February 20th, 2009
Hey there sleuthers, here’s a fun riddle for the weekend, courtesy of Mari, one of our game designers! — To find out the code for Nancy Drew Dossier 2, solve the following riddle. “I am 1st to the rainbow and second to Snow White’s sister. What am I?” — Have fun, and have […]
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February 19th, 2009
At one of our lunch meetings we took a short break to have a little Show and Tell with people who had something that they wanted to share. You can zoom in on these ones to see the detail!! Game designer Robert shared a few pieces from his massive collection of Warhammer figurines – he […]
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February 18th, 2009
HI provides a whole bunch of free snacks & drinks for hungry devs (short for developers)… free food? Haha, the best perk of course! See anything you like?
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February 17th, 2009
I participate in what’s called a “walkthrough meeting” each week and from a development perspective it is extremely important during the planning process for a game. Designers use a walkthrough sheet to “map out” the scenes for the game. I would compare the walkthrough sheet as being most similar to a storyboard for a […]
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February 13th, 2009
$11,000 Mario Pendant. (Now that’s what happens to Mario when you find the Super Star – lol) The frame is made of 10 karat gold and the total amount of diamonds adds up to 14.5 cts. Total estimated price: $11,857 dollars.
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February 12th, 2009
Parlez-vous francais? Ouais, je parle un peu… quelqu’un?
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February 11th, 2009
Hey ND Fans, today I have a *special entry* from a guest-writer: one of the designers for the ND dossier series, Mari! I spoke to her briefly about some of her methods for designing puzzles and riddles for games, and she decided to write a little bit about her techniques! Also, for all the […]
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February 10th, 2009
Ok, not in a creepy way, we are watching the play testers in an “ah, mmhmm, very interesting” scientific way! 🙂 This week we are play testing the new Nancy Drew casual game and during the meeting we have a webcam set up to watch our testers play the game. On the viewing side […]
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February 9th, 2009
Hmmm, is “lemony” a word?
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February 6th, 2009
As HI’s current librarian it’s pretty nice to check in on the collection every once and a while, you never know what you are going to find! Maybe, oh a collection of … “The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries TV DVD Seasons”?! Yes, HI is quite thorough in their collecting! I did a […]
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