Disney Interactive Studios Desperate Housewives: The Game - Manual (Page 8)

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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
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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. You’ll
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each representing how
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have to say. Depending
on the situation, you may
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Preview the dialogue by holding the mouse pointer over the emoticon.
Once you’ve decided on a tone and message, click the emoticon and see
how the other person responds. Just remember: whomever you are talking to
will react to your tone as well as to what you have to say. Be careful what you
say. And how you say it.
Socializing
Chat is chat: friendly banter that improves relationships but doesn’t involve
serious discussion or the exchange of important information. Chatting increases
your friendship levels with neighbors. They’ll like you the better for it – and will
therefore be more willing to trade important information later, if and when they
have it.
Kiss, Hug, Slap
These interactions work much like chat to affect relationships. Depending on
the recipient, a Kiss or a Hug may not have the expected or desired effect.
Note: Whatever the particular form of expression, as you interact with a
neighbor, your relationship with that person will get better or worse. Watch for
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colored icons rising up
from the character; they
indicate a change in your
relationship.
A handshake represents
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getting better, while Red means it’s being negatively affected.
Time
The clock is very useful. Time controls the actions of the
people of Wisteria Lane, too. They go to work or school,
they run errands, and they attend meetings and social events. All of this
coming and going affects who you can interact with, and when, and who
will be away for the day when you decide to do some sneaking.
Current game-time is played in the upper left corner of the screen. You can
speed up the clock - and the speed of game play - by clicking the “Fast
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