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In support of Project Gutenberg, a volunteer effort to digitize, archive, and distribute works of literature
- Decode 350 hand-selected excerpts from literary classics both well-known and obscure
- Get a taste of 7 beloved genres, from nostalgic children's stories to bone-chilling horror
- Like what you decoded? Every book is free to read and download online--and only one click away!
- Share the joy of reading--a portion of every sale goes to Project Gutenberg, an online library of over 60,000 free ebooks
- Enjoy a soothing, contemplative piano soundtrack
- Rest your eyes with dark mode and optional enlarged cipher text
"In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you." - Mortimer Adler
System requirements for PC
Minimum:
- OS: Windows 7+ 32bit
- Processor: Intel Celeron
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
- Storage: 250 MB available space
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 7+ 64bit
- Processor: Intel i5 or equivalent
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
- Storage: 250 MB available space
System requirements for macOS
Minimum:
- OS: macOS 10.7+
- Processor: Intel Celeron (or equivalent)
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Storage: 250 MB available space
Recommended:
- OS: macOS 12+
- Processor: i5 (or equivalent)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Storage: 250 MB available space
System requirements for Linux
Minimum:
- OS: Ubuntu
- Processor: Intel Celeron (or equivalent)
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
- Storage: 250 MB available space
Recommended:
- OS: Ubuntu
- Processor: i5 (or equivalent)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
- Storage: 250 MB available space
Prose & Codes reviews and comments
I love to play this game to wind down at night. I'm always looking for new books to read and this game does a great job of exposing different public domain works in a fun way -- if you like substitution ciphers.
The soundtrack is relaxing and the developers recently added a free update that includes encrypted quotes from philosophical authors. Nice!