Prose and Motion
It's word game meets physics puzzle in Prose and Motion, a unique game by DeeperBeige. Click and drag letters to the starting point on each stage, carefully arranging them one by one in a neat little row. Spell a word to move on to the next level, spell the correct word and you're even more awesome!
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@Frustrate:
The in-game hints can sometimes be super helpful.
...you don't need any more spoilers. ;)
@sgtdroopy: Most of the time, a clue to the "perfect" word is found somewhere within a small portion of the text, rather than the entire text as a whole. Try breaking down the clues into smaller phrases to see if anything sticks out at you, or even one word at a time. Sometimes you're looking for a synonym or related word, sometimes you're looking for the answer to a riddle. In other instances, look at the physical environment of the puzzle for a hint.
I like the concept, but the vagueness of the clues, combined with the two worst things about drag-and-drop physics in Flash (spinning pieces, and drag-outside-the-frame wonkiness) just ruin it for me.
More than one of the levels I played had only one solution, and since I couldn't get that based on the clue, it was basically anagrams-with-rotating-letters, followed by struggle to place the letters.
However, I won't vote negatively, since I'm personally not very good at anagrams. If you are, and you don't mind being patient placing pieces, I think you will enjoy this game.
Also, don't forget, there is a complete video walkthrough linked from within the game if you get really stuck. The hints seemed pretty much worthless if you are trying to get the "perfect" word.
Managed to finish everything but the "correct" solution to L (although I've found two valid but wrong solutions to that one so far.) By far, X was the trickiest one, and probably took me just as long by itself as all the others did together. The correct word is pretty obvious, it's just the really tricky (bordering on hair-pulling) balancing act to get to it that's the problem.
Prose and Motion Walkthrough:
(Perfect Word)
A
EASY
B
RULES
C
SUPER
D
UPBEAT
E
CARESS
F
ELATE
G
ASTUTE
H
SPAN
I
ASSUME
J
ACCEPT
K
IGNORE
L
SEDATE
M
SECURE
N
HABIT
O
SLOPE
P
VEXED
Q
BATTLE
R
INTENT
S
RUSE
T
WASTE
U
WATCH
V
TIGHT
W
BROKEN
X
DECIDE
Y
ESCAPE
Z
DEBRIS
Bonus 1
MOFUNZONE
Bonus 2
FELINE
Bonus 3
IDEAL
I liked this. When I finally figured out level E's perfect word, I kicked myself: it obviously fits the text much better than the more "obvious" word I'd solved it with first.
I ended up having to use an anagram generator for two levels - L and Z. For L I kinda kicked myself, whereas Z is the kind of anagram I always have problems with: it would have taken me days to come up with that! But again, like all the perfect words, it clearly fits the clue much better than the other word.
I'm a bit vexed with the names of the achievements: they give away some of the secret words for the bonus levels :-x
I've only got 3 bonus levels, and that looks like all I can find, but you're right, it does look like there's room for a fourth...
Very fun. I'm often take-it-or-leave-it with physics puzzles, but the clever balancing was just the right difficulty here; and the fascinating twist on anagrams (being able to rotate letters) was very satisfying too.
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Walkthrough Guide
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Prose and Motion Walkthrough:
(Perfect Word)
A
EASY
B
RULES
C
SUPER
D
UPBEAT
E
CARESS
F
ELATE
G
ASTUTE
H
SPAN
I
ASSUME
J
ACCEPT
K
IGNORE
L
SEDATE
M
SECURE
N
HABIT
O
SLOPE
P
VEXED
Q
BATTLE
R
INTENT
S
RUSE
T
WASTE
U
WATCH
V
TIGHT
W
BROKEN
X
DECIDE
Y
ESCAPE
Z
DEBRIS
Bonus 1
MOFUNZONE
Bonus 2
FELINE
Bonus 3
IDEAL
Posted by: bufar | February 9, 2010 5:50 PM