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Spindlewheel is THE project I& #39;ve been most excited about in the last years, not just a game but a TECHNOLOGY.
It makes Tarot-like games accessible and immediate: rather than knowing/looking up what the Ten Of Cups Upright means, the meaning is *on the card* in words and art~ https://twitter.com/teacabbage/status/1314249710606020609">https://twitter.com/teacabbag...
It makes Tarot-like games accessible and immediate: rather than knowing/looking up what the Ten Of Cups Upright means, the meaning is *on the card* in words and art~ https://twitter.com/teacabbage/status/1314249710606020609">https://twitter.com/teacabbag...
~and each card is so well-designed that you can have a wealth of authentic inspirations from each one, meaning the deck never gets stale or runs out of replay value.
I played one of the simpler microgames, using one card at a time to build areas in a world, for FOUR HOURS and~
I played one of the simpler microgames, using one card at a time to build areas in a world, for FOUR HOURS and~
~only wanted to keep playing and keep exploring the places we were making together! It& #39;s capable of the sort of fractal, endless narrative that I& #39;ve only seen in games like Microscope (and some of my stuff that isn& #39;t out yet, of course). Creating a alchemist& #39;s tower and then~
~zooming in to it and drawing cards for each floor and the staircases connecting them and the items in each room felt MAGICAL, each person& #39;s contributions building on what came before and inspiring what came after, and I know that everyone in that game still has a place in their~
~heart where that little world still lives: the foolish inventor who was deceived by his lover, the stained glass windows that turned out to be advertisements for shitty factory-made swords, the unfinished construct that tried steadfastly to maintain the lighthouse without hands~
~and the horrible city where a sinister trickster deity swallowed people in illusions of beautiful light. Every card you lay down becomes real, changes the story, recontextualizes and remixes what you already know. And that& #39;s just the ONE microgame! You can do so much more~
~and I know for a fact that when people like @temporalhiccup or @LeviathanFiles or @corpserevivers get their hands on this tech they& #39;re going to do things that will take our breath away. I& #39;m convinced that Spindlewheel will add a new dimension to the ttrpg space in a way we~
