Warnings at Waverly Academy
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| Developer(s) | Her Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Her Interactive |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release date(s) | October 13, 2009 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: E |
Warnings at Waverly Academy is the 21st installment in the Nancy Drew video game series created by Her Interactive. It is preceded by Ransom of the Seven Ships and followed by Trail of the Twister. The story is based on Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #158, The Curse of the Black Cat, set in a fictional exclusive girl's prep school on the East Coast. The game runs on Microsoft Windows and is rated E for everyone.[1]
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[edit] Plot summary
Nancy Drew finds herself working undercover as a student, Becca Sawyer, at an exclusive girls boarding school called Waverly Academy in Upstate New York. Some of the students have been receiving threats by someone who signs themselves the "Black Cat". Nancy dives into the world of clique-conscious teenage girls to solve the mystery. She is soon informed that only girls on the second floor have been receiving threats. The girls on this floor are all in the running for Valedictorian, a coveted position and a very big deal for those in the running. It's not long before Nancy realizes there's more to Waverly than meets the eye. Nancy discovers Rita Hollowell's journal and finds out that this Edgar Allan Poe fan may have hidden a treasure within the walls of the Academy itself. Nancy must find out whether someone is trying to scare Waverly's residents in order to keep the treasure for themselves, or if the race for Valedictorian has turned cutthroat.
[edit] Characters
Mel Corbalis: The resident cello-playing goth girl of Waverly, and a social misfit. She is a legacy student and was admitted to the school automatically. For the most part, she ignores everyone except Corine, with whom she gets along well. She can't stand Izzy and also thinks that Izzy is the Black Cat.
Isabella 'Izzy' Romero: Izzy is the most popular girl in Waverly, even though none of the other suspects seem to like her. Izzy is also Leela Yadev's roommate. Izzy doesn't like them either, especially Corine. Although she is student body president, she is known as conceited and judgmental. She spends most of her time on her laptop in the library. Could she be sending the notes just to scare off the valedictorian competition?
Rachel Hubbard: Rachel is from Pittsburgh and lives on the other side of the study hall from "Becca." She has a two-faced personality and tries to rope Nancy into helping her with her web projects the minute she arrives. Rachel is another social outcast. She has a strange habit of doing a thing one day and denying it the next. She's also the only person not to receive any notes from the Black Cat. She spends most of her time on her laptop in her room, coming up with more tasks for Nancy.
Megan Vargas: Mel's roommate who had to go home because of a bad allergic reaction, an accident that occurred shortly after she received a second note from the black cat. From what little is seen of Megan, it's apparent that she doesn't like Izzy or Mel very much. Megan also thinks that Izzy is the Black Cat.
Corine Myers: Another one of Waverly's social outcasts, Corine is Nancy's roommate. She is friendly, but too eager for people to like her and her insecurity clearly shows through. She spends most of her time at her laptop writing up papers.
Leela Yadav: The energetic jock of Waverly, Leela is about as popular as Izzy. She's the school's star athlete and owns a competitive spirit; she lives to play and plays to win. She gets along fine with Megan but dislikes Izzy, Mel, and Rachel. She also thinks that Rachel Hubbard is the Black Cat. When she's not challenging Nancy to Air Hockey or Scram, she can be found in the rec room kicking a soccer ball.
Danielle Hayes: Danielle is Corine's former roommate. She is claustrophobic. After an accident where she was locked up in a dark food closet overnight, she left Waverly Academy. Her whereabouts are unknown.
Paige Griffin: Paige is the Residential Advisor, which means she can award credits and issue demerits. Nancy may never actually see her face.
[edit] Cast
- Nancy Drew -- Lani Minella
- Mel Corbalis -- Samara Lerman
- Rachel Hubbard -- Adrienne Maclain
- Corine Myers -- Emilie Rommel
- Izzy Romero -- Khanh Doan
- Leela Yadav -- Kasey Brockwell
- Megan Vargas -- Nicole Fierstein
- Ned Nickerson -- Scott Carty
- Paige Griffin -- Charissa Bertels
- Student -- Shanna Palmer
[edit] Fatal Errors
In the Nancy Drew games, fatal errors can be done over through the second chance option.
- Getting expelled by getting 15 demerits. Throughout the game, Nancy can earn demerits by pulling the fire alarm, breaking the glass of the special collections cabinet, climbing into the school's oak tree, failing to serve as Snack Shop Boss for the day, serving a teacher's snack too slowly, breaking into a classroom or another student's room during the day, or sneaking around after 11 pm and getting caught by Paige.
- Climbing the oak tree during the night after 11 pm.
- Climbing onto a wrong branch while following Casper the squirrel up the tree, causing the branch to break.
- Failing to complete the game's final puzzle in time.
[edit] Awards
In the current Nancy Drew games, awards can be earned by doing various tasks. If all awards are earned, there will be an additional blooper video at the end of the game.
- All School Champ: Earned by keeping the double-take high score.
- Bibliophile: Earned by looking up a lot of book titles in the library catalog.
- Demerit Danger/Credit Cruncher: Earned by either gaining lots of demerits/lots of credits.
- Easter Egg: Earned by receiving one, two, or all three of the Easter Eggs.
- Gossip Monger: Earned by consulting the suspects about the latest rumors.
- Late Night Explorer: Earned by exploring Waverly after 11:00 p.m.
- Master Duelist: Earned by repeatedly challenging Leela.
- Musical Virtuoso: Earned by repeatedly playing the piano.
- Short Order Cook: Earned by serving as Snack Shop Boss many times.
- Shutterbug: Earned by taking lots of pictures.
- Social Butterfly: Earned by continually knocking on people's doors.
- Trivia Tamer: Earned by answering the question at the end of the game correctly.
[edit] Glitches
- If a player consults Mel on her ribbon before solving the Victorian dining puzzle, the game will not progress.
- It says that Elinor Penvellyn went there. The school must have been open in the 1600s.
[edit] Allusions
- On Mel's guitar is a sticker that says "Creepy's Corner", a corny horror record that was featured in Secret of the Old Clock (video game).
- In the rec room, there is artwork to the left of the TV that looks like Poppy Dada's artwork, who was featured in Secret of the Scarlet Hand, The Haunted Carousel and White Wolf of Icicle Creek.
- There is a book in the library that is the same book in Message in a Haunted Mansion.
- In the lost and found drawer where you can find Rachel's notebook, there is a garden gnome from The Haunting of Castle Malloy and Bess' bracelet from Ransom of the Seven Ships
- If you enter the bathroom, Nancy Drew will sometimes make random references to previous games, such as "What was the deal with all those glass eyes?" from Legend of the Crystal Skull, "Not nice, Dwayne. Not nice at all." from Ransom of the Seven Ships/Stay Tuned for Danger, and "Coucou want fruit." from Ransom of the Seven Ships
- On top of Mel's dresser next to her sampler is a goth version of the doll Naughty Tina from Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon.
- The final puzzle Nancy solves after facing the culprit is a reference to Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Pit and the Pendulum".
- When wandering around the upstairs hallway, Mel can be heard practicing cello from her bedroom. The three pieces she is playing are Cello Suite #1: 1st Movement- Prelude, Cello Suite #1: 4th Movement- Sarabande, and Cello Suite #3: 6th Movement- Gigue from Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites.
- You can search many books from past games in the library catalog.
- If you look up Bill Kessler from White Wolf of Icicle Creek in the library catalog, you will find that he wrote a book about fish.
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| Preceded by Ransom of the Seven Ships |
Nancy Drew Computer Games | Succeeded by Trail of the Twister |
