Extract all files together and start Temora.exe. Keep the data folder and the NVDA DLL beside the EXE. Start NVDA or JAWS for screen reader speech. Messages are also sent to the screen reader's braille output. In the browser, use Start game / Enable audio on the game page.
Choose New game and a save slot in the start menu. From your home, go down to Dawnvale, then right to Elin's lab. The game waits for confirmation during dialogue and battle results.
| Action | Keyboard | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Move between locations; select a menu entry | Arrow keys | D-pad or left stick |
| Confirm | Enter or Space | A |
| Go back one menu level | Escape | B |
| Describe the location or selection | E | X |
| People and objects | O; outside a menu, also Enter or Space | Y; outside a menu, also A |
| Party | T | LB |
| Bag | I | RB |
| Game menu | M | Menu (Start) or RT |
| Region map | K | Game menu → Region map |
| Next section on the route to your marked destination | V | LT |
| Repeat the last output | R; N repeats a dialogue message awaiting confirmation | LT repeats the message during dialogue |
| Use the assigned travel item | J | View (Back) |
| Save | F5 | Press the right stick |
| Save immediately to the current slot | Ctrl + F5 | Press the right stick twice quickly |
| Load | F9 | Press the left stick |
| Rename save | F2 | Change the label of the selected stored save. Outside slot lists, choose a local slot first. |
| Change player name | F3 | In a slot list: change the selected stored player name. Elsewhere: change the name of the running journey and save afterwards. |
| Read the controls aloud | H or F1 | Game menu → More options → Help; start menu → Help |
In Windows, open the HTML manual from the menu bar: Help → Game manual in browser. Alt + H opens the Help menu. It also contains Type chart in browser. The browser game has links under Controls and help. Both documents work offline. For example, use Alt + Tab to return to the Windows game.
Enter these commands in either chat editor. They and their results are private; results remain in your chat history.
/help: Show a short command overview./t, /translate: Add a Pokémon name, for example /t Glumanda. Names from every supported game language are accepted regardless of case. Results include language codes, such as de: Glumanda; en: Charmander. Only local game resources are used./who: List players currently connected to multiplayer.F4 mutes or unmutes automatic general-chat announcements for this session, without removing messages. The Multiplayer menu offers the same setting. F8 opens the optional chat view; Escape or F8 hides it. Windows: Alt+Tab or Win+Tab selects the separate chat window; F6 switches between the game and open chat without hiding either. Alt access keys are shown on chat controls. Controller: press LB twice quickly to show or hide connected players, or RB twice quickly for the in-game chat history. Single LB/RB still open the party/Bag after the double-press interval.
Confirm moves, hits, experience, evolutions and catches individually. Holding Enter, Space or A does not skip further messages. Confirm to continue after a waiting message.
| Action | Keyboard | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Your HP and the opponent's HP as a percentage | R or V | LT |
| Repeat the waiting message word for word | N | — |
| Opponent status only | O or G | Y |
| Describe the selected move; describe the opponent in the main battle menu | E | X |
| Flee from the top-level wild battle menu | Escape or confirm “Run” | B or confirm “Run” |
From a move or item menu, Escape/B first goes back one level. You cannot flee from Trainer battles, and required switches still have to be made. After a battle ends or you flee successfully, you can move on immediately.
Press R or N twice quickly to copy the repeated output to the clipboard. During battle and dialogue, this also works with two presses of V or LT. Holding a key or button does not count as a double press.
Without a marked destination, V/LT opens the regional map. Press V/LT twice quickly to open it even while route guidance is active, except during battles and waiting dialogue. Under My destinations, you can save your current location with a colour, optionally name it using the keyboard, and edit or delete it later.
In a menu, a letter selects the next entry starting with that letter. Repeated presses cycle through matches; only Enter/Space confirms. E still describes the selection, and V remains the map shortcut. Ctrl plus a letter keeps other game shortcuts available, such as Ctrl+E to describe, Ctrl+R to repeat and Ctrl+M for the game menu. Under Settings → Player and gameplay, enable Menu shortcuts with Shift to free reserved letters for menu navigation. Use Shift+E to describe and Shift+V for route guidance. This applies to all game menus, including battles; outside menus the controls stay unchanged.
E/X describes the selection without using or confirming it. Confirm performs the selected action. Escape/B goes back; first confirm any message that is waiting.
| Action | Keyboard | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Change the quantity to buy or sell | Up +1, down −1; right +10, left −10 | D-pad: up +1, down −1; right +10, left −10 |
| Move a move or an entry under “Sort party” | Alt + Up/Down; also Left/Right | Left/Right |
When shopping, first confirm the quantity, then confirm the displayed total price. Buy is selected by default; cancel with Escape or Do not buy. For a travel item, choose Assign to shortcut in the Bag. J/View uses that item while you are freely exploring.
Party → Details shows stats, moves, cry and nickname. The Pokédex contains the regional sightings record. Your journal lets you review tasks and mark the route to the person involved. The phone and travel radio are in the game menu.
Arnulf at Willowgrove Market plays on a board with three rows and three columns. Arrows or the D-pad select a square; Enter/A places your cross. E/X describes the board, and H/F1 explains the controls. Escape/B pauses the game; you can resume the next time you talk to him. The match is included in your normal save.
Under Settings → Language, choose Automatic (system language), English or German. Automatic follows the system or browser language; English is used if it is not supported. Your choice stays on this device and does not change the save. Pokémon, move and item names use their official names in the selected language.
