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Awards, Trophies and Badges

We have gone through many end-game awards over the years. At first, we were left to feel proud of ourselves over the accomplished game, which, after the closing letter, would drop us into the end credits. But when we made The Haunted Carousel, we added something a little extra to say “Well done!” Game awards! […]

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Historical Reference: Theatre

We have a Caption Contest winner! After the judges read through all comments on Facebook, it was narrowed down to Rachael G. of Australia for her caption: Gray: “So you don’t think wrapping ourselves in foil and paper clips to create little faraday suits would protect us?” Congrats Rachael! (Thanks for participating, everyone! Stay tuned […]

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Super Early Testing for GTH

Today hits the mark as the first day that we begin some serious testing for Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall! We brought in our full-time testers today because we now have a “playable” game build. There is a 75% chance that the game will crash on you if you try doing something (like play […]

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Weekend Puzzle #181

Today we had a special top-secret meeting concerning certain artwork for the future. We discussed the game and briefly talked about the story, the characters, location and specific relevant images to the game that we could use in this art. I will elaborate a little more on this later. For now, enjoy this puzzle concerning […]

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Embossing the Box Art

If you have ever purchased one of our games in a retail store, chances are the game came with a cardboard box wrap-around…or, as we call them in our office, an “O-card”. If you tilt the box in the light, and rub your finger over the front, you can see and feel the bumps of […]

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Designing a Room: Abby

I was digging through our art archives again (still one of my favorite pastimes) and came across some art I did not recognize in Message in a Haunted Mansion, so of course, I’m sharing. (^.^) Check it out! Some early room designs for Abby Sideris! The first two, of course, were design ideas that didn’t […]

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Outside Our Office

The past couple of days here at Her Interactive have been a bit interesting. The landscaping team outside of our office have been tidying up the shrubbery and trimming the tree branches back around the building we reside in, every tree outside our window has been shaved half-way up, and now the view from our […]

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Weekend Puzzle #180

Hey howdy hey all! I have been out sick these past days, and this weekend’s planned puzzle will have to wait until later. Instead, I present to you a sort of riddle to puzzle your brains with until Monday. You’ve seen me several times as you pass byBut never acknowledged me. I wonder why…I’m surrounded […]

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A Sudden Decision

We had another top-secret walk-through meeting today for Ghost of Thornton Hall. I’ll try not to spoil it for you, but a small mention came up of a few second chances that we have done in the past. This instance is where you, as Nancy Drew, must make a quick-second decision to… well… do something. […]

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Koko Mallos Krazy

I was looking through our merchandise store and realized that I had not discussed my absolute favorite image in there. Koko Mallos!! Oh how I wish they were real…I already love marshmallows and these became a natural favorite when Ryan had me fetch some from the candy case in The Deadly Device. I just had […]

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