The series author Bryan Wiegele self-published a prequel novel in PDF (portable document format), which establishes how the primary characters Delaware and Kelly Bradford originally met.

He was bothered by the flaws within Inherent Evil, a game he had worked on, and wanted to use the lessons learnt to make a better follow-up.

With a desire to have a movie-like score, Wiegele found the musician Todd Kinsley, who incidentally located the voice actors for the project.

[7] Retail release of the first two episodes by Lighthouse Interactive in various territories including North America, United Kingdom and Ireland, Benelux, Scandinavia, Russia, Australia/New Zealand, Italy, Spain, Poland, Greece and South Africa February 16, 2007.

[13] The second campaign reflected supporters' desires to keep the game's format consistent with the previous entries by scaling back the scope and rebudgeting.

[14] The Delaware St. John: A Chance Meeting novel was self-published on September 24, 2010 by series author Bryan Wiegele via free downloadable PDF.

[15] This novel provides insight as to how Delaware and Kelly met as well as the telling of events leading up to the game, Volume 1: The Curse of Midnight Manor.

The stories posted on the website hinted at this but never fully established the happenings taking place between the games.

[1] The ultimate conclusion of the 10-part narrative will see the true purpose of Delaware's powers be revealed, which results in a final confrontation between good and evil.

[22] One reviewer at Just Adventure deemed the experience "spooky, investigative fun with surprisingly great artwork".

[29] Eric McConnell at Just Adventure wrote that while the title offers a solid gaming experience, there is still some room for improvement.