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Gaming Manual | Part 1:

Creating your Housemate:

At the start of every new game – you will be brought to the 'CaH' screen, from here you will be able to select from hundreds upon hundreds of features – ranging from hair styles, clothing styles, tattoos, peircings etc etc

But it isn't so much the apperance that's important, it's the personality of the housemate you're creating. Each trait, hobby, opinion, gene that you chose – ultimately paints the picture for what kind of housemate you'll be playing as for that game.

Finally, name your housemate – you can select from over 85,000 names! Each one has been pre-recorded by Marcus Bentley, Davina McCall, and Big Brother himself, to ensure your housemate will play just as big a part in the series, as the rest of them!

The Simulated Public:

Using artifical intelligence, The Great British Public feature in the game – from the launch night, to the evictions right up until the finale.
Every action that is made in the house, has an affect on the audience – some housemates will be hated, some will be adored – and others, well.. they'll slip under the radar.
The outcome of evictions are never 'randomly' chosen, at all.
The game will monitor events in the house that week and use them to 'vote' as the public would.

For example: If three housemates are up for eviction, and one of them gets in a heated row during that week – and manages to upset the public, you can make a good guess in thinking that they'll be walking out the door come Friday night.

The crowd reception is important too! After creating your housemate; it's launch night and before you know it you're getting out of a car walking up onto a stage – you can see the Big Brother house infront of you, it's huge, it's bright and it's ready for the summer.
Whether or not you get booed or cheered on your way into the house, depends on how you design your housemate, and if you find yourself getting booed on the way in, you could leave the house in a few weeks time to an adoring public – it all depends on your actions INSIDE the house.

Use the public to give you an insight into who's bitching, who's real, and who's worth alligining yourself with (Do this by closely listening on eviction nights, how are certain housemates perceived by the public?).

Your Housemates:

On launch night, you'll enter the house to find a few housemates already present – get to know them, whilst you all wait for the rest of the cast to show up, one by one.

The housemates in the game, are modeled after their real life counterparts and how they appeared on the show, for example – if you're playing Series 5, expect to see a muscular man in a leopard print thong walk through the door on launch night.

Aswell as this – housemate voices have all been recorded by their respected real life counterparts, ensuring endless conversations, arguments and possibilities.

Alliances, romances and friendships can all form in the house over the summer – it's up to you, who you get on with and who you don't, bare in mind your actions over the week will have reprecussions when it comes to nominations on Tuesday.

For example, don't feel like taking part in the washing up mini-game? That's absolutely fine, but you may find one or two housemates nominating you for 'not playing your part' in the house.

However, if there is an alliance in your series – you may find that being a part of that particular group, could help you go a long way in the game.

Every single action you make in the house, plays a massive part in how your housemates and the public react to you.

What happens if I'm evicted?

Good question. It all depends on the series you're playing – and the stage you're at.

Let's assume you're playing BB6 – and your housemate is evicted, well the game will notify you of three new housemates entering as part of a twist (The Secret Garden) and you'll be offered a place in that.

The majority of the time, when you're evicted – you're gone, and there is no going back or switching players. This makes staying in the house and fighting for your place in the house, all the more important.

Tasks

Every few days, Big Brother will set a new task. This can be done through numerous ways.

A shopping task: In which every housemate plays a part in working towards completition of the task at hand, tasks are usually played as mini games – for example, if you were playing BB9 one of the first tasks you will have to do will be alongside Dennis (as Rachel Rice isn't available) – using your computer mouse, you must guide your cursor through a maze – hit a wall, and the rest of the housemates will get an electric shock.

Tasks are diverse, some tasks may include housemates splitting up into teams – quite like BB7's Prison Task! On occassions like this, you will get the freedom to choose which team you want to be on. Do you want to be an inmate, or a guard? You decide.

Completing a task usually results in winning a shopping budget – task results will determine the mood of your fellow housemates for the rest of that week, so it's important to do your best, plus performing well in a task may even gaurentee you immunity from nominations that week!

Twists

Big Brother wouldn't be Big Brother without it's twists – and although twists (and the amount of them) will vary depending on the series you're playing, you can expect to find a few scattered around regardless.

Like we said previously, every action you make in the house has a connsequence.

Imagine it now, you're chilling out in the snug talking to a few of your buddies and Big Brother calls 'one housemate' to the Diary Room – you decide to let some other muppet take it, and you stay right where you are, in a few minutes you may find that the housemate that went to the Diary Room – was rewarded with immunity from nominations.

Simple things like that can occur throughout the series, but it isn't always fun and games.

Now, imagine Big Brother threw a party for the housemates – and you're enjoying it, taking part in dance mini games and having fun, when Big Brother suddenly calls 'one housemate' to the Diary Room – you can, if you wish – run to the Diary Room door.

Big Brother automatically announces to you, that you've been evicted. Game Over.
It's all one big gamble, and it's up to you what you do.

Part 2 arrives tomorrow - talking you through the different game modes available; will also be posting a video!