 There was a fear that parents, upset by the wasted purchase, would become more sceptical about purchasing computer games in the future.According to Laurie Strand, Vice president of Broderbund, "Carmen Sandiego Word Detective" "began as an educational game called ""Word Workshop"," a language-learning companion to the company's popular ""Math Workshop" [released in 1994]"".The game had undergone an intense six months of design and development and was near completion, when management approached the team and ordered that the game be redesigned as a line extension of the Carmen Sandiego franchise to improve its chance in the stores where shelf space was being fought over.