A save slot contains a stored journey. Your running game may have newer, unsaved progress. There are five local slots on this device, five online slots in your Temora account, and five OneDrive slots in your Microsoft account. These are separate sets: slot 1 in one location is not linked to slot 1 elsewhere.
Local Windows and browser saves are separate. Browser saves belong to the browser profile and the game website. Use an exported file to transfer a local save between Windows and the browser, and keep a copy before clearing browser data.
Ctrl+F5 or two quick presses of the right stick saves immediately to the current normal save slot, without selection or a confirmation prompt. Release the stick between presses; the second click must arrive within 600 ms. After this short detection window, a single click opens the save-slot selection for the current storage location. The current slot is preselected; you can choose another slot. Holding the stick does not repeat the click. Under Settings → Saving preferences, you can also choose quick saving for normal F5, a single stick press and Save in the menu. To change slots again, select slot selection as the default.
In a save-slot list, F2 changes the selected stored journey’s label; F3 changes its player name. These changes are written to that slot without loading the journey. A blank save label shows only the slot number; a player name cannot be blank. Outside save-slot lists, F3 changes the player name of your running journey; save afterwards to keep that change.
.temora file wherever you prefer, for example in Documents. Exporting leaves the original slot in place.Export save slot copies the stored local save, without later unsaved progress. The browser additionally offers a separate export of current progress under Save files and save slots; this does not write a save slot. To export a stored OneDrive save through the slot menu, first copy it to a local slot under OneDrive → Manage saves.
.temora file in the file picker. Compatible older .lucy files are also accepted. In the browser, open the file field with Enter, a click or a tap. Confirm replacement if asked. The previous stored save is backed up.Stored saves are backed up before replacement. The game also creates a separate backup every five minutes as soon as saving is possible. Choose Restore backups, a local slot, then a backup by date and type, and confirm restoration. It becomes your running game; the ordinary saved slot remains unchanged. Save explicitly if future Load actions should start from the restored progress.
Open Online saves and sign in to your Temora account. Load a slot or start a new online journey there. Save and quick save then use that account’s online slots. Wait for the success message before continuing on another device. To put a stored local journey online, use Manage saves → Copy local save slot online, choose the source and destination, and confirm replacement if needed. Copying does not change your running journey’s destination: load the online copy to play it.
If a transfer is pending, use its menu to retry it or continue with the backed-up copy. Discarding a pending transfer keeps the backup but does not mean the server has received the save. Sign into the account that owns the transfer before retrying.
OneDrive is optional and uses your Microsoft account, separately from your Temora account. Enable it under Settings → Saving preferences if hidden. Choose OneDrive when loading or starting a new game and follow the Microsoft sign-in instructions. Saving first secures the progress on this device, then uploads it. Wait for confirmation before switching devices. An upload-pending message does not confirm that OneDrive has received it.
Under OneDrive → Manage saves, copy a stored local save to OneDrive or a cloud save to a local slot. Copying does not change the running journey’s destination; load the copy to play it. Cloud saves available on this device lets you continue an existing working copy without checking for newer online progress. If versions later differ, review them and choose which to keep; copying to another cloud slot can preserve both.
Under Settings, you will find player and gameplay, sound and music, speech output, controller, saving preferences and language. Change your player name in the first group. Sound channel levels, music attenuation during speech and vibration are configurable.
Settings → Speech output: the default is your screen reader on Windows and eSpeak NG in the browser. eSpeak NG reads messages with its own voice in the game language and stops old speech when you continue. Rate: 80–450 words per minute, default 350. Speech volume: 1–100 percent, default 80. These menus work with keyboard and controller; Describe announces the current value. Settings stay on this device or in this browser, independently of the save. In the browser, first activate Start game / Enable audio. If the speech engine fails, output returns to the screen reader.
The optional Browser voice output uses a system voice on the device. Continuing stops the previous announcement here too. Browser speech rate: 50–300 percent of the voice's normal speed, default 150. On iPhone, activate the page's Start game / Enable audio button once; you can then select the output method using the controller. Choose browser voice lists the voices reported by the browser with their names and languages, also with controller support. Automatic selection prefers the game language and local voices. Your selection is saved; if that voice is missing, an automatic choice is used temporarily. Existing output settings survive updates.
Go to the battle reception upstairs in a Pokémon Center for an online battle. Create an account with a username and password, or sign in. Create a named battle room with a room password. Your opponent finds it under Open battle rooms. The list refreshes automatically and through Refresh list. The room password is separate from your account password.
Both teams start healed at their existing levels; Eggs stay out. No Bag, Badge bonuses, experience points or prize money. Your travelling team is unchanged. Choose moves and switches as usual with keyboard or controller. Continuing does not wait for the previous turn's confirmation; a next move you have already chosen is queued. A turn starts once both choices have arrived. E/X describes the selected move or Pokémon; in the main battle menu and during messages, it describes the opponent. R/LT gives battle status, G/Y gives opponent status. T/LB opens your party with stats, moves and held items. Escape/B goes back from submenus; surrender requires confirmation. Move and switch lists have no extra Back entry. N repeats the current battle message. Waiting notices continue without confirmation once the opponent has chosen. After a connection problem, Open your battle room finds a room that is still open.
Shift+F1 opens the feedback form in Windows and the browser while the game has focus. Choose Room feedback to read and copy the room description and visible names. Use Ctrl+C on a selected name to copy it into your comments. Room text and lists are not sent automatically. An online account is required to send feedback.