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Oh my goodness, so all of those times I dreamed and I was just doing my normal day job, I was working in the astral plane? No wonder it was so much easier to move furniture and appliances!

Seriously though, this is lovely! I don't own a tarot deck but have wanted one for a while, and this seems like a great excuse to get one. You walk a really fine line between mechanically clean and clear + funny and insightful, it's great! That line at the end especially got me, as did The Fool wanting a cup of whipped cream (it me!).

Also: the use of carrying over charisma "the next day" and using your tips to buy awesome swag that carries over! I want that pronoun pin dang it 🧡 And I definitely need to borrow that concept for future games; I mostly make solo journaling games that have minimal mechanics, and I love how seamlessly you weave a few cool mechanics in here!

- ✨Beth

ven taylor204 days ago(+1)

I am so glad you liked the prompts! I think that the physical card designs that differ can be great inspiration in solo games, but there are always free online decks that work great if you just want to try out a game that uses tarot cards! It's such a fun mechanic I would definitely recommend it.

Thank you for your compliments about the shop mechanic!! If you make any games with a similar mechanic please let me know, I'd love to play them! I am obsessed with solo journaling games. I think the idea of having a "shop" players can use to buy different benefits might be a fun way to mimic GM shop mechanics in full group DND. Thanks so much for your comment and feedback!

Also: I have been told this game would actually be really easy to modify to fit all sorts of customer-facing positions, so if you ever want to actually swap in your real job to play in the astral realm, all that really needs to change is the coffee context and maybe a couple shop items. I didn't realize how generally applicable it was!

Beth and Angel Make Games204 days ago

YES! And the shop mechanics also remind me of the rogue-lite video games I love so much, and are so brilliant at cancelling out the bad luck of dice or cards over time.

And yeah, you're absolutely right; there's an incredibly hackable system in here that you're created!

I also have to note that when my partner came over to check out the game I was telling her was so cool, she pointed out how awesome your layout and art in this game was 🙌 And when I was telling my friends, I had to quote that line about "a barista by day and at night... also a barista" 🤣

It was absolutely my pleasure to check this out and give feedback 🧡

Beth and Angel Make Games204 days ago

Oh, and I'll definitely let you know if/when I do 🧡 Thanks for the encouragement to "borrow" the concept of the shop across days/plays! I totally agree on solo journaling games: journaling has helped me so much with my bipolar, coming out, and all of the emotions that come with both of those. And I love the way that journaling via games allows us to experience things we'd never experience otherwise, or feel safe trying out, all while having fun alone!

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