHouse dialog: the mode switch, four big buttons and the row of sample games
The Welcome dialog. Pick a mode at the top, then a big button or a sample.

What is on it

How much do you want to see?The mode switch: Simple, Advanced or Expert. Start with Simple. You can change it any time in the toolbar. See Simple, Advanced and Expert.
๐ŸŽ“ Learn: make Chocobreak step by stepStarts the tutorial. The best place to start. About 20 minutes.
Start a new gameAn empty level, ready for your ideas.
Open a saved gameโ€ฆA .nuthouse file you made before.
Get back unsaved workOnly shows up when NutHouse has an autosave. It says the game's name and when it was saved. Press it to carry on where you left off.
Or play and change a sample gameSeven finished games. Each card shows a picture, the name, what it is about and a Shows: line that says what it teaches. Click one to open it.

How to open yesterday's game

  1. Press Open a saved gameโ€ฆ.
  2. Find your .nuthouse file and press Open.
  3. The game opens in the Level tab, ready to play or change.

Getting the Welcome screen back

You only see this screen when NutHouse starts. Once you are inside, use the toolbar instead: New for an empty game, Open for a saved one, ๐ŸŽฎ Samples for the sample games and ๐ŸŽ“ Learn for the tutorial.

Still stuck?

Try the Chocobreak tutorial, open a sample game and read its rules, or look at the questions people ask.