Poems & Codes

I really loved their other game, Prose and Codes, so it felt like a no-brainer to pick up this game next. I wanted to love it, I really did. Basic gameplay is the same. But there's one large difference that makes this a game I will probably never finish: Words that I do not know, and words that are not commonly used. For example, in one puzzle, by filling in other letters, you are left with _a_onwita. I had to look up the poem to learn the word is Yakonwita. I'd never heard of this word, or of this poem before. There are plenty of quotes in the other game that I hadn't heard of, but at least with those I was able to puzzle it out. This is frustrating in a very not-fun way.

Interesting concept of game. Love to solve riddles and ciphers. 10/10

The only devs who make games like this where you get to read 1800s poems. We need more poetry games. 🩵

“Poems & Codes” is another interesting ciphers puzzle game, a sister game to “Prose & Codes” from the same developer, bringing even more encrypted texts in simple substitution ciphers to solve. As the title implies, this time it will be works of poetry from various authors, grouped into themes like love, death, history, nature and so on. Game principle is also exactly the same, you can easily type and replace characters to decrypt the texts; I found the poems to be slightly easier as there is a degree of predictability to the texts structure, but some of them are using archaic language, so you’ll still need good knowledge of English to play this game efficiently. Again, if there are some pieces that you especially like and you’d want to read more, you can use embedded link to Project Gutenberg website where you can download full collections in ebook format to read at your leisure; and again, if you buy this game, part of the money goes to support the said Project Gutenberg ...

Aesthetically pleasing, appropriately challenging and a very intriguing game indeed.