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Cosmo in Tarot: Tarot Study Simulator

Record your insights in a traceable journal, and browse an 78-card reference library. Shuffling uses real-world physical entropy—millisecond keyboard input timings and characters to influence card weights, with no AI interpretation. All readings are for entertainment only, not real-life guidance.

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About the Game

This is a tarot self-study and self-exploration simulator with a serene atmosphere. The game offers free divination with 15 classic spreads, a traceable notebook that links related divination histories through associative inference, and a quick, convenient card-meaning retrieval navigation tool for all 78 cards. The divination algorithm uses real-world physical entropy sources—millisecond-level time intervals from random keyboard input and permutations of different keyboard characters—to integrate random algorithms that adjust the elemental weights in the shuffling results, and does not employ AI subjective interpretation. Its core feature, the "asynchronous online sticky note" system, allows legitimate players to randomly pick up narrative fragments from different DLC decks in parallel worlds when drawing cards. The tarot interpretations in the game are for entertainment and reference only, and should not be used as a basis for real-world decisions.

Description
This is not just a tarot teaching tool, but a silent practice of conversing with yourself.
Scattered fragments of words accidentally left behind by the soul. You can systematically learn the Waite Tarot system, record real divination readings on a free-form canvas, add your own sticky-note annotations like a designer, and compile them into a calendar archive to trace past memories.

Core Gameplay

  • Free Divination & Inference: Offers 15 classic spreads, from single-card draws to the Celtic Cross. The history of each inference, along with your inspirations and sticky-note marks at the time, is fully preserved in your notebook, allowing you to revisit your train of thought at any time.

  • Immersive Library & Illustrated Guide: Includes a complete tarot card meaning retrieval system, supporting filtering by keywords, card categories, or elemental attributes. The card illustrated guide tracks your achievements, DLC deck unlock progress, and card-spirit draw status—all progress is bound to Steam cloud saves.

  • "Sticky Note" Asynchronous Online System: A unique social layer designed exclusively for legitimate players. On the single-card divination canvas, you can randomly pick up narrative fragments from other players' corpora. These short sentences, randomly combined from subject-verb-object corpora (e.g., "A naked dancer writes with chopsticks on the clouds"), form a parallel community where you can sense each other's presence without real-time interaction.

Story & Worldview
The game abandons traditional lengthy storylines, instead breaking the narrative into fragmented entries scattered across the sticky-note canvas. The default deck's protagonist is "The World" card—a naked dancer living on the clouds, who creates at home with only a towel covering her/him. Her/his world is filled with pink Y2K glitch art, high-temperature blue screens, and the inexplicable everyday zen of things like "the cat bit the wire, so I had to change the power strip." These fragmented surrealist pieces together form a spiritual self-portrait of modern youth. With subsequent DLC updates, more decks and corpora will bring you an endless stream of new puzzles.