The Game Instruction Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome to Wisteria Lane ... 2 System Requirements ... 4 Installation ... 5 ReadMe File ... 6 Quick Start ... 7 Menu Controls ... 7 In-Game Controls & Interface ... 7 Main Menu ... 8 Play Game ...
WELCOME TO WISTERIA LANE Wisteria Lane. Idyllic. Friendly. Safe. Everything the real estate agent said it would be. The kind of neighborhood you’ve always dreamed of calling your own. The kind of neighborhood you thought you lived in before coming here, one you were beginning to think didn’t really exist.
DirectX™: DirectX™ version 9.0c (included) or higher Optional: Internet connection INSTALLATION Before installing Desperate Housewives: The Game, exit all open applications (including background applications such as anti-virus software and pop-up blockers). When all other applications have been closed, insert Disc 1 into the CD-ROM drive.
Please take a moment to review the readme for information about changes, if any, made to the game after this manual went to print. on it in the Desperate Housewives: The Game directory found on your hard drive (usually C:\Program Files\Buena Vista Games\Desperate Housewives).
MAIN MENU Every visit to Wisteria Lane starts here at the Main Menu. Play Game game or to resume an already existing Wisteria Lane story. Create New Family Special Features Special Features will display a family to select. Selecting a saved family allows you to view the mini-games, photo album and unlocked episodes associated with that family.
LIFE ON WISTERIA LANE selves and some are inspired by our darker impulses. All have consequences. The actions you take – naughty or nice, honest or deceitful – will affect your progress throughout the game. Character and Family Customization First impressions are important. Here you’ll have an opportunity to adjust your character’s appearance, and your family’s, to suit your tastes.
Interacting with People Socializing with your neighbors is a good way to learn secrets about them and about other people. It’s also a good way There’s more than one way to deliver a message. Conversation After you’ve selected a character (by clicking on him or her), click on one of the buttons to begin interacting.
Reference Bar The reference bar is the interface on the left side of the screen. Goals reference bar. To help you keep track of your story on Wisteria Lane and reference your goals, this is a list of things to do to progress the story.
Your House Mrs. Davenport The Solises The Scavos The Mayers Paul Young The Van de Kamps Neighborhood Map completely new perspective. That blue hued dot is you (the blue arrow red line will appear, showing your path to that location. You can also move your mouse over the houses to see who lives where.
Home This reveals the status of your relationship with your family and the overall state of your home. If you are satisfying your Happiness Need, there’s no reason your Husband and Son shouldn’t respond with high your home and garden can also be found here. This panel is where you go to customize the walls Relationships There are two aspects...
Mini-Games with Poker A night out with the girls. No husbands. No children. Just gossip and cards. If you play well, you may learn something interesting and come home with a pocketbook full of cash. You can earn money playing poker online using the computer in your house, too, and you can practice anytime by accessing Poker under Mini-Games in the Main Menu’s Special Features section.
Mini-Games and Home Activities You’ve got a beautiful home and family – it’s up to you how you want to look after them. You can handle Cooking and Gardening yourself or by hiring help for your Needs either way. Cooking Click the stove in your kitchen and get started whipping up something healthy stick to the basics –...
Services neighborly dirt digging. A clever housewife can hire some help and buy herself more time to uncover her neighbors’ secrets. Your cell phone is great Mall and a website for AAA Temps through your computer. Gardening You can hire a gardener on an as-needed basis, or you can set up a schedule. The basics will cost $50 per visit.
The Dresser Every article of clothing you have acquired is stored in your dresser. Clicking the dresser opens a menu where you can review what you own, something to wear. You can add to your options by purchasing clothes from the stores in the Shopping Mall. The Shopping Mall (where you can schedule maid service or gardening services).
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The Scavos In the last seven years Lynette Scavo has vacillated between being an over-achieving career-woman to an overwhelmed stay-at-home mother husband, Tom, is occasionally brash, sometimes impulsive, but ultimately he’s loyal to wife and children. As for the children… the less said the better. If they aren’t embarrassing their parents with creative and impressive displays of misbehavior, then they’re quietly pilfering anything not nailed down.
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