Disney Interactive Studios Desperate Housewives: The Game - Manual (Page 11)

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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
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your home and garden can also be found here.
This panel is where you go to customize the walls
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Relationships
There are two aspects
to your relationship with each of your neighbors,
and here you can check on the status of each.
Next to the photo of each neighbor, you’ll see a
green bar and a blue bar. The green bar indicates
your Friendship level with that neighbor, and the
blue bar indicates your Respect level. To get really
close to someone, you’ll need to be kind enough
to earn their friendship, while being supportive
and/or manipulative to earn their respect.
Budget
Secrets may be the most valuable resource in Wisteria
Lane, but money comes a close second. Overseeing
your family’s budget, you’ll need to spend to keep
your family happy, your yard maintained, and to buy clothes, medicine, and
services, such as gardening or house-cleaning. The weekly poker game
with Wisteria Lane’s other housewives, or online poker through your family’s
computer, is a great source of income. And if you are feeling adventurous, try
breaking into somebody’s house, stealing some stuff, and selling them at the
pawn shop. Really!
Wall Height
These buttons allow you to adjust the height of the
interior walls of a home. If you are having trouble
clicking on things, try lowering the walls!
Secrets
Keep your eyes open as you go about your day and you’re likely to notice
more than one of your neighbors doing something… odd. This may surface
through Chat conversations or occasionally you’ll come across misplaced
objects. Just keep digging!
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Sneaking
Some secrets only make it out
into the gossip circle as rumors.
And sometimes they don’t
escape at all. For these you’ll
need to dig deeper. A lot deeper.
Do so by sneaking into homes
late at night while the secret-
holder is sleeping – or during
the day when he or she is off
at work. Nose into anything that
looks interesting.
To sneak into someone’s home, click the target’s front door and select
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sneaky you really are. If the Noise Meter moves too far into the red, stop what
you’re doing and hold still.
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answering machine or a slip of paper.
If all the noise has awakened your hosts, get out fast! Your neighbors may sniff
at a poor gardener, but they’ll positively shun a common criminal.
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of your neighbor’s belongings catches your eye, just click it to add it to
your inventory.
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