A Beauty Cold and Austere

First, i want to apologize for my poor usage of the English language, i understand it pretty well, especially with a little help from the computer when needed ;) , but when i need to express myself, as you will see, i have some problems (and it's the least i could say). So, sorry if this render my review unreadable, at least i would have tried and with time and practice, i hope i'll become better and better and maybe, one day, i'll be able to write an IF work in English (let's hope -dream ?-)

Now to take on the subject matter, this piece of interactive fiction is sublime for anyone who love puzzles and mathematics and its history. The story part of the game is rather limited, and i'd say it's impossible to spoil it but to be perfectly honest (Spoiler - click to show)it's the evening, you haven't studied for your exam which is the next morning, and the only solution is a "study pill" that your roommate kindly left for you on your desk. This pill will take you to an oniric mathematical world where you will encounter various figures, mostly related to math history/mythology, which you will need to help by solving mathematical puzzles to gain points for your next morning exam's test score. Along the way you will also collect major books from math history on which you will be briefly briefed. Near the end of the game, when solving a puzzle you can be re-send to your dorm room at which time you can choose to stop here and be satisfied with the test score you'll have at the moment or return in the oniric mathematical world and solve every little puzzle to gain a perfect score of 100/100. To make a review without any spoiler, even if it is hard to spoil, i would say that it is a collection of mathematical puzzles that you solve to increase your score and learn about the history, philosophy and mythology of math along the way. There is not a lot of prerequisites to play this game, i will spoil the subject of the hardest puzzle of all (Spoiler - click to show)finding an Euleurian path with only text description of the grid. It was my first game of IF and i'm a math lover so i thunk that it will be a good starting point for me to enter this world, and even if some part was hard for a first timer (especially the mapping of the rooms (if you played it, you know what i mean)); i would say that i greatly enjoyed it. However i would not recommend it as an entry point in the IF World since even if it fitted for me, i think that it will discourage more people than amaze them (except if like me you're a math lover, in which case go !). However after having gained a bit of experience with interactive fiction : GO FOR IT ! It's a must ! You'll learn a lot if math is not your thing and if your a math person you'll love this "Easter Eggs" feeling when catching reference to mathematical culture (history, philosophy, jokes, thought experiments etc...).

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Finally, and this has nothing to do with the game, if you have the time and will, can you leave a little comment on how you found my English expression skills were. Thanks.