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The player takes on the role of a god ruling over an island populated by innumerable tribes. The player’s control over the island is manifested in the Hand, an animated on-screen hand which can go or throw people and objects, tap houses to wake their occupants, cast miracles, and do many other things. Use of the keyboard and buttons in the game is purposely low; to add to the sense of realism, the (usually) mouse-controlled hand can perform every function in the game. In later patches, the Hand can also be controlled by an Essential Reality P5 Glove, a consumer-level virtual reality glove that is no longer for sale.

Generally speaking, the goal of a level is to gain control over every village on the island. This is accomplished owing to the performance of impressive acts that will produce the villagers to believe in the player. Villagers can be influenced by everything from helping them with day-to-day tasks to terrorising them with fireballs and lightning storms. Another vital element of the gameplay is the player’s Creature — a pet of sorts that can be trained to do nearly no matter what thing, thanks to the sport complex AI, developed by Richard Evans. This Creature is trained by being placed on a leash even as the player demonstrates the action the Creature is to learn using the Hand. With time and repetition, it can perform complex functions that will allow it to serve as the player’s avatar in the planet.