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Welcome to EASe Off-Road!

The most important element in all EASe games is the music. The Electronic Auditory Stimulation effect music can teach your child to habituate to noise and allow them to experience life in a more comfortable, less frightening way. This in turn will enable other therapies your child is receiving to more effectively do their job.

Before you start the game, click on the small speaker icon in the bottom right corner of Windows and set your system speaker volume to maximum. You can then set the desired level for the music in the audio setup screen. Click the Setup screen to access the Graphics, Audio and Controls pages. Click on the Audio button and then click on Test Music. When the music starts playing, set the volume to a level that is soft and comfortable for you to listen to. Put the headphones on your child, and if your child says the music is too loud, turn it down more. In each subsequent mission, turn the music up slightly, until it is playing at a robust, but not uncomfortable level.

The second most important element of EASe games is the sense of movement and balance. We have created a visual motion environment that will dramatically stimulate your child's sense of balance. We call this effect Virtual Vestibular Stimulation. If you are not a game player, you may even notice yourself getting nauseous watching! This is intended.

To set up the game graphics, click on the Graphics button in the Setup screen. We recommend 1024 x 768 or higher screen resolution with Fullscreen Video if your graphics card can run well at this size. Be sure to click Apply after you have finished changing the settings. After the computer has reset its screen resolution, click OK.

Click Start Mission to select your car color and mission difficulty. Ask your child which color car is their favorite.

There are two missions in EASe Off-Road: the easier High Desert and the more difficult Red Rock Range. You gain points in both missions by collecting the colored targets. The green targets are worth 100 points and the red targets are worth 500.

There are four levels of visual stimulation for each mission. The first is a 3rd person (outside) slow vehicle, the second is a 3rd person fast vehicle, the third is a 1st person (inside) slow vehicle and the fourth is a 1st person fast vehicle. You select the color of your car and mission world in the start up screen. The game starts in 3rd person view. To switch to 1st person view (more stimulation) when the game starts, push the Tab key on the keyboard.

We recommend that your child play in the following order to gradually increase visual stimulation and keep the game fresh. Allow your child to play up to one half hour at a time, two times a day for up to ten hours of play. Other schedules with shorter session times and a maximum of ten total hours of play are also possible.

Speed	Mission	View	Time limit
1. Slow vehicle	High Desert	3rd person	1 hour max
2. Slow vehicle	Red Rock Range	3rd person	1 hour max
3. Fast vehicle	High Desert	3rd person	1 hour max
4. Fast vehicle	Red Rock Range	3rd person	1 hour max
5. Slow vehicle	High Desert	1st person	1 hour max
6. Slow vehicle	Red Rock Range	1st person	1 hour max
7. Fast vehicle	High Desert	1st person	1 hour max
8. Fast vehicle	Red Rock Range	1st person	1 hour max
9. Mix and match	Mix and match	Mix and match	2 hour max

After your child has played all the combinations, you can mix and match them for an additional two hours of play.

Set the time limit in the box in the upper right corner of the screen. Initially select a 5 minute mission to allow your child to get used to driving.

Click Launch Mission.

Tell your child to drive the car around and have fun. If they wish, they can tag the targets to accumulate points and hear the sounds. The points will show up in the upper right hand screen.