Nancy Drew: Danger by Design

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2006 video game

Nancy Drew: Danger By Design

Developer(s)| Her Interactive
Publisher(s)| DreamCatcher
Platform(s)| Microsoft Windows
Release|

* NA: July 24, 2006

Genre(s)| Adventure
Mode(s)| Single player

Danger by Design is the 14th installment in the Nancy Drew point-and-click adventure game series by Her Interactive. The game is available for play on Microsoft Windows platforms. It has an ESRB rating of E for moments of mild violence and peril. Players take on the first-person view of fictional amateur sleuth Nancy Drew and must solve the mystery through interrogation of suspects, solving puzzles, and discovering clues.[1][2] There are two levels of gameplay, Junior and Senior detective modes, each offering a different difficulty level of puzzles and hints, however neither of these changes affect the plot of the game. The game is loosely based on the book Death by Design (1988).

## Plot

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Nancy Drew travels to Paris to work undercover as an assistant to Minette, an up-and-coming couture fashion designer. Minette hasn't quite been herself lately. She is never seen without wearing a mask, and she often throws temper tantrums and irrationally fires her employees. She is running dangerously behind schedule and her financial backers are concerned about her ability to complete her work. Has the stress of fame forced her behind that mask, or is there something sinister lurking in the shadows of her studio?

## Development

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### Characters

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* Nancy Drew \- Nancy is an 18-year-old amateur detective from the fictional town of River Heights in the United States. She is the only playable character in the game, which means the player must solve the mystery from her perspective.
* Minette \- Minette donned a mask at the end of her fall show and hasn't taken it off since. Lately, as her deadlines loom closer, she has been acting strangely, throwing temper tantrums and firing her employees. Minette is socially inept, high-strung, and temperamental, but above all, she is talented. Recently, Minette has been receiving threatening notes from an anonymous writer.
* Heather McKay \- Heather is Minette's friendly assistant, and she has lasted far longer than any of the assistants before her. She dreams of making it big in the fashion world but is staying on with Minette in hopes of gaining some contacts and experience. Heather has a major crush on Dieter, but he doesn't share her feelings.
* Dieter von Schwesterkrank \- Dieter is an enterprising, arrogant, and ambitious young photographer. He once dated Minette, but she broke it off, leaving him heartbroken and humiliated. Dieter tends to keep to himself and dislikes almost everyone else in the fashion industry. He obsessively searches for his great-uncle's long lost treasure.
* Jing Jing Ling \- Jing Jing, better known as JJ, is Minette's fitting model. Minette requires her to be a size 12, so she is constantly eating chocolate chip cookies. Although she is down-to-earth, bubbly, and outgoing, JJ is bitter after being tricked into signing her current contract with Minette, forcing her to stay in Paris much longer than she originally anticipated.
* Jean Michel Traquenard \- Jean Mi is a columnist for GlamGlam magazine and a critical voice when it comes to fashion. Most people are terrified that he will write something bad about them, so they bow and scrape in his presence. As far as Jean Mi is concerned, whatever he wants, he will get. He is well known for being conceited.

### Cast

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* 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 / Ernst 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 Spreekin
* Joe Hardy \- Rob Jones
* Waiter / Police \- Mathias Jangla [3]

## Reception

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Charles Herold of The New York Times wrote, "The game itself is decent over all, though hardly the best in the series, but the ending is anticlimactic."[4]

## References

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1. ^ [1], Danger by Design Teaser Trailer
2. ^ "Nancy Drew Danger by Design | Girl Games Online". Her Interactive. Archived from the original on July 29, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
3. ^ "Nancy Drew Danger by Design IMDb". IMDb.
4. ^ Herold, Charles (August 10, 2006). "Game Theory; Light Lifting for Gamers With Little Time to Spare". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 9, 2008.

Preceded by

Nancy Drew: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon

|  Nancy Drew Computer Games | Succeeded by

Nancy Drew: The Creature of Kapu Cave

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* t
* e

Nancy Drew

* Stratemeyer Syndicate
* Carolyn Keene
* Edward Stratemeyer

Characters|

* Nancy Drew
* George Fayne
* Ned Nickerson

Writers|

* Mildred Benson
* Walter Karig
* Harriet Adams
* Susan Wittig Albert
* George Edward Stanley
* James D. Lawrence

