Prose & Codes vs Rime
Prose & Codes
Prose & Codes is a fun and fairly relaxing puzzle game where you’ll need to solve simple substitution ciphers involving excerpts from both popular and obscure literary classics that are listed as “public domain” while being serenaded by beautiful piano music. The game features book excerpts from 7 different genres, ranging from children’s stories to tales of epic adventures; several difficulty levels to choose from, and if you like what you’ve deciphered, you can even hop on over to the online library that is Project Gutenberg since all these books are available to read and download for free.Even if you’re not a whiz at solving ciphers, Prose & Codes will have you hooked from start to finish! The levels are very well designed and tailored to the difficulty setting of your choice, and the excerpts are all very well-selected. If you’re a book lover, not only can you have fun decoding the ciphers and bookmarking the excerpts that you love most; you can also take this opportunity to discover new titles that you might be interested to read.
Finding the corresponding book is easy as pie too since the game provides you with a nifty button that will direct you over to Project Gutenberg where you can download and read the books (in eBook form) for free.
Rime
Rime drops you on a strange island where you must use your skills to solve a variety of puzzles. You become a young boy who, lost at sea is washed up on a mysterious island. Here a talking magical fox helps you to navigate this beautiful world, as visions of a red caped man haunt you. And so you must make your way to the tower in the middle of the island to discover what is going on and see for yourself why you are here.Using the third person perspective this visually stunning game brings you a series of puzzles and problems for you to work around. There are also magical towers that you can interact with to enhance the story. With your companion you have a magical adventure waiting for you to enjoy.