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Description

Unscramble your way to victory in this free, fast paced, brain teasing game. Use your skills and help Pandora defend cities of classic books by unscrambling words and defeating monsters until no more remain.

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Don’t let the monsters destroy your town! With 20 levels of fun – the challenge has been set. Luckily Pandora has some clues available from her magical library to give you a helping hand.

What some of our testers had to say:

“I’ve never seen a game like this before that mixes a word unscrambler with a monster shooter. Somehow it just works. Love it!” – C Wolstenholme. Brisbane, Australia

“Pandoras books is a fun, entertaining game that’ll keep you hooked.” – K Cooper. Auckland, New Zealand

Features

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  • CHALLENGE yourself with fast paced mayhem on all 20 levels. Easy and fun to play. Difficult to master.
  • COLLECT unscrambled words to reveal quotes from the book. Collect all the quotes!
  • EXPLORE HG Wells’ ‘War of the Worlds’ for FREE
  • GET clues by defeating monsters
  • USE clues to help solve the words from classic books
  • GAIN access to more classics such as ‘Wuthering Heights’, ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’ and ‘At the Mountains of Madness’
  • SOUNDTRACK and full-color scenes with each book
  • BEAT your friends on the Facebook leaderboard
  • SHARE your experience with your friends

Release date:

  • 18 August, 2016

Twitter: @pandoras_books Facebook: pandorasbooksthegame

Platforms:

Download on the App Store

Regular Price: USD Free

Videos

Live coding Pandora's Books

Gameplay footage July 27th v1.2 YouTube

Images

Logo & Icon

Pandora Icon

Pandora Library Background

Library background

War of the Worlds City Background

War of the Worlds City background

Awards & Recognition

“AGDA Representation Award – Nominee” Game Connect Asia Pacific, Melbourne 2 Nov 2016

Selected Articles

“As much action game as spelling bee, and it manages that as something fresh.” – Harry Slater, Pocket Gamer

“Certainly looks like it offers a little more than just a typical word game.”

– Emily Sowden, Pocket Gamer

Pandora’s Books Credits

team

Sarah Smith

Founder & Programmer

Wren Brier

Art Direction & Design

Jane Dyson

Marketing & Production

Crystal Htay

QA, Community Management & Level Design

Camila Duran

Background Artist

Zander Hulme

Music & Sound Designer

Sidra Munawar

Background Artist

Sean Warton

Marketing Art & Trailer Development


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