You said it's not a serious game, but between being a bit confused, your write-up about tearing* cards and its general ambiance, it gave me an inscryption kind of vibe, not in a dreadful way, but in that I was playing an otherworldly being who was revealing me the secrets of the universe while/by playing cards.
*There's an old cool MTG story about that kind of thing, look up Rhystic Studies' "The Orb | A History of Magic's Early Years" video, if you're unaware of it, you're gonna like it :)