You
Virtuoso
Flame-Heart
- Attack
- 1
- Health
- 1
How to Play
Less tap-tap. More blah-blah.
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The Gameplay Loop
Every moment follows four beats.
Listen
The narrator sets the scene.
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Think
Your properties shape your options.
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Speak
Say your choice. The story listens.
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React
The story adapts.
Voice As Gameplay
How you say it determines how much you earn.
“I pick the sword.”
5 XP“The blade calls to me.”
60 XP“This cursed blade whispers dark promises...”
99 XPProperties: Your Action Space
Properties aren't stats. They're verbs.
Kira has 'lockpicking.' The door is locked. You say: 'Kira, pick the lock.' That's it. That's your action space.
Mr Muscle
Virtuoso
Intimidation
- Attack
- 6
- Health
- 3
Each property on your card is something you can do.
Attack determines damage. Health determines how much you take before the card burns.
Flame-Heart
- Locked door? 'I melt the hinges.'
- Ambush? 'I ignite the air between us.'
- Interrogation? 'I hold a flame to his face and ask again.'
Intimidation
- Bar fight? 'I stare them down until they sit.'
- Negotiation? 'I lean in and whisper what happens if they refuse.'
No matching property? You can try — but you'll take recoil damage.
Field Notes from Dead Time
First real combat. I panic-describe 'a tornado of broken promises.' IT WORKS. Bonus damage for emotional resonance.
Ancient door wants 'proof of wisdom.' I use my thief to 'steal wisdom from the door itself.' Game pauses. Then: 'The door opens, impressed by your audacity.'
Earned a safecracker in a heist story. Next story: alien invasion. I bring the safecracker. He cracks their spaceship. Cards travel between worlds.
Want to know more about your new superpowers?
XP forges cards. Cards change the rules.
Every card hides something.