Surprise, Your Life Is Dangerous Now!

In the style of Nancy Drew:

Released

• Alex Hill: Whispers at White Oak Inn

• Marcella Moon: Secret on the Hill

• Marcella Moon: Saboteurs on the River

• Marcella Moon: Curse of the Black Cat

• Marcella Moon: Killer at the Cove

• Marcella Moon: Four are Watching

In Development

• Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit (Nov. 19, 2025)

• Alex Hill: The Body at Clearwater Bay (TBD Fall 2026)

• Amelia Darnell: Secrets of Silvercrest Village (TBD)

• What was Found at Ravenhill (TBD)

• Ward: The Bird Knew Everything (TBD)

• Vivian Wade: Danger Down the Aisle

• Daphne Jones: Entangled in Espionage (Announced on the NancyDrewRevival community, TBD)

• Cluebound Studios: The Legend of Arrow Lake (Announced on the NancyDrewRevival community, TBD)

• Club Clue (TBD)

Inspired by, but in a different style than Nancy Drew

In Development

• Gumshoe Detective Agency: The First Case (Q4 2025)

• Marcella Moon: The Phantom of Harvest Grove (TBD)

• Super Spy Academy (TBD)

• Noiramore Academy (TBD)

• Summer at Gran’s (TBD)

Some quick links for those interested!

Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit- Steam Website

Alex Hill: Whispers at White Oak Inn- Steam Website

Amelia Darnell: Secrets of Silvercrest Village- Website

Marcella Moon series- Steam

And I realized that this is not only true for Sea of Darkness, now that I think back on it, Nancy and Ned's dynamics have consistently been in theme for every single game. Remember in Captive Curse, how annoyed we all were that they were constantly arguing and getting angry at each other and making drama, interrupting our play? That was a clue. It was a clue that the theme was breakup and revenge, it was showing us that the culprit was someone who held a grudge against their relationship partner. I think the game was hinting at how badly a relationship could go and Nancy and Ned have managed to evade the disastrous outcome by making peace and finding a way to work thru their issues.

And then think of every other game where Nancy and Ned have been arguing and it fit the theme perfectly. And then think of every game that they were pointedly not arguing; remember the Castle Malloy where Ned was stuck at a party, unable to escape but loyal to Nancy to a fault and completely dedicated to her to the point where he didn't even want to speak about how inconvenienced he was. It was a metaphor for Matt! Who was stuck but still completely loyal to Kyler! We could have figured out that they would have stayed together just looking at Nancy/Ned dynamics in the game!

Lápida de Dupaix - Palenque, 7th century CE; excavated in 1807; on display at the Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico.

Yaxchilán Lintel 26 - Yaxchilán, 723 CE; excavated in 1897; on display at the Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico.

Hauberg Stela - [???], 300-500 CE; first exhibited in 1970; on display at the Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey (donated by John H Hauberg).

Yaxchilán Lintel 16 - Yaxchilán, 755-770 CE; excavated in 1880s; on display at the British Museum, UK.

Yaxchilán Lintel 25 - Yaxchilán, 725-760 CE; excavated in 1880s; on display in the British Museum, UK. (HERE is a really neat breakdown of the building 23 lintels, along with incredibly detailed pics!)

Backrest of a throne with a ruler, a courtier (probably a woman) and a deity in the center - Usumacinta River Valley (possibly Piedras Negras), Late Classic Period (600-909 CE); on display at the Museo Amparo, Mexico.

Calakmul Stela 51 - Calakmul, 731 CE; excavated in 1931; stolen in the 1960s when it was cut into pieces to ease transportation (if you zoom in at the link you can see the lines where the pieces have been reassembled); on display at the Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico. (further info HERE)

Copán Alter G1 - Copán, 766 CE; excavated in the 1800s; replica (pictured above) on display outdoors in the Grand Plaza at the Copán ruins site, while the original can be seen inside the on-site Museo de Esculturas. Copán, Honduras. (the British Museum has some neat photos of the site at Copán and Alter G1 as it appeared in 1890/91, click ‘Related Objects’ to view them)

Presentation of Captives to a Maya Ruler - Usumacinta River Valley (possibly Yaxchilán), 785 CE; purchased on the art market in 1970; on display at the Kimbell Art Museum, Texas. (check out the paint that’s still visible on this one! that’s so cool!)

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