General Information
We'll start with the basics. Sir is a first person shooter with a huge focus on stealth, survival, and inventory management. The devs themselves have described it as a British S.T.A.L.K.E.R. with robots. Your ultimate goal is to roam the archipelago and find the missing teleporter pieces (hence forth referred too as "telebits") that exploded and flew off, and reassemble them at the Standing Stones. All the while you are being hunted by an increasingly dangerous crew of robotic gentlemen.
As mentioned, stealth plays a huge role in the game as you are often outnumbered and outgunned, and discretion is often the better choice of valor when robots are near. Your vitality will constantly drop, so scavenging and hunting for food becomes an important gameplay element. Finally, your oh-so-limited inventory space will always be a concern as you wander the islands. More info about these subjects will be covered later.
Movement
If you have played any sort of first person (or third person) game before, the controls should be fairly obvious from the get go. In addition to the standard movement set, sprinting and crouching can be used to modify your stance and the Q and E keys can be used to lean around corners. Jumping is naturally mapped to the Space Bar 
An interesting glitch regarding the terrain mesh itself can be used to your advantage. Your character will, for lack of a better word, 'stick' to the terrain mesh (in the picture to the left, terrain mesh is the green grass part, NOT the rocks) without sliding or falling like other games often have. This can be used to scale almost vertical surfaces by simply jumping up the side of a slope while moving forward. It also works for descents, allowing your character to simply walk down some impressively steep drops without incurring damage. It should go without saying but this gives you a massive advantage over the bots in the mountain biome.
Health and Vitality
As you are off exploring the islands, your vitality will be constantly ticking down at a steady rate (1 point every 10 seconds, to be precise). The only way to replenish it is to eat food. If you take any damage your health will come back at a relatively rapid rate, but only if your vitality is over half. Certain foods will replenish different amounts of vitality while others will actually drain it. Food types will be covered later. To eat food or drink alcohol, right click your desired morsel and then hit the use button that will pop up
One of the biggest dangers to your livelihood is bleeding. Bleeding is a stat that can occur randomly from gunshots or melee attacks. It's indicated by a flashing drop of red blood near where your health and inventory icons are located. Bleeding will cause your health to drop at a tremendous rate and will not stop until you apply a bandage. Rags are the only thing that can be used as a bandage, and are some of the most important items you will need on your journey. Rags are hot-keyed to a keyboard binding, although I changed mine to one of my mouse buttons to allow for a quick patch while either
fleeing or engaging enemies.
Inventory
Part of the difficulty of the game involves your ability to manage your inventory. Although it may initially seem like you have more than enough room for items, you will run out of space quickly. Playing Tetris with your inventory will be a task you will find yourself doing often, especially when trying to pick up telebits. Food should always be carried with you, as well as any distraction items you may find. Any weapons will take up a large portion of your inventory as will extra ammo. Bandages should be carried in abundance as well lest you fall prey to a quick death. And finally the teleporter pieces themselves must be placed in you inventory, taking up space until they are safely deposited back at the stones.
Stealth Intro
Stealthy movement is highly advised when moving across the countryside. It will prevent you from being ambushed (for the most part) and it can save your virtual life if you're being pursued and need a quick escape (for the most part). While fighting isn't always an option, stealth is almost always a good fallback if things go from butt to front.
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