Delaware St. John Volume 1: The Curse of Midnight Manor – Preview

The last we saw of developer Bryan Wiegele, he was skulking around the haunted corridors of Inherent Evil: The Haunted Hotel. Apparently possessed by the hotel’s evil demons (or maybe he was lost in that freakin’ stair maze!), Bryan crossed over to the dark side for a few years, working on console games like the cult classic Whiplash.

Now he has returned to the adventure community in a big way and Just Adventure is proud to announce his newest project, Delaware St. John, Volume 1: The Curse of Midnight Manor.

Delaware St. John Volume 1: The Curse of Midnight Manor is the first of a projected ten-title series that introduces players to Delaware St. John, a young man with a psychic gift that allows him to see images of past and future events. Lately, Delaware has been plagued by nightmares and visions that lead him to the decrepit remains of Morrisville Manor, or as the locals refer to it; Midnight Manor. As soon as he’s behind closed doors he begins seeing images of people, glimpses of lost souls that need his help. Something dark lurks in the shadows of the rotting building, something that is determined to keep Delaware from breaking the Curse of Midnight Manor.

Delaware will not travel through his adventure alone. Just a few months before, he partnered with a young woman named Kelly Bradford who had been running her own paranormal investigation firm. From the office above her bookstore Kelly is able to research leads and stays in contact with Delaware through a communication device known as VIC. VIC is capable of voice communication as well as recording images and sounds to transfer back to Kelly for analysis.

The ultimate goal of the series is to lead Delaware and Kelly through a sequence of incredible journeys that will eventually reveal the true purpose of Delaware’s powers and lead to the final confrontation between good and evil.

Hopefully, Delaware and Kelly will prove to be as popular as adventuredom’s other famous sleuthing couple – Gabriel Knight and Grace – and from all indications Bryan has both the talent and the inclination to deliver the goods. According to Bryan, “From the beginning we wanted to make sure Delaware’s world was one people could relate to. Therefore we abided by a design plan that let us create puzzles out of “real world” pieces and avoided the more abstract setups. Creatively, our goal was to create a rich, eerie atmosphere without relying on gratuitous violence and “adult” language. In addition to a rich story and detailed graphics, an original soundtrack has been scored to complete the beautiful ambiance of the experience.”

To prepare for the projected May release and get a taste of what to expect, you can read The Curse of Midnight Manor prologue and other background material at the official Delaware St. John site and Just Adventure will soon have more exclusive information on this intriguing new series.