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Nancy Drew: Codes and CluesCodes and Clues is a mobile game intended for younger audiences to learn the basics of STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics).
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Game Description
Educators and Parents Agree! Nancy Drew: Codes & Clues is a Top-Rated Learning Game for Kids!
Kids will learn basic coding, reading and critical thinking skills as they find clues and code their robot puppy in this fun story-based hidden object mystery game!
Kids will learn basic coding, reading and critical thinking skills as they find clues and code their robot puppy in this fun story-based hidden object mystery game!
Game InformationAvailable on: iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle Fire
Ages: 5+ PC/Mac Release Date: May 13, 2016 Release MSRP: $3.99 USD Current MSRP: First chapter is free, $3.99 to unlock full game Game Abbreviation: CNC Inspired by/Based on: Nancy Drew Clue Book #2: Last Lemonade Standing |
Game SpecsiPad System Requirements:
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Fun Facts:
- HeR Interactive outsourced most of this game to multiple companies, one of which is called F84 Games and another (now defunct) was called Cosmic Toast. Shortly after the game released, Cosmic Toast went out of business due to the employees not receiving payments for their work. (https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/l-studio-cosmic-toast-shut-without-paying-artists-cartoon-brew-investigation-140053.html)
- HeR Interactive held a contest for students at Berklee College of Music to write the theme song for Codes and Clues as a way to help promote the game and get students on their way to writing songs. (https://www.herinteractive.com/berklee/)
- This game was designed to help girls get into coding by teaching them the basics of code.
- Many fans were not happy that HeR Interactive was putting resources towards this game instead of Midnight in Salem.
- There were talks of a sequel to Codes and Clues, but it ever ended up happening.
- HeR Interactive Kids was a new division of HeR made specifically for this game.
- HeR Interactive had a series of animatics from the game made into a show for Comcast Xfinity.
- Codes and Clues won multiple awards including the Family Choice Award and the Mom's Choice Gold Award.
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Characters
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Nancy Drew
Super de-TECH-tive Nancy Drew won a spot at this year’s Tech Fair with her project, a robot puppy. Naturally curious, Nancy seems to find mysteries wherever she goes. If she sees a problem, she wants to fix it, but also knows that some cases are best solved with teamwork.
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Bess Marvin
One of Nancy’s best friends, and George’s cousin, Bess is very sociable and enjoys meeting new people. She’s quick to spot when someone may not be telling the truth, and is willing to call them out on it. She gets nervous in small spaces, but is the first to volunteer for any task.
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Georgia "George" Fayne
Nancy’s other best friend, and cousin to Bess, George is all about solving problems with logic. She loves coding, science, and math, and uses her tech skills to discover the facts. George is always ready to tackle anything that comes her way.
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Robot Puppy
Designed and created by Nancy, Bess, and George, Robot Puppy is their entry into the Tech Fair. Puppy helps get the girls out of sticky situations while they’re searching for Alexa’s missing Gustave Project.
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Alexa Jones
Alexa is the one to beat at this year’s Tech Fair. She combined her love of dogs and technology to create a project that may just take first prize! She worked hard all year to complete her entry, the Gustave Project (named after her real dog), and after missing out on the top spot last year, is eager to win this time around. When her project goes missing, it becomes anyone’s game for first place.
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Tommy Rojas
Tommy is last year’s Tech Fair winner, and Alexa’s biggest competition. His table is right next to hers, and the two are both fighting for top spot this year. How far will Tommy go in order to win two years in a row?
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Sydney Chen
Sydney is Alexa’s best friend. Her love of sports keeps her super busy outside on the fields, but Sydney would do anything for Alexa. So why is she oddly happy to learn that Alexa’s Gustave Project has gone missing? Would Sydney ever betray her best friend?
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Jack Hansen
Jack is good with computers, and teamed up with Tyler to build a Tech Fair project unlike any other. With his coding skills backing Tyler’s artistic design, can their team of two beat out both Alexa and Tommy at the Tech Fair?
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Tyler Wright
Tyler loves music above all else, and spends his free time dreaming up musical inventions. He joined up with Jack to build their Tech Fair project together. Is Tyler willing to play out of tune in order to steal the spotlight this year?
