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Series I: Game production, 1999-2012

 Series

Scope and Content Note

This series contains design information and publicity materials on several of Her Interactive’s Nancy Drew personal computer games. Of note is the game production binder for Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned for Danger, which features sections on the story summary, character development, walkthroughs, puzzles, art manuals, engine summaries, storyboards, and graphics. Game design documentation for the Nancy Drew Mobile Mystery game Shadow Ranch is also housed in Box 6. The “Nancy Drew - Media Collateral” CD has files such as fact sheets, graphics, press releases, and walkthroughs for the first eleven titles in the Nancy Drew series.

The game design notes for Nancy Drew: Tomb of the Lost Queen also includes the 2012 correspondence between the family of Rachel Vaughn and Her Interactive; Vaughn was a seventeen-year-old girl with terminal kidney cancer, and she requested to visit the Her Interactive studios through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Sadly, Vaughn passed away before her scheduled visit. Her Interactive dedicated Tomb of the Lost Queen to Rachel Vaughn, named a character after her, and inserted images of her throughout the game.

Dates

  • Creation: 1999-2012

Creator

Full Extent

From the Collection: 3.5 Linear Feet (6 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong Repository

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