Trail of the Twister

Trail of the Twister

Developer(s) Her Interactive
Publisher(s) Her Interactive
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows

Mac OS X

Release date(s) June 29, 2010
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) Single-player
Rating(s) ESRB: E

Trail of the Twister is the 22nd installment in the Nancy Drew PC game series by Her Interactive. It is preceded by Warnings at Waverly Academy and followed by Shadow at the Water's Edge. It is based on the Nancy Drew novel #155, The Mystery in Tornado Alley. Nancy travels to Oklahoma to investigate a mysterious string of accidents as the Canute storm-chasing team competes for a $100,000,000 prize.

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Plot

A string of bad accidents has plagued the Canute storm-chasing team, who are competing in the Green Skies competition. Nancy Drew is sent to the team by P.G. Krolmeister to investigate. She becomes the team intern, replacing the previous intern, Pete, whose leg was broken his leg in the most recent accident. Nancy needs to keep her wits about her, as she not only has to expose a saboteur, but is in danger from the powerful storms.

Characters

Scott Varnell: A professor at Canute College and the leader of the Canute chase team.

Debbie Kircum: The team's project manager. Nancy reports to her for tasks at the beginning of each day.

Chase Relerford: The team mechanic. He's always found in the barn. Nancy can earn Pa Pennies from him by working on circuit boards.

Tobias "Frosty" Harlow: The team photographer. He earned his nickname by taking iconic pictures of a hailstorm.

Pa: Owner of Ma 'n' Pa's General Store. Pa is very friendly and enjoys working in theater.

Brooke Tavanah: Leader of the rival Kingston University chase team.

Second Chances

As in all Nancy Drew games, there are ways the player can make a Fatal Error. However, a "Second Chance" screen will show up and the player may try again from the point they failed. Fatal Errors include:

Glitches

Trivia

External links

Preceded by
Warnings at Waverly Academy
Nancy Drew Computer Games Succeeded by
Secrets Can Kill Remastered

Shadow at the Water's Edge