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Walkthrough
You can watch the full video walkthrough for Nancy Drew: Codes and Clues on YouTube!
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Episode 1 - No Treats for Gustave
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Episode 2 - Soccer Anyone?
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Episode 3 - Vincent Van Gustave
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Episode 4 - Is "G" Off Key?
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Episode 5 - Horses for Courses
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Episode 6 - Let's Win This Thing
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Episode 7 - The Puppy Coding Levels
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Soundtrack
Awards
Family Choice Awards
Tillywig Toy & Media Awards - Brain Child Award Recipient
Mom's Choice Awards - Gold Award Recipient
The National Parenting Center - Seal of Approval
Kidscreen Awards 2017 - Nominee
Educents Top 50 Apps for Kids 2017
EdTech Digest Award - Cool Tool Award Finalist
Tillywig Toy & Media Awards - Brain Child Award Recipient
Mom's Choice Awards - Gold Award Recipient
The National Parenting Center - Seal of Approval
Kidscreen Awards 2017 - Nominee
Educents Top 50 Apps for Kids 2017
EdTech Digest Award - Cool Tool Award Finalist
App Description
Nancy Drew: codes and clues app description
Educators and Parents Agree! Nancy Drew Codes and Clues is a Top-Rated Learning Game for Kids!
Kids will learn basic coding, reading and critical thinking skills as they find clues and code their robot puppy in this fun story-based hidden object mystery game!
“The strength is that the coding element is useful within the story instead of beingan isolated skill out of context.” - Common Sense Media
“As an instructional technology teacher, Nancy Drew Codes and Clues, gets my kids excited about coding and puts those skills in a fun and familiar context. Who could want more than that?” - Lindsey, Instructional Technology Teacher
“An amazing introduction to teach kids coding in an easy, approachable way.” – The Toy Insider
“Nancy Drew Codes and Clues delivers an entertaining experience with a dash of education making it well worth picking up.” – Apple-N-Apps
WHY PLAY THIS MYSTERY CODING GAME? Essential skills for children are reading, writing, math and now coding. Today everything related to technology requires some type of code. So sparking an interest in coding, especially for girls, at an early age is important. Nancy Drew Codes and Clues sparks this interest through a fun and engaging story. The mystery adventure story also builds critical thinking and reading skills as kids read along with story dialogue. Nancy Drew is not a complicated app. Parents or kids DO NOT need to have any prior knowledge of programming. It’s just full of fun education, music and coding!
UNIQUE AND CREATIVE STORYLINE! In one of the most creative and educational coding games for kids, as a member of Nancy Drew’s De-TECH-Tive crew, choose disguises, find clues, and program your robot puppy to solve the mystery of a missing project at the Tech Fair.
The fun mystery unfolds in a full narrative story spanning six chapters, as Nancy and friends encounter students who may have taken the missing project. Help Nancy track down suspects and discover what happened to the project before the Tech Fair competition begins!
Throughout the game players develop and use their growing de-TECH-tive skills. Players find clues in hidden object games and apply basic coding concepts to code their puppy and help Nancy out of tight spots at the end of every chapter.
The coding challenges increase as the story progresses and leads to a Super Coder award. Not only is it a great way for girls to get some basic education on coding skills and knowledge, but it’s also a great way to keep them entertained and challenged.
FEATURES:
LEARN Girls will have fun learning two of the three basic logic structures in the computer programming educational process:
• Sequences
• Loops
DEVELOP Super De-TECH-Tives will develop critical thinking skills:
• Pattern recognition
• Spatial visualization
• Problem solving
• Algorithmic thinking
• Attention to detail
PLAY Kids will follow the story and have fun while narrowing down their list of suspects:
• Read along with story dialogue!
• Find clues within 20+ hidden object games!
• Review clues, evidence, and possible suspects in the player’s Clue Book!
• Select undercover disguises for Nancy, Bess and George!
• Investigate a new location in each chapter!
• Play bonus coding levels in Obstacle Course mode!
• Collect in-game charms!
• Listen to the “Codes and Clues” theme song composed by Berklee College of Music contest winner, Ana Tish, performed by Sofia Mazursky and produced by Grammy Award winner Tena Clark.
