Little Jackalope Interview

Our Lead Tester decided that it was my turn to sit in the "hot seat" and be interviewed. She asked me all sorts of fun questions, so I hope you enjoy this new video as well as get a few clues to what I get to work on here at Her Interactive. Ta-da! XD

Here is the remaining answers to last weekend's puzzle. It looks like a few of you got some correct!

#6 Legend of the Crystal Skull

 #7 The Secret of Shadow Ranch

 #8 Message in a Haunted Mansion

#9 Tomb of the Lost Queen

#10 The Captive Curse

Also, we have a couple of birthdays!

~Little Jackalope~

Hunting for Nancy Drew

Is it just me, or is book hunting for musty old, vintage Nancy Drew books and antiques a fun pastime? Although I own all of the yellow-back 56 original titles, I enjoy hunting for different printings, different covers, as well as any of the later mysteries that remind me of the games. (Like Treasure in the Royal Tower and Mystery in Tornado Alley).

Last weekend I went to a large book warehouse that was getting rid of all their stock. The books appeared to be scattered everywhere until I learned that they were all assigned a SKU number. I went online and researched all the Nancy Drew books I wanted to hunt down, and then went exploring in the three large warehouses for these hidden books.

So many bookshelves, I could easily get lost if I wasn't paying attention to the signs.

This warehouse shown below was dark, and required a flashlight to see all the books on the shelves.

 

I spy some Nancy drew and Hardy Boys books!

Today I promised to reveal more picture answers to last weekend's puzzle. Here you go!
Answers to #1, #2, #3, #4, and #5:

#1 The Captive Curse

#2 Shadow at the Water's Edge

#3 Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake

#4 The Haunting of Castle Malloy

#5 Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake

Tomorrow I will reveal the remaining pictures #6-10. ;)
~Little Jackalope~

Puzzling Pictures

Since I'm having fun reading every one's comments about the last weekend puzzle...I'm going to reveal only 5 of the 15 pictures today. So far I haven't seen anybody get #7 and #9, and only a few of you have correctly identified #1, #2, and #10.

Answers to #11, #12, #13, #14, #15:

#11 and #13 = Warnings at Waverly Academy

 #12 = Legend of the Crystal Skull

  

#14 = Curse of Blackmoor Manor

 #15 = Curse of Blackmoor Manor

Tomorrow I shall reveal the first row.
Hint for #2: [look in an area where you can play a fun game].
~Little Jackalope~

Playing Nancy Drew

We posted another wise saying today on our social media sites:

Isn't it nice when you happen to have a key at just the right moment you approach a locked drawer, compartment or door?

It looks like you super sleuths are hard at work trying to solve last weekend's puzzle. I'm rather surprised that nobody has correctly listed all the correct answers in a single comment or post on the Message Boards.

Need a hint or two? Here's a nudge on a couple: [#2 is not from TOT or WAC.] And second hint: [#10 is not an older game, it's newer...like last from the last 8 or so.] I'll give you another day to work it out and see if you can't identify those tricky ones.

Good luck detectives!

~Little Jackalope~

Observation Skills

First of all, our mask winners have been randomly selected! Find out who won here!

One of the most popular skills that any detective must build up to become a great detective is the skill to observe. Nancy needs to set her eyes on everything possibly relevant to her case in order to not miss a potential clue.

When entering a new environment, take a look at everything in sight. Depending on the amount of time there is to spend in the location, a detective must be quick to observe and mentally note important features of the space. A person may never know when a chandelier rope or manhole needs to be reached!

How observant have you been while solving all the past cases? Try identifying the game these items and decorations can be found in! Good luck, savvy sleuths!

Also, we have a birthday this weekend! Yay!

~Little Jackalope~

Startling Moments!

Today is a good day to start talking about the game play of Ghost of Thornton Hall. One of the true things about the older games (when I didn't know what was going to happen) that made me nervous was every time that I was about to turn a corner, or enter a new environment. Who knew that a shadowy figure would walk across the halls in Message in a Haunted Mansion? Or that a crow would nearly fly into your face in The Haunting of Castle Malloy?

Here in the office, one of the scare styles we like to incorporate to scary games, or thriller games, is the element of surprise. When you least expect it (or totally anticipate it) something will happen suddenly to startle you! Have you had this Nancy Drew moment before?

Did we startle you in Ghost of Thornton Hall? How about in Shadow at the Water's Edge? Does Message in a Haunted Mansion still get to you and make you nervous? If so, we recommend this Nancy Drew-type advice:

If you have played Ghost of Thornton Hall already, are there any other games you are missing from your mystery collection? With school letting out soon and summer being just around the corner, this may be a good time to catch up on some unsolved cases!

Head's up! Tomorrow we announce the 100 mask winners on our site!
~Little Jackalope~

Random Fan Love and Office Activities

To get you up to speed on what we have been up to now that Ghost of Thornton Hall has released. The artists are working on their first round of environments for the next game, ND#29 (you can watch the preview video on our YouTube Channel now). The production team is working on creating the early game builds and looking at some puzzles and logic that will create the game play experience, and sales and marketing has mostly been focused on the GTH game launch.

Today, a few of us walked across the parking lot to get hot dogs at the hot dog cart, and later I got to sit in on a top-secret meeting for ND#29. Woot! Just before I went into that meeting, I received some fan mail that was just too cool not share with you.  LOVE it!!

(Honestly, I half-expected glitter to burst out from this envelope and the contents to be written in crayon and ...but in fact, Cami and April typed up a well-written professional fan letter. Thanks you guys!) XD

Although seriously, I would totally love to see some fan mail written or colored with crayons. And include a box of cookies. Yep. Cookies would be heavenly. Maybe I should go and get some...hopefully they haven't been hidden in the locked closet...

~Little Jackalope~