The game is a comic film noir mystery circa 1930 – 1940 with a dash of comic horror involving vampires with a double twist at the end.  The two main characters are Booh and Babbot who are reminiscent of Laurel and Hardy and Abbot and Costello.  They will be providing commentary throughout the game and story.

Opening Level – Private investigators office.

Booh and Babbot are gentlemen cleaners (janitors who work in business suits, Booh wears tennis shoes).  Their first big client is the detective agency.  They are cleaning offices (hidden object) and picking up a couple of items for inventory, Booh makes a business card (puzzle how to make business card?).

Enter Femme Fatale with a story about treasure and a haunted house.  There are clues in her story, not all is as it seems. Booh and Babbot are in suits and she in none the wiser that they are not detectives.  Booh is in love and Babbot is interested in treasure and a haunted house does not deter them, much.  Impersonating PI’s, Booh’s idea, they agree to take the case.

A final inventory item is a PI notebook. It will be available for review.

Level – Street in front of house.

There are two areas of Hidden objects and a puzzle to open the gate.

At the front porch there is another hidden object screen and a puzzle to get into the house with surprising results, you end up in the cellar.

Level – cellar laboratory.

There are three rooms to explore with hidden objects, collect inventory items, and solve the puzzle of the exit from the basement.  While searching there are additional clues and maybe a red herring or two.

Level – house.

There are 9 rooms that will have hidden object areas and clues.  There have been 6 deaths/murders in the house and they must be solved as to who got killed where and how, and are they dead?

Sort of a “Clue” elimination puzzle circa “who lives in the red house and owns a zebra”.

Solving this level gets you out of the house.

Level – Garden maze.

There are three mazes and I plan to have hidden objects, story clues and of course a puzzle to escape each maze.  There is some work to be done with regards to all three.

Level – Graveyard.

I have six views and some ideas about the graveyard but this is pretty open for now.  There are a fair number of clues to be available here and the hidden object parts should be fun.

Level – Dracula’s Crypt.

Believe it or not there are three screens and the climax of the game.  There will be a Wedding?  There has been an unseen element alluded to throughout the game and it is in the conclusion that Booh, Babbot and the reader discover there is a mysterious individual that has placed our intrepid duo into harms way, and it will happen again.  The story will come to a conclusion and all of clues will be resolved but it will open a new chapter in our hero’s lives, hence the adventure continues.

However, I wish to employ my own JavaScript and PHP in the development of Web Sites so I need more than just Xara.  Xara is more geared towards using its own JavaScript and HTML providing the Gui interface for the Web Developer who has no in-depth HTML or JavaScript abilities.  As far as it goes it is rich in template variations and has potential to use a number of Web widgets that make it a practical solution for a number of Web sites, but integrating eCommerce, database access, and the ability to run a dynamic data base driven Web site is beyond its initial scope.

Xara , however, does provide a feature called an HTML Placeholder, and although it is designed to be used for HTML and JavaScript coding, it can be used to interact with PHP, which gives Xara more flexibility for the more experienced Web developer.

It has always been my desire to be able to create a more dynamic Web Site where as my interests expand, to be able to incorporate them into my Web Site seamlessly and to create a more interactive Site in the process.  That is where WordPress comes in and this is my first post involving this process.

Since I already had a look and feel I was okay with using Xara, my initial intent was to integrate WordPress with my existing Look and feel, and adjust it as my Web Site evolves.  I will keep you up to date with what tools I use and how they help me in my development.

Gene Poschman

Far be from me to disappoint.

Hello World

Gene Poschman