Truly very happy that Nancy Drew: Mystery Of The Seven Keys is released!
I spent a large portion of last year working on it, and I’m excited to see how all the fans will receive it.
Hoping to catch some of you streamers solve the puzzles, the HeR team really stumped me with some of them!
@leroy Developer of #ND34 loose on the fediverse! :0080: Looove what you've accomplished, team #HerInteractive. 24 hours of gameplay is a huge one, wow.
I'm telling you: it must have some sort of cypher... or it's a dud and I'm looking like #PepeSilvia. No matter, that was interesting to poke around such funny ECMAScript code and DISMANTLE it. :linus:
Leaving start and end frame with a grid overlay for further reference. Let the decyphering games begin.
But there are still some things to be done. And if it's a message hidden by the developers that skipped #HerInteractive board, it might be truly interesting! At least, while we can't get more honest response than that. It needs to be decrypted! :blobcatdeficit:
#NancyDrew#MysteryOfTheSevenKeys has received mixed reviews: positive ones claim a big improvement over #MidnightInSalem, negative ones do state how bad everything is going after changes following #ND32#SeaOfDarkness. So, #outsourcing happens and I don't know what new team even is like anymore. Lack of public playtesting isn't particularly helpful in catering the game to more audiences and without embarassing bugs. :0100:
Speaking of #Prague, there is an upcoming release of the game Nancy Drew: Mystery of the Seven Keys on May 7. Players can walk in Prague's key places and enjoy point-and-click adventure in the 3D environment. Can't vouch for any accuracy yet, but that's #HerInteractive for you - they love details and stuff! They worked long on it, so I expect a lot of goodies there.
Her Interactive is about to release a banger, on 7th of May! 🤯 After temporary fall from the most unfortunate entry, they rise from their knees and fly very high. Welcome 34th game in the series:
It's a HUGE upgrade, when you compare these cinematics with other ND visual novels. Can't wait to get a feel of the gameplay that they, most likely, improved in accordance to general feedback as well.
There is so much to do in and explore new locations: in 3D, no less! Essentially, you can have a ride to Prague as the detective Nancy Drew in this game and play brain crackers, haha. :blobcattea:
Despite me being positive about #ND34, the newest entry for #NancyDrew videogame series, there is a merit in finding how we've got here in the first place and if #HerInteractive is a trustworthy studio.
Right of the gate, we see the drastic difference in how previous, #ND33 game performed after successful 32 inclusions... It's darn #MID, if you ask me. :thisIsFine: So, it was being developed after the big #layoff in Her, where most positions got bestowed on a new crew. Only that it was going hand-in-hand with new CEO's delusion of a #passion mobile project. Add here a camp of the #fanbase which insists on a regular ND release schedule, #hustle culture, and you have a case of rushed development, #crunch and leaving everyone with a subpar ND game. If anything, I guess old crew was spared nerve cells in expense of new blood being under equally subpar direction - lucky to be fired, unlucky to be hired? Oof.
Is recent inclusion in the series taking long a bad thing? No.
Think back when #NancyDrew "golden era" 32 games were in works. That was a reoccurring achievement of perseverance, expression of collective talents that the old #HerInteractive crew renewed with every entry. 2 videogames a year is a CRAZY thing to pull off!!! But the game industry is not celebrating this, because the ways were changing during last two decades.
Catching breaks, being mindful of your employees and fans suddenly has a healing effect on the game studio and entire game series. Even though the direction took #ND34 Mystery of the Seven Keys to what some instinctively call "modern videogame standard", there will be loyal fans of old format and new age progressive players to tell you about their great time with point-and-click adventures of Nancy Drew. We should remain grateful to old crew, but also forge ahead, giving new folks a room to learn from the errors that #hustle culture should be banned for!
Specs & Settings for the game Nancy Drew: Mystery of the Seven Keys 🗝
:ablobhaai: #HerInteractive listened to the feedback and brought the better settings for their new #NancyDrew game. :ablobhaai_rev: The first time you run it, settings should adapt to the hardware, securing a smooth play. If any freezes make their way, you can go lower (assuming one of the options is above low, obviously).
In the new video they show the menu, tiny bit of inventory interface and how Nancy moves around immersively with WASD keys. If it wasn't clear, I'm very excited for the release on May 7! :0130: :awesome: