#nd34

[bloody-icecream]

Me in twenty days… if you even care 💔🥀🪦

[nancydrewgamesofficial]

Check out the official cover art 🖼️ Nancy Drew is off to Prague in her newest adventure, #MysteryOfTheSevenKeys!

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[henrikvanderhussy]

I simply Do Not Care about the graphics. Good, bad, or mediocre, I'm indifferent. If the puzzles and the story are good, and if the controls handle better than MID, then I am so fucking down

[elliotchen-apologist]

[netscapenavigator-official]

There being a five year gap in between ND33 and ND34 is really confusing to me. I get that money is tight for HeR Interactive, and their CEO clearly cares more about turning the company into a profitable business rather than a crowd/user-funded indie dev studio... but like... where did those fives years go, exactly?

A lot of the assets used in ND34 were reused from ND33. Like all of the ambient NPCs in KEY being models of Frank, Joe, Lauren, Mei, the Judge, etc. wearing different clothes. The visuals were... a minor improvement, but five years of improvement? I don't think so.

The controls weren't exactly smooth. The P&C System was extremely finicky, and the Freeroam mode was typical Unity gliding around bullshit. The puzzles, out the gate, gained a reputation in the community for being improperly balanced and extremely difficult.

I know spitting out 2 games per year isn't sustainable (and even wasn't back in HeR's prime)... but five years for Nancy Drew: Mystery of the Seven Keys... What the fuck did HeR Interactive spend that time doing, exactly?????

[notprincehamlet]

no context mystery of the seven keys trailer

[lickieloo]

The actual outdoor clock in KEY suggests that the game takes place in May!

And Leo's calendar suggests it's around the 15th since we know he was supposed to leave for his conference! So mid-May game if anyone was wondering!

[theytalkofglasshouses]

Nancy Drew: The Case of the Missing Clue update

Hello! I know that we're all super excited for Mystery of the Seven Keys to come out but we've got some news about the potential ND35: The Case of the Missing Clue.

Some backstory for anyone who missed it/needs a refresher:

On 30 March 2023 HeR Interactive filed for a trademark with the phrase "The Case of the Missing Clue" with the description of "Downloadable video and computer game programs; recorded video and computer game programs". This is the same description that the Mystery of the Seven Keys trademark had.

The TM has slowly been going through the paperwork process and yesterday, 23 April 2024, was officially granted its Notice of Allowance.

A Notice of Allowance indicates that the Trademark Office has granted the trademark to the applicant, with the stipulation that the TM has to be used (e.g. selling a game with that title) within 3 years. So as of 23 April 2024, HeR Interactive has a MAXIMUM of 3 years to use their trademark or lose it.

What does this mean for us and for HeR?

While we don't know anything concrete about The Case of the Missing Clue, there's some pretty strong correlations with the dates of the rollout of KEY. The Missing Clue TM was filed for 2 days before HeR began their April 1 marketing strategy, and the KEY release date was only announced once the Missing Clue TM's opposition period (the last step before the Notice of Allowance) had ended.

And given the correlations between the timing of KEY's marketing and the Missing Clue TM, could this mean that we will get a teaser at the end of KEY for ND35?

The Trademark Office's time limit of 3 years is also a very good sign for us, as it potentially means that HeR will be forced to speed up their game production. 3 years (while still a loooong time) is significantly shorter than the 4.5 years between MID and KEY.

I'm hopeful that HeR is finally getting their act together behind the scenes and that we can hopefully get into a more steady rhythm. I, for one, can't wait until KEY is released and I've got my fingers crossed that this Missing Clue TM means good things for all of us.