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About
Version 1.3.5
Holmes is a puzzle game created by Beace Games © 2015.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
It is in the public domain, and was retrieved from www.gutenberg.org.
Images from openclipart.org and
created by users SketchArtist, rg1024, Raker Tooth, and rejon and by user West on opengameart.org. Additional images by Olve Utne and A-giâu on Wikimedia Commons and rykneethling on flickr. Holmes silhouette from clker.com.
Sounds by OTBTechno, Ayliffe, xtraplex, erkanozan, ludvique, and Jagadamba on freesound.org.
Help
Holmes is a cryptic cipher game. A random quote from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
is encoded by repeatedly swapping letters. For example, B might have been swapped with C, and then C swapped with D.
Try to decode the message by dragging one letter block below onto another one. This will swap those letters in the
puzzle. When you solve the puzzle, you win. For more help, click below to try the tutorial.
Tutorial 1/7
Holmes is a cryptic cipher game. This tutorial will show you how to
play, and highlight some of the features of the game. To begin, drag the A
below and drop it on the Z.
A |
Z |
Tutorial 2/7
The goal of the game is to solve puzzles by swapping letters. When you drag
button E onto button O, it will change all Es in the puzzle to Os, and all Os
in the puzzle to Es. Try it now with this sample puzzle:
TE SHORLECK HELMOS SHO IS ALWAYS THO WEMAN
E |
O |
Tutorial 3/7
Dragging E to O (or O to E) changed
"TE SHORLECK HELMOS SHO IS ALWAYS THO WEMAN"
into
"TO SHERLOCK HOLMES SHE IS ALWAYS THE WOMAN."
Now see if you can solve this one. You'll need to make at least two swaps.
WBEN YOU BAVE EXCLUDED TBE IMHOSSIPLE WBATEVER REMAINS BOWEVER IMHROPAPLE MUST PE TBE TRUTB
B |
H |
P |
W |
Tutorial 4/7
Let's look at some other features of the game.
There are four difficulty levels. Higher difficulty puzzles require more swaps to
solve. In EASY, a Progress
indicator shows you what percentage of letters are currently correct in the puzzle.
Early going
Almost solved
Tutorial 5/7
In expert mode, you don't even get word breaks. Instead all letters are grouped in
fives.
ITSMU CHMOR EDIFF ICULT
Tutorial 6/7
If you get stuck, you can use a hint. When you press the
HINT button, the game
will make one random correct swap for
you. For the rest of the puzzle the swapped letter will be locked, indicating that
it is correct. If you run out of hints you can buy more from the In-game Store
through the menus.
L
Tutorial 7/7
If you like the game, please buy the Full Version. For just $2
you eliminate all ads, get access to the higher difficulties,
and you can feel good about supporting Indie game developers. Thank you, and enjoy
the game.
Please enjoy our game
This game was made by two guys in our spare time. If you enjoy the game we ask that
you show your support in one of the following ways:
Buying the full version eliminates all ads and these annoying popups, and gives you
access to the higher difficulties. Plus you can feel good about supporting Indie
game developers.
You took seconds, made
swap(s) and used hint(s). Your score is
.
Your high score for Easy is .
That's a new high score for Easy!
- I see you have bested the puzzle. It was rather elementary, wasn't it?
Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere.