Her Interactive is going for younger gamers with Nancy Drew: Codes & Clues.
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Her Interactive courts young fans with coding concepts in Nancy Drew: Codes & Clues

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Nancy Drew mystery books and games have always skewed toward older girls over the course of 85 years. But Her Interactive is going in a new direction with its latest mobile game, Nancy Drew: Codes & Clues.

The new game is targeting girls ages 5 to 8 with a mystery game that will teach the basic principles of coding. It is one more example of entertainment and education titles that are targeting girls to get them interested in science and math at an early age.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.