Prose & Codes

In support of Project Gutenberg, a volunteer effort to digitize, archive, and distribute works of literature

Master one of the oldest forms of encryption:

the substitution cipher

Decode over 400 hand-selected excerpts from literary classics both well-known and obscure

Get a taste of 8 beloved genres, from nostalgic children's stories to bone-chilling tales of horror

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Enjoy a soothing, contemplative piano soundtrack

Rest your eyes with dark mode and optional enlarged cipher text

Choose between four difficulty settings

"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

Content note: This game features excerpts from classic works of literature. Certain excerpts and synopses contain non-graphic references to sex, violence, and alcohol.