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Description
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The Maze of Games is a full-length puzzle novel with over 50 puzzles and a deeply engaging story, all woven together in a "solve your own adventure" style which will keep you jumping from page to page.
The main characters are teenagers Colleen and Samuel Quaice, who live in England in the year 1897. During a visit to the Upper Wolverhampton Library, they discover a musty book called The Maze of Games. This summons a mysterious skeletal guardian named the Gatekeeper, who plunges them into a series of dangerous mazes rife with monsters and bizarre puzzles.
Only by solving their way through the mazes will the Quaice children find their way home.
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GTS 2014 - The Maze Of Games
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Pros
- Unique combination of a novel and puzzles
- Features puzzles from renowned puzzle makers
- Nonlinear narrative structure offers a unique challenge
- Creative and fulfilling to produce
- Available in physical, electronic, and audiobook formats
Cons
- Difficulty ramps up significantly towards the end, potentially requiring family assistance.
Thematic elements
- Navigating through mazes
- Nonlinear narrative structure
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Nonlinear Narrative — The story is presented in a jumbled order, requiring players to solve puzzles to figure out the correct sequence.
- Puzzles — The core of the book involves solving various types of puzzles.
- Solve-Your-Own-Adventure — Players must determine their next steps and reorder the story elements.
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- The rest of the book is going to be in the wrong order. It's a solve your own adventure.
- Every day a new puzzle would come in by a legendary puzzle maker and I was just just blown away by it's one of the most creative things I've ever been a part of.
- This was the I've done many great things but this is the coolest thing I've ever done.
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