DreamyPoems

DreamyPoems is a casual elimination game based on Chinese poetry. You choose a poem before each level, then identify its characters in a text area and select them. When the characters in the right-hand card area match a line of the poem, that line is eliminated; clear every line to advance. You can play without knowing Chinese characters or having prior knowledge of Chinese culture, using the graphics to identify words.

Choose and clear poems

Choosing a poem is part of the strategy: your selection can make a level easier or help you aim for a higher score. As levels progress, the number of poems, their length and the number of characters increase. More optional characters make levels harder, but also award more points when eliminated. The final levels are more difficult to clear.

Use props

There are nine kinds of props. You receive one of each kind per game; after using it, you can buy more at random with diamonds, though purchases are limited. The props are:

• Poem elimination: Props 1–3 eliminate one, two or three lines of poetry, respectively.
• Card clearing: Prop 4 clears the right-hand card area.
• Character refresh: Prop 5 refreshes the characters in the text area.
• Text clearing: Prop 6 clears all characters from the text area.
• Pauses: Props 7–9 pause the game for 10, 30 or 60 seconds, giving you more time to observe and think.

Unlock poems and poets

Eliminating poems unlocks their original authors, or poets. The more poets you unlock, the more times you can purchase props. Successfully clearing a new poem unlocks its illustration; meeting the required number of poems by the same poet unlocks that poet’s illustration. The illustrations produce diamonds over time, and the more diamonds they produce, the more poems you unlock.

Read the poems

You can open poems in the illustrations to read their original text, pronunciation and related translations.