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文字獄

The protagonist is trapped inside a prison, please help the protagonist to escape this place by making sentences and unravel the secrets of this prison.

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March 13, 2019
7 years and 144 days ago
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About the Game

In this game, player has to help the protagonist to escape the prison by making sentences. Upon exploring, player will obtain several word cards, some are nouns and some are verbs. By combining two nouns and one verbs into a valid sentence, the protagonist will take action as the sentence says.
This game challenges the player's brainpower and imagination. The puzzles in each level of the game are unique and challenging, player has to utilize the collected word cards to solve the puzzles. There are only some static images of the scene, player has to imagine the scene themselves to keep track of the changing environment and items.
This game is largely based on the unique characteristics of Chinese words, so it is a Traditional Chinese exclusive puzzle game.