Game Description

You are yet unborn, but your future is already on the line. Determined to re-live her life in your place, the Foremother has brought you into her tent in the Space Between Hours and compels you to take part in her cruel game of tarot and fortunes.

Fortune-Taker is an easy to learn yet difficult to master single-player card game in which you must plan your strategy, cast your bones, and harness the unique powers of the tarot cards. Do this, and turn the tables on the Foremother to beat her at her own twisted game and secure your future.

Fight for your life… or see your fate be torn away, made into but another feast of the Foremother’s endless cycle.

Key features:

Strategically choose from the tarot cards available, each with their own unique abilities, to maximise offense or offset losses within everchanging circumstances

Immerse yourself in the unsettling sights and otherworldly sounds of the Foremother’s universe as you stake your soul in her heart-stopping game.

Rise up and become the Foremother’s truest rival and heed her words as she remarks on your actions through many unique lines of dialogue. Sometimes her mind is in the present, sometimes it almost seems to be somewhere else entirely…

How to play:

Winning the game:

The player has six health points. Each pin within the doll represents a reduction of one health point from the total. At six pins, the player loses.

The Foremother also has six health points. Her current health points are displayed by the number of flames surrounding the crystal ball. Once all flames have vanished, the player wins.

Dealing damage:

Roll your bones upon the board. The bones may land on any section of the board, and each section corresponds to a number. Collectively roll a number equal to or greater than the Foremother’s threshold (displayed within the crystal ball) to deal damage to the Foremother at the end of the turn.

Depicted within the crystal ball each turn are a number of pins. The number of pins indicates the amount of damage the player will receive at the end of the turn if they fail to reach the threshold value.

Re-rolling:

Selected bones can be re-rolled two times each turn. Click on the bones you wish to change before clicking the re-roll button to plan the best attack.

Choosing cards:

Each turn, three cards with unique abilities are available to activate. The cards display a number corresponding to those on the pentagram. When a bone lands on that number, the card activates and can be selected to call it and trigger its effects.

Buttons:

Use the cursor to click on a button

Re-roll – select to roll for a new number

End turn – select to end the player’s current turn

Change view – depicted by the image of an eye, use to gain a new view of the table layout

Content warning:

This game contains depictions of gore as well as an overall atmosphere which is intended to make the player feel unsettled. Some players may find this game frightening.

Disclaimer:

Fortune-Taker is a work of fiction