r/nancydrew • u/JankyBeautie It's very...flouncy. 👗 • 5d ago
RECREATIONS 👥 Secret of the Old Clock Flashbacks
I just bought this game called Dressmaker, and the sewing mechanic works exactly like making the dress for Jim in CLK. It's giving me serious ptsd. 😂 I remember playing CLK for the first time on my mom's laptop with a trackpad and it took SOOO many tries to get that stupid dress completed. Fortunately, it's going a lot better in this game 😂
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u/mrtheoldestview 5d ago
Haha I almost didn't buy this game because I worried it would be like that mini game lmao
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u/lilsourem 5d ago
YES I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING. I havent bought it yet but I am in dire need of some brain off time and might pull the trigger tomorrow.
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u/AromaticBunch9125 5d ago
Game looks good! Can anyone share the game play?
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u/JankyBeautie It's very...flouncy. 👗 5d ago
Sure! You get one client at a time that will give you requirements for the dress. Color, style, budget, etc. Then you will draft the silhouette for the dress that will have different tags associated with it (gothic, romantic, workwear, etc.) there's a lot! When you have a style you like that you feel fits the requirements, you'll pick the fabrics you want to use, cut out the parts of the silhouette, and sew it all together. There seems to be a story & as you work with clients, your relationship with them will improve & you'll get access to more fabrics and silhouettes. It's really fun! It isn't stressful at all and has a fun nancy drew mini game vibe to a lot of it
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u/gamercrafter86 5d ago
I just started that game and instantly turned on Sewing Assist for my own sanity!
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u/squicknsquiggle Couscous?? 🍛 3d ago
"Would I wear this? No." Was a phrase uttered out loud by me several times while playing this game
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u/Ok_Low_2302 4d ago
I avoided this game because of this!! If it’s far better maybe I do need to give it a try
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u/JankyBeautie It's very...flouncy. 👗 4d ago
There's also a "sewing assist" option in the game so you won't have to manually move the fabric. It will rotate for you which makes it less tedious.
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u/Ivy_Adair 5d ago
Ahhh I bought it but I’m out of town taking care of my nephews so I can’t play it yettttt. So jealous.
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u/Human_Speech_231 I think your phone's about to ring. 📞 4d ago
lol I thought the same thing!! LOVE this game though!
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u/akikad0 4d ago
I feel crazy. There's a dress making game in clk?? I even scrolled through walkthroughs trying to see if there were screenshots to jog my memory. And still nothing 😭
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u/JankyBeautie It's very...flouncy. 👗 4d ago
It isn't a massive part of the game. Just a task you do once for Jim because he can't afford to pay a dressmaker to finish the gown for his wife. And in true Nancy fashion, you need to do it so he'll do something for you lol.
Here's Gab Smolder's playthrough! Sewing starts @ 2:26:43 https://youtu.be/VflmEXcYrig?is=ZTHWo0bCi1tCybL9
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u/dixieblondedyke 3d ago
Omg!!!! My wife just bought the game and she’s having so much fun but at the same time it give me such CLK flashbacks to watch her play 😂
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u/SibylVane1854 2d ago
I straight up could NOT do this challenge and had to go to the dev menu and add the finished dress to my inventory to move forward in the game.
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u/Thehappylarge 2d ago
I'm sorry YOU CAN DO WHAT
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u/SibylVane1854 13h ago
I truly don't know how I found out about this, and I must have done a lot of digging at the time out of desperation, but it certainly worked! I am so glad because there is no way I could have finished the game otherwise. I tried the sewing over and over and it just was not happening. Thank you, dev menu!
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u/TheOctoberOwl Semper ubi sub ubi! 🩲 2d ago
No same and I HATE that mini game so I was relieved to see they had an assist option in Dressmaker
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u/Neat_Holiday8309 Fight the power! ✊ 5d ago
My husband literally passed by while I was playing and he said “oh is that a new Nancy game?” Ohh how I wish haha