A satisfying way to solve anagrams
This is a word puzzle through which you get to read Moby Dick. It is good for short bursts of puzzle solving, but unlike other puzzles you also have the satisfaction of actually reading the book.
Hidden gem
It’s calming and not always an easy puzzle. Hints are fee if you need. Brilliant idea.
I do wish I could look up a few words in an interactive dictionary.
I do wish I could look up a few words in an interactive dictionary.
OMBY <3
Love love love.
The Best Game I've Ever Purchased/Played
This game is both challenging and captivating. Because you're not only playing, but also reading a legendary book; there's no accompanying guilt about spending too much time playing games on your phone! Enjoy!
Fantastic, challenging and satisfying
Wow. This could be a new genre. An anagram/word game that exposes the subtleties of prose. Incredible homage to Melville and Moby Dick and lots of fun.
I hope we see another of these with a different book and author.
I hope we see another of these with a different book and author.
Lovely and surprisingly addictive
I'd forgotten how rich and imaginative and often funny MOBY DICK is until I started reading it slowly line by line through this game. Absolutely my go-to game now. The app design is simple and elegant and satisfying.
A Hidden Gem Of A Word Game
I'm lucky to have stumbled onto this literary word game. By breaking down the novel a few sentences at a time, and through using a fun game element, Omby helps one gain an appreciation of Melville's language. I find that it offers a very casual approach, in that one can choose to play for a quick minute, or for more extended periods. Also, since I'm a bit visually challenged, I'm finding that the clear graphics and layout really help in the enjoyment of the game/language/novel. There are no ads, at least in my version, which was free. Highly recommended.
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Fun
Reading a book this way is so much fun! I'd love it if my progressed would sync across iOS devices, but even without that it's worth the full batch of stars.
Genius!!!!!
A wonderful tribute/brain teaser to the great american novel. You can really get a sense of Melville on a poetic level and what’s more, it’s a great story. I can’t recommend this enough. Most people don’t read Moby Dick once. Now I read it every day.
Rewarding game and renewed appreciation for classic
My first thought was why Moby Dick, interminable Moby Dick? I'm only at chapter 9, so I haven't gotten to what I remember to be the inpenetrable whaling treatise parts, yet I am convinced this was a brilliant and worthy choice. Melville's writing is so rich, his observations so acute, startling and satisfying -- yet as an anagram game the text is far from predictable. Each sentence remains a challenge to unscramble and the reward is often delight.
I too would love the ability to highlight and save favorite sentences, particularly as there are so many individual gems that in normal reading slipped by unacknowledged.
Worth the money, worth the effort.
I too would love the ability to highlight and save favorite sentences, particularly as there are so many individual gems that in normal reading slipped by unacknowledged.
Worth the money, worth the effort.
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