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Solitary Cat

The ultimate lightweight solitaire featuring simple yet robust rules for hours of dark-mode fun! Based on Klondike, 40 Thieves, and Bakers Game.

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Mad Science Labs
Publisher
Mad Science Labs
Release
November 5, 2023
2 years and 271 days ago
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About the Game

The ultimate lightweight solitaire featuring simple yet robust rules for hours of dark-mode fun! Based on Klondike, 40 Thieves, and Bakers Game.

VICTORY SLOTS

  • The victory slots form the top two rows, and are marked with "A".
  • To win, fill victory slots from same-suit ascending (Ace to King).

BUFFER SLOTS

  • Under the victory slots are the buffer slots.
  • Buffer slots can hold only one card, and are used as a swap space.

PLAY SLOTS

  • Under the buffer slots are the play slots, filled with cards.
  • You can draw from, and place cards here to help you win.
  • To place, cards must be ordered same-suit descending (King to Ace).

ROTATING DECK

  • Under the play slots at the bottom is the rotating deck.
  • Dragging from anywhere that is not a card or UI will rotate the deck.
  • You may also use the mouse wheel.
  • The rotating deck consists of specialized play slots (marked with a pentagon when empty).
  • These specialized slots can only be taken from.
  • If you empty a specialized slot however, it will thereafter behave like a buffer slot.

GAMEPLAY

  • Drag cards around to play.
  • Tapping a card will have it attempt to move automatically, first to a victory slot, then to a play slot.
  • If no move is found the card will shake no.
  • If multiple moves are found, the card will shake excitedly and the available moves will be highlighted via the cards at the available moves rotating.
  • Pressing and holding a card will try to move it to a buffer slot. Note the progress bar at the top must be full before you can let go.

UNDO

  • Pressing "nevermind" will undo previous actions.
  • It is recommended to use this strategically, as part of gameplay.
  • You have a maximum of 2 full decks worth of undo's (104 undo's).

ADDITIONAL NOTES

  • Cards in the play slots will reveal themselves such that 5 cards always show face up (even if you use "nevermind", they will still stay face up, and this is by design).
  • Middle click or press spacebar to reverse the rotating deck's direction of travel.

COLORS

  • You may change the main card color, per-suit, of the cards from the main menu's "Card Colors" section.
  • You may change the hue and saturation per-suit to your liking.

Trailer music information:

  • Thank-you to the amazing Kevin MacLeod
  • Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies by Kevin MacLeod
  • Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0
  • Free Download / Stream
  • Music promoted by Audio Library
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