Prison of Word《文字獄》
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
《文字獄》是一款用造句解謎的密室逃脫遊戲。
This game is called "Prison of Word" or 《文字獄》 in Chinese.
"文字" means "word" in Chinese, and the letter "獄" means prison.
This is a puzzle game where you have to solve puzzles by making sentences. Player makes the sentences by combining the "word cards", and will obtain new word card when the right combination is made. The game now only supports Traditional Chinese since the game is largely based on the unique characteristics of Chinese words. Currently, there are five levels available in the game.
If you like the game, please comment below, I will consider to make the game longer and better.
I am currently working on a commercial version of this concept, I will continue to develop this game after finishing my first ever commercial project. Please stay tuned!
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Download the file, it is a zip file, you have to extract the files. After that, inside the folder, you will see an exe file, click that and the game will start!
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文字獄 is exactly what a text adventure should be. Even if you don't like escape rooms, you should play just to see how Chinese Interactive Fiction is improving on language-based interactivity.
English: You can play Level 1 in English, but you may not recognize the sheer genius of the interface as it works better in Chinese than in English. I do think this concept could work marvelously in English, but an author might need to be a native speaker.
Interface: This is a parser hybrid. Instead of typing commands, the player can obtain action and object cards. Each is stored in a separate inventory. For example, if I "examine flowers" I might consequently obtain the ability to "smell flowers." (This is not a game example or spoiler.) You grab and drag the cards to a place in the sentence.
Game play: It's an escape room. This is not a ground-breaking concept but the author made the right decision here. (S)he's introducing a completely new kind of interface to the Chinese gaming community, after all. There simply were no parser games in Chinese until now.
第三獄玩到一半發現「啟動」不見，把每個動詞丟入碎紙機還是沒找到，也沒有在縫紉機裡面找到。
這個問題我有在最新版解決，重新下載遊戲後，重玩第參獄即可。
出第一关的时候就玩过，很不错。