i made this as an engine/algorithm test for a deduction game i am working on, spawned out of some random puzzle-solver algorithm tests for solipcyst. the full game will not be called tarotle and is more of a run-based "you are a fortune teller" air quotes deckbuilder. you will use sleight of hand, gimmicked cards, various tzotchkes, decorations, and cold reading to deduce "what does this client want, and, more importantly, what do they need?", and then deliver it to them in the form of a tarot reading. your goal, as in most run-based deckbuilders, is to pay your rent.
tarotle has none of that.
tarotle is a pure deduction puzzle based around assigning three out of a hand of five tarot cards to a series of ambiguous-but-true statements in order to tell the querent what they need to hear. if you like tarot, you may enjoy it. if you like zebra puzzles and formal logic riddles, you will almost certainly enjoy it. more features will be added slowly as i work on them between bouts of depressive anhedonia.
tarotle, like wordle, has a new, static puzzle each day, as well as an easy way to share your scores with others. every puzzle has at least one guaranteed path to 100%, but the combination space is large enough that brute forcing is not really a viable strategy.
please try tarotle at your leisure and feel free to let me know your score. someone in a rush will take 1-2 minutes. someone with a notebook and pen and paper will take anywhere from 5-15 minutes, if not more, and have a much better time, in my opinion.
thank you!
