CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES! Can you be a super sleuth and solve the puzzle for the final coordinates?
Welcome to Nancy Drew's first digital mystery -- Secrets Can Kill! HerInteractive has released 34 point-and-click adventure-puzzle games dedicated to the teen detective. They take place around the world, and encourage creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving for young (and older!) girl gamers. Not only are they fun, but they are also educational. Secrets Can Kill was originally released in 1998, and was remastered in 2010. The game has mixed reviews, but I think we can give HerInteractive some slack on their first one. Can you (eventually) solve all 34 mysteries?
Nancy Drew takes a semester off of school to visit her Aunt Eloise in Florida. A student named Jake Rogers is murdered at the local high school, where Eloise works as a librarian. Eloise asks Nancy to investigate, so Nancy goes undercover as a new student and attempts to solve the mystery. Throughout the game, Nancy discovers that Jake Rogers was blackmailing several of the other characters by videotaping their misdeeds:
- Hal Tanaka took on additional coursework in order to be approved for a scholarship. He knew that if he didn't get the scholarship, his family would send him back to Japan. He slowly became overwhelmed and buried in work, so he decided to plagiarize an English essay from a school library book, which Jake caught on camera. Jake blackmailed Hal into doing his homework for the remainder of the semester, otherwise Jake would reveal the plagiarism to Hal's family.
- Connie Watson was struggling to get enough money for college tuition, so she decided to use her Judo expertise to compete secretly in a men's tournament (the prize money was significantly better than the women's tournament), which Connie easily won. Jake caught her removing her mask on camera, and subsequently forced her to date him.
- Hulk Sanchez was badly injured while playing football, so in order to continue playing and impress the college scouts, he decided to break into the local pharmaceutical plant to steal some steroids. After filming Hulk leaving the plant, Jake forced him to be his lackey.
- Daryl Gray's father was former U.S. senator Eugene Gray, who went bankrupt after some poor business deals. Daryl got involved in a drug smuggling deal with Mitch Dillon. Jake caught video footage of the transaction and thus demanded a cut of the profits that Daryl received forthgoing.
- Mitch Dillon was running a drug transport ring from the local pharmaceutical plant. When Jake caught video footage of a transaction between him and Daryl Gray, he attempted to blackmail Mitch.
Throughout the school, paranoid Jake left cryptic messages on posters pinned to bulletin boards. Between deciphering Jake’s messages, befriending the other students, getting locked in the boiler room, and assisting the undercover agent working on the case, Nancy finds herself in the chemistry lab with the periodic table leading her to Jake’s journal. There, she finds all the information she needs to confront Jake’s killer — right inside Aunt Eloise’s house!
Cache is a magnetic camo'd lock-n-lock with room for some small tradeables. Congrats to DosMaestrosJubilados for the FTF, solved in 2 hours and 12 mintes!