Danger By Design (computer game)
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| Developer(s) | Her Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | DreamCatcher |
| Release date(s) | July 24, 2006 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone (E) |
| Platform(s) | PC |
Danger By Design is the fourteenth installment in the Nancy Drew computer game series. Made solely by Her Interactive, Danger By Design puts you in the shoes of popular detective Nancy Drew, meaning you see everything from her point of view. The game - including many different locations and characters - is solely in 3D animation.
Danger By Design is based on the Carolyn Keene book, Death By Design.
[edit] Plot
Nancy Drew is a intern undercover in a prestigious fashion design studio in Paris. The lead designer, Minette, hasn't quite been herself lately. She hides behind a white mask and often throws tantrums, even firing several employees. Mysterious threats arrive at the old windmill studio and other troubles lurk in the underbelly of the City of Light.
Can you help Minette release her latest clothing line on time? Or will your sleuthing abroad meet an unfashionable end?
[edit] Characters
Minette - the famous couture fashion designer. Wears a white mask and has a wild tantrum.
Heather McKay - Minette's assistant
Dieter von Schwesterkrank - a fashion photographer and he once dated Minette.
Lynn Manrique - a historian who called to talk to Minette about Noisette Tornade, the previous owner of the moulin where Minette's fashion studio held as office.
Jing Jing Ling - a famous Australian model for Minette's fashion line. She should reach the perfect size 12 body size. Room mate of Nancy.
Noisette Tornade - French resistance worker wrongly accused of collaboration.
Jean Michel Traquenard - a fashion editor of Glam Glam magazine.
Zu - an expert on Paris's catacombs. An unseen character.
[edit] Trivia
- Jean Michel's last name means trap in French.
- Noisette Tornade's name means hazelnut tornado in French.
- The Vert Galant park actually exists on the Île de la Cité
- The woman who sends Noisette information on the M380 machine is Rose Penvellyn from Curse of Blackmoor Manor
- Two names on Jean Michel's PDA are references from Lost (television series): Anne Lucie Croix is Ana Lucia Cortez translated into French and Pace Carroll is Charlie Pace translated into Latin.