***TRY THE FIRST CHAPTER FOR FREE, THEN UNLOCK THE ENTIRE GAME WITH A ONE-TIME IN-APP PURCHASE FOR UNLIMITED PLAY*** ***NO ADS OR PUSH NOTIFICATIONS***
***If you encounter any issues installing your app, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] or access our FAQ's at http://www.herinteractive.com/support/faq/***
Follow us: Website: NancyDrewCodesandClues.com YouTube: youtube.com/c/NancyDrewCodesClues Facebook: facebook.com/NancyDrewCodesandClues/ Twitter: @CodesandClues
Kids will learn basic coding, reading and critical thinking skills as they find clues and code their robot puppy in this fun story-based hidden object mystery game!
“The strength is that the coding element is useful within the story instead of beingan isolated skill out of context.” - Common Sense Media
“As an instructional technology teacher, Nancy Drew Codes and Clues, gets my kids excited about coding and puts those skills in a fun and familiar context. Who could want more than that?” - Lindsey, Instructional Technology Teacher
“An amazing introduction to teach kids coding in an easy, approachable way.” – The Toy Insider
“Nancy Drew Codes and Clues delivers an entertaining experience with a dash of education making it well worth picking up.” – Apple-N-Apps
WHY PLAY THIS MYSTERY CODING GAME? Essential skills for children are reading, writing, math and now coding. Today everything related to technology requires some type of code. So sparking an interest in coding, especially for girls, at an early age is important. Nancy Drew Codes and Clues sparks this interest through a fun and engaging story. The mystery adventure story also builds critical thinking and reading skills as kids read along with story dialogue. Nancy Drew is not a complicated app. Parents or kids DO NOT need to have any prior knowledge of programming. It’s just full of fun education, music and coding!
UNIQUE AND CREATIVE STORYLINE! In one of the most creative and educational coding games for kids, as a member of Nancy Drew’s De-TECH-Tive crew, choose disguises, find clues, and program your robot puppy to solve the mystery of a missing project at the Tech Fair.
The fun mystery unfolds in a full narrative story spanning six chapters, as Nancy and friends encounter students who may have taken the missing project. Help Nancy track down suspects and discover what happened to the project before the Tech Fair competition begins!
Throughout the game players develop and use their growing de-TECH-tive skills. Players find clues in hidden object games and apply basic coding concepts to code their puppy and help Nancy out of tight spots at the end of every chapter.
The coding challenges increase as the story progresses and leads to a Super Coder award. Not only is it a great way for girls to get some basic education on coding skills and knowledge, but it’s also a great way to keep them entertained and challenged.
FEATURES:
LEARN Girls will have fun learning two of the three basic logic structures in the computer programming educational process:
• Sequences
• Loops
DEVELOP Super De-TECH-Tives will develop critical thinking skills:
• Pattern recognition
• Spatial visualization
• Problem solving
• Algorithmic thinking
• Attention to detail
PLAY Kids will follow the story and have fun while narrowing down their list of suspects:
• Read along with story dialogue!
• Find clues within 20+ hidden object games!
• Review clues, evidence, and possible suspects in the player’s Clue Book!
• Select undercover disguises for Nancy, Bess and George!
• Investigate a new location in each chapter!
• Play bonus coding levels in Obstacle Course mode!
• Collect in-game charms!
• Listen to the “Codes and Clues” theme song composed by Berklee College of Music contest winner, Ana Tish, performed by Sofia Mazursky and produced by Grammy Award winner Tena Clark.
***TRY THE FIRST CHAPTER FOR FREE, THEN UNLOCK THE ENTIRE GAME WITH A ONE-TIME IN-APP PURCHASE FOR UNLIMITED PLAY*** ***NO ADS OR PUSH NOTIFICATIONS***
***If you encounter any issues installing your app, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] or access our FAQ's at http://www.herinteractive.com/support/faq/***
Follow us: Website: NancyDrewCodesandClues.com YouTube: youtube.com/c/NancyDrewCodesClues Facebook: facebook.com/NancyDrewCodesandClues/ Twitter: @CodesandClues