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❤ Gameplay and Core Loop

You'll customize a deck of tarot-like "divination cards" to interact with the diverse cast of characters. Crafting these cards involves selecting the imagery, symbols, and energy attributes that make up each one. The specific cards in your deck can meaningfully impact the outcomes of the game's divination and storytelling systems. By carefully curating your deck, you can influence the fates and futures of the characters you encounter. During the game, you'll engage in tarot "readings" by selecting cards from your deck and interpreting their meanings. These readings can uncover secrets, sway opinions, and even alter the course of the narrative. The choices made during these readings, combined with your customized deck, create a sense of agency and consequence throughout the story. In between readings, you can also engage in other activities within your home, such as sleeping, studying, or deleting old cards to make room for new ones. Visiting characters will also come and go, providing opportunities for dialogue, relationship building, and further tarot-based interactions. The simplicity of the core gameplay allows the focus to remain on the rich, immersive world and the choices that shape it.

❤ Narrative and Storytelling

You'll assume the role of Fortuna, a witch living in exile on an asteroid, who forms a pact with a forbidden creature in the hopes of regaining her freedom. The story is told through a series of encounters with a diverse cast of characters, each with their own unique personalities, backstories, and perspectives. Reviewers have praised the depth and nuance of the writing, highlighting how it tackles complex topics such as feminism, LGBTQ+ representation, and mental health with both sensitivity and nuance. The narrative is consistently described as engaging, thought-provoking, and emotionally resonant, with multiple reviewers noting that they were moved to tears by the story's powerful moments. The narrative's branching structure, which allows you to make meaningful choices that alter the course of events, further enhances the sense of agency and investment in the story. While some reviewers noted that the extent of these choices can be limited at times, the overall consensus is that the storytelling is a standout element.

❤ Presentation and Style

The hand-crafted pixel art and enchanting color palette have helped to create a sense of atmosphere and immersion that complements the narrative experience. Reviewers have also highlighted the original musical score, composed by the acclaimed musician fingerspit, as a standout element of the presentation, describing it as the perfect aural accompaniment to the game's witchy, mystical themes. The visuals and audio work together to create a cohesive, polished, and highly distinctive presentation that players have found to be a delightful part of the overall experience.