A Demon's Portion

February 20, 2010 2:51 PM

Prose and Motion is an anagram game with built in physics.

Pick up letters and move them around as you need. Pick them up by their corners to change a C into a U or an E to an M or W. Many levels have several possible solutions, any of which will unlock the next level, but they all have a "best answer" that fits the clue.

posted by krakedhalo (14 comments total)

Well, that was fun until I was expected to build that damn bridge.
posted by Servo5678 at 3:16 PM on February 20, 2010

I'm starting a campaign to ban the letter P from the English language. Send donations.

FINALLY got that goddamn bridge built
posted by 0xFCAF at 3:27 PM on February 20, 2010

Can someone tell me what that music is?
posted by crazylegs at 3:36 PM on February 20, 2010

I feel like I'm being studied for something.
posted by The Whelk at 4:16 PM on February 20, 2010 [1 favorite]

I gave up at the freaking bridge. Went back to plain old text twist and for a second expected the letters to flip around.
posted by double bubble at 4:48 PM on February 20, 2010

I didn't mind the bridge-building - this was a fun game. Some of the challenges got downright sadistic toward the end, of course, when it became less about anagrams and more about being really precise with the mouse (using the letter shapes themselves as supports).
posted by wanderingmind at 5:02 PM on February 20, 2010

This is good. (Except for the part where I got the bridge built and it told me there was a better word)

"I feel like I'm being studied for something."
You are, but not the one you are thinking of. I've said too much.
posted by vapidave at 5:45 PM on February 20, 2010

Some of the challenges got downright sadistic toward the end, of course, when it became less about anagrams and more about being really precise with the mouse (using the letter shapes themselves as supports).

Tell me about it. Level X almost had me in tears.
posted by inconsequentialist at 5:59 PM on February 20, 2010

Wow, what a great game. The one towards the end where I had to hang the cantilevered supports using the Es for hooks was tricky but very satisfying when I finally figured out what to do.

Does anybody know how to unlock the second bonus puzzle? From what I gather, you get #1 for completing the A-Z, and #3 for picking the best words for each, but I'm stumped as to how to get access to #2.
posted by Strange Interlude at 8:05 PM on February 20, 2010

Ask the cat.
posted by team lowkey at 1:52 AM on February 21, 2010

Awesome. I can't wait to try a game like this with a multitouch interface.
posted by unregistered_animagus at 9:27 AM on February 21, 2010

Wow, that was entirely no fun using the focacta MBP touch pad, I gave up on the third word.
posted by chocolate_butch at 5:23 PM on February 21, 2010

I don't get why SUPER is a better word than PURSE. I just have to keep building and rebuilding until I read the creator's mind? Or is there some way of predicting it?
posted by DU at 6:15 PM on February 21, 2010

The text and level design are supposed to hint at the best word. Not always very well, though.
posted by team lowkey at 11:20 PM on February 21, 2010