Prose & Codes news & patch notes

New Bundle!

Hello everyone! We're very pleased to offer a bundle with another relaxing, historically-themed puzzle game: Proverbs!

In Proverbs, you piece together a single enormous mosaic inspired by Bruegel’s Netherlandish Proverbs, where every solved region reveals hidden wisdom.

I think fans of Prose & Codes will really enjoy the chill vibes of this game, so be sure to check it out!

Another announcement is coming soon...

We're also super excited about another Prose & Codes announcement coming later this year... stay tuned!

Hello everyone! The Case of the Worst Day Ever is NOW AVAILABLE!

KEY FEATURES:

• 10 Lighthearted Cases - enjoy humorous, slice-of-life mysteries without murder or dark themes

• Increasing Difficulty - from easy-peasy to truly brain-teasing, get ready to hone your detective skills

• Hint System - feeling stuck? use the in-game hint system to get back on track

• Fill-in-the-Blank Conclusions - use the words collected throughout each case to form your own conclusions

• In-Game Notepad - keep track of important clues with the in-game notepad

We're also super excited about the Clever Cases Bundle, featuring The Case of the Worst Day Ever and A Case of Fraud at 10% OFF!

A Case of Fraud is a short non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.

Happy Solving!

Hello everyone! We're so excited to announce that our next game The Case of the Worst Day Ever will be releasing on December 5, 2025!

KEY FEATURES:

• 10 Lighthearted Cases - enjoy humorous, slice-of-life mysteries without murder or dark themes

• Increasing Difficulty - from easy-peasy to truly brain-teasing, get ready to hone your detective skills

• Hint System - feeling stuck? use the in-game hint system to get back on track

• Fill-in-the-Blank Conclusions - use the words collected throughout each case to form your own conclusions

• In-Game Notepad - keep track of important clues with the in-game notepad

If you haven't already, give the demo try and add to your Wishlist!

Happy New Year!

Happy solving!

• fixed typo in Edgar Allan Poe's name
• fixed typo in Israel Zangwill's name
• fixed a bug where using UNDO a lot would result in a crash

• Decode a vast and varied collection of curated poetry, where each poem is encrypted using one of the world's oldest codes: the substitution cipher
• Use your knowledge of the English language to decrypt over 400 interconnected excerpts, with each cipher inspiring the next to come
• Like what you decoded? Read the entire poem in-game or download each poet's anthology online for free, direct links included!
• Share the joy of poetry--10% of every sale is donated to Project Gutenberg, an online library of over 60,000 free ebooks
• Play at your own pace with four difficulty settings to choose from
• Relax with a soothing, contemplative soundtrack
• Choose between night or sunlight mode with optional enlarged cipher text

• 8 new ciphers! (one per genre)
• fixed the cipher count text wrap issue on the profiles screen
• updated Adventure quote #4

• 2 more ciphers for the Great Thinkers genre, for those of you who needed 52 ;)
• Fixed a bug where a solved letter would be erased/not appear, making the puzzle unsolvable

• Tanglewood Tales synopsis
• The Mystery of the Yellow Room synopsis
• Children's cipher #20
• title of The Wendigo

• added option to disable cursive handwriting font
• added borderless window mode
• created profile data backup folder in your local save data directory; these can be used to restore older save data if you ever need it (please see the discussion forums for instructions on how to find your save data directory)

• fixed endgame issue where players couldn't reveal the book title before being taken away to the endgame screen

• undo button
• some sort of Steam cloud integration or way to make manually backing up save data easier

• added a little arrow above the active letter box to make keyboard navigation easier
• letter boxes will now stay active when changing pages on multi-page ciphers
• changed "VIGNETTE" label to "FLICKER FX" on Settings screen for clarity

• tearing noise will no longer play on click when the "Reveal Book Title & Author" ribbon is not present
• fixed a crash that occurred when decreasing cipher text size on multi-page ciphers
• changed the title of "Tales of Terror and Mystery" in the Mystery genre to "The Lost Special" to avoid duplicate book titles

• HDR monitor brightness issue
• considering adding an "Undo" button

We're pleased to announce that Prose & Codes is now available for purchase!

The wonderful world of books awaits you :)

• a soothing dark mode
• an option to enlarge cipher text

• a new cipher for each genre!
• clickable alphabet allows for mouse-only input on ciphers
• you can now select cipher letter boxes using the arrow keys, plus navigate through multi-page ciphers with the Page Up and Page Down keys
• option to play new interactive tutorial
• option to hide the book title & author when ciphers are solved (now hidden by default; you can change this via the Settings menu)
• added "Medium" difficulty option
• updated help screen with cipher solving tips
• music changes
• custom cursor
• clicking the "Entire Story" button will also copy the book URL to your clipboard (certain Linux systems will not allow the game to open a browser window automatically)
• tweaks to credits screen

• fixed bug where boxes would not accept player input
• fixed bug where solving the second page of a cipher would solve the entire cipher
• fixed blue screen error triggered during state transitions
• fixed bug where solved letters would be selected upon first entering a cipher level
• corrected typo in The Count of Monte Cristo synopsis
• fixed bug where cipher page arrows did not resize properly during window resizing

We had so much fun with our first live stream! If you missed it, come chill & chat with us as we play through the Prose & Codes demo!

October 6th at 5pm PDT/12am GMT

Join us for our very first live stream as we solve our way through the Prose & Codes demo! October 3rd at 10am PDT/5pm GMT

• DECODE the wit, wisdom, and wonder of curated classics
• EXPLORE an expansive collection of literary genres
• AWAKEN an irresistible desire to read--every single book is only one click away and completely free!
• SHARE the joy of reading---a portion of all sales will go to Project Gutenberg, an online library of over 60,000 free ebooks

Wishlist & stay tuned for a free demo coming October 1!