Danger By Design
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| Developer(s) | Her Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | DreamCatcher |
| Platform(s) | PC |
| Release date | July 24, 2006 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone (E) |
Danger By Design is the fourteenth installment in the Nancy Drew computer game series. Made solely by Her Interactive, Danger By Design puts the player in the shoes of popular detective Nancy Drew, meaning they see everything from her point of view. The game - including many different locations and characters - is solely in 3D animation.
Danger By Design is based on the Carolyn Keene book, Death By Design.
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[edit] Plot
Nancy Drew is an intern undercover in a fashion design studio in Paris. The lead designer, Minette, hasn't quite been herself lately. She hides behind a white mask and often throws tantrums, even firing several employees. Mysterious threats arrive at the old windmill studio and other troubles lurk in the underbelly of the City of Light. Nancy Drew also finds of an old wartime plot of a desperate old lady named Noisette Tornade, who was rumoured to steal pieces of artwork during the war and hid them so that they would not fall into enemy hands.
[edit] Characters
Minette -- A famous couture designer, Minette has acting strangely and wearing a mask. Threatening notes and looming deadlines cause her to throw tantrums and fire employees.
Heather McKay -- Minette's friendly assistant, Heather herself has dreams of making it big in the fashion world.
Dieter von Schwesterkrank -- As a famed photographer, Dieter once dated Minette, but the relationship didn't work out. Dieter also obsessively searches for his great uncle's lost treasure.
Jing-Jing Ling -- A perfect size 12 with a taste for mint chocolate chip cookies, JJ was tricked into signing an exclusive fitting model contract for Minette.
Jean-Michel Traquenard -- A review writer for "Glam-Glam" Magazine, Jean-Michel's job is to review the fashions of the top designers.
Hugo Butterly -- Hugo is a snobby fashion designer who dreams of having a better fashion line than Minette. He is a phone character only.
Zu -- Zu is an expert on Paris's catacombs, and is a fan of JJ's. He is a phone character only.
Lynn Manrique -- Lynn is a historian who called to talk to Minette about Noisette Tornade, the previous owner of the moulin where Minette's fashion studio held as office. She is a phone character only.
[edit] Fatal Errors
As with all Nancy Drew games, in Danger by Design, there are many fatal accidents, such as:
- Failing to make the tea in four days
- Failing to dismantle the paint bomb
- Running out of air while swimming underground
- Getting sucked up to the jet while swimming underground
- Getting caught by the police in the catacombs
- Spilling the chemicals in the darkroom at Dieter's house
However, if the player makes a mistake, they may click on "Second Chance" at the main menu and it will take them back to the place before they made that mistake.
[edit] Cast
- Nancy Drew - Lani Minella
- Jing Jing Ling - Amy Broomhall
- Heather McKay, Monique - Megan Hill
- Minette, Malika - Shawnmarie Yates
- Jean-Michel Traquenard - Guy Nelson
- Dieter von Schwesterkrank, Zu, Ernest Schmeck - Stephen Hando
- Lynn Manrique - Dana Cali
- Hugo Butterly, Monsieur Marchand, Gunther Schmeck - Tim Moore
- Prudence Rutherford - Simone Choule
- Bess Marvin - Alisa Murray
- George Fayne - Patty Pomplun
- Frank Hardy - Jonah von Spreecken
- Joe Hardy - Rob Jones
- Waiter, Police - Mathias Jangla
[edit] Trivia
- Jean Michel's last name means "trap" in French.
- Noisette Tornade's name means "hazelnut tornado" in French.
- The Vert Galant park actually exists on the Île de la Cité.
- The woman who sends Noisette information on the M380 machine is Rose Penvellyn from Curse of Blackmoor Manor.
- Two names on Jean Michel's PDA are references to Lost: Anne Lucie Croix is Ana Lucia Cortez translated into French and Pace Carroll is Charlie Pace translated into Latin.
- Sonny Joon, one of Minette's last assistants, was also featured in Secret of the Scarlet Hand along with Prudence Rutherford.
- Players can get an easter egg in this game by flushing the toilet in Dieter's dark room ten times. During the tenth "flush" the toilet will make a chicken sound instead of a flushing sound. By doing this, the player can skip developing the photographs.
- The Lost numbers "4 8 15 16 23 42" are given as a phone number.
- During the part of the game where Minette won't come out and you must beat a game in "Jane's Game Portal", it is implied that it was designed by Jane Penvellyn from Curse of Blackmoor Manor by the fact that it has a picture of her dead guinea pig, a picture of Brady Armstrong (her favorite actor that she has a crush on who also appears in The Final Scene), and the fact the she says that she "... loves game. I want to make computer games when I grow up."
- M. Marchand wants a bottle of Mouton Fouetté, which means "whipped sheep" in French.
- One of the parfaits you can make is a L'Enfer, which means "hell" in French.
- In the fish tanks at Dieter's, you can see two fishes that resemble Dory and Marlin from Finding Nemo.
- The picture with the obituary Deiter left behind is a picture of the original Carolyn Keene, Mildred Wirt Benson.
- While at the park if you go to one of the vendors, you can find the sundae spoon and the blue arm from the haunted house found in The Haunted Carousel. You can also see the Pacal Jade from Secret of the Scarlet Hand and the gnome from Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
- If you dial the numbers from Jean-Michel's cell phone, music can be heard on the phone.
- The 'Zippy' logo found on Nancy's calling card is the same as Zippy's Gas Station in the Secret of the Old Clock.
- Emily Griffin of Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake sends Minette an e-mail.
- In the game "Model Match" in Jane's Game Portal, one of the faces is Ranger Akers from Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake. Also, Jane from Curse of Blackmoor Manor, can be seen in the "Model Match game."
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| Preceded by Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon |
Nancy Drew Computer Games | Succeeded by The Creature of Kapu Cave |