See also|

* The Hardy Boys
* Tom Swift
* TV series
* The Dana Girls

Books

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories|

* The Secret of the Old Clock (1930)
* The Hidden Staircase (1930)
* The Bungalow Mystery (1930)
* The Mystery at Lilac Inn (1931)
* The Secret at Shadow Ranch (1931)
* The Secret of Red Gate Farm (1931)
* The Clue in the Diary (1932)
* Nancy's Mysterious Letter (1932)
* The Sign of the Twisted Candles (1933)
* The Password to Larkspur Lane (1933)
* The Clue of the Broken Locket (1934)
* The Message in the Hollow Oak (1935)
* The Mystery of the Ivory Charm (1936)
* The Whispering Statue (1937)
* The Haunted Bridge (1937)
* The Clue of the Tapping Heels (1939)
* The Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk (1940)
* The Mystery at the Moss-Covered Mansion (1941)
* The Quest of the Missing Map (1942)
* The Clue in the Jewel Box (1943)
* The Secret in the Old Attic (1944)
* The Clue in the Crumbling Wall (1945)
* The Mystery of the Tolling Bell (1946)
* The Clue in the Old Album (1947)
* The Ghost of Blackwood Hall (1948)
* The Clue of the Leaning Chimney (1949)
* The Secret of the Wooden Lady (1950)
* The Clue of the Black Keys (1951)
* The Mystery at the Ski Jump (1952)
* The Clue of the Velvet Mask (1953)
* The Ringmaster's Secret (1953)
* The Scarlet Slipper Mystery (1954)
* The Witch Tree Symbol (1955)
* The Hidden Window Mystery (1956)
* The Haunted Showboat (1957)
* The Secret of the Golden Pavilion (1959)
* The Clue in the Old Stagecoach (1960)
* The Mystery of the Fire Dragon (1961)
* The Clue of the Dancing Puppet (1962)
* The Moonstone Castle Mystery (1963)
* The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes (1964)
* The Phantom of Pine Hill (1965)
* The Mystery of the 99 Steps (1966)
* The Clue in the Crossword Cipher (1967)
* The Spider Sapphire Mystery (1968)
* The Invisible Intruder (1969)
* The Mysterious Mannequin (1970)
* The Crooked Banister (1971)
* The Secret of Mirror Bay (1972)
* The Double Jinx Mystery (1973)
* Mystery of the Glowing Eye (1974)
* The Secret of the Forgotten City (1975)
* The Sky Phantom (1976)
* The Strange Message in the Parchment (1977)
* Mystery of Crocodile Island (1978)
* The Thirteenth Pearl (1979)
* The Triple Hoax (1979)
* The Flying Saucer Mystery (1980)
* The Secret in the Old Lace (1980)
* The Greek Symbol Mystery (1980)
* The Swami's Ring (1981)
* The Kachina Doll Mystery (1981)
* The Twin Dilemma (1981)
* Captive Witness (1981)
* Race Against Time (1982)
* The Broken Anchor (1983)
* The Mardi Gras Mystery (1988)
* The Case of the Rising Stars (1988)
* The Mystery of the Masked Rider (1992)
* The Treasure in the Royal Tower (1995)
* The Wedding Day Mystery (1997)
* The E-mail Mystery (1998)
* Whispers in the Fog (2000)
* The Legend of the Emerald Lady (2000)
* Mystery By Moonlight (2002)
* The Bike Tour Mystery (2002)
* The Mistletoe Mystery (2002)
* No Strings Attached (2003)
* The Riding Club Crime (2003)
* Danger on the Great Lakes (2003)
* Werewolf in a Winter Wonderland (2003)

Other series|

* The Nancy Drew Files (1986-97)
* Nancy Drew Notebooks (1993-2005)
* Nancy Drew on Campus (1995-98)
* Nancy Drew: Girl Detective (2004-12)
* Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew (2006-15)
* Nancy Drew Diaries (2013-present)
* Nancy Drew Clue Book (2015-present)

Hardy Boys crossovers|

* Be a Detective Mystery Stories (1984-85)
* Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys Supermystery (1988-98)
* Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mystery (2007-12)

Other media

Video games|

* Secrets Can Kill (1998) (Remastered, 2010)
* Stay Tuned for Danger (1999)
* Message in a Haunted Mansion (2000)
* Treasure in the Royal Tower (2001)
* The Final Scene (2001)
* Secret of the Scarlet Hand (2002)
* Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake (2002)
* The Haunted Carousel (2003)
* Danger on Deception Island (2003)
* The Secret of Shadow Ranch (2004)
* Curse of Blackmoor Manor (2004)
* Secret of the Old Clock (2005)
* Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon (2005)
* Danger By Design (2006)
* The Creature of Kapu Cave (2006)
* The White Wolf of Icicle Creek (2007)
* Legend of the Crystal Skull (2007)
* The Phantom of Venice (2008)
* The Haunting of Castle Malloy (2008)
* Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses (2008)
* Ransom of the Seven Ships (2009)
* Dossier: Resorting to Danger (2009)
* Warnings at Waverly Academy (2009)
* Trail of the Twister (2010)
* Shadow at the Water's Edge (2010)
* The Captive Curse (2011)
* Alibi in Ashes (2011)
* Tomb of the Lost Queen (2012)
* The Deadly Device (2012)
* Ghost of Thornton Hall (2013)
* The Silent Spy (2013)
* The Shattered Medallion (2014)
* Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
* Sea of Darkness (2015)
* Midnight in Salem (2019)
* Mystery of the Seven Keys (2024)

Film and television|

* Nancy Drew: Detective (1938 film)
* Nancy Drew: Reporter (1939 film)
* Nancy Drew: Trouble Shooter (1939 film)
* Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939 film)
* The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977 TV series)
* Nancy Drew (1995 TV series)
* Nancy Drew (2002 TV movie)
* Nancy Drew (2007 film)
* Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019 film)
* Nancy Drew (2019 TV series)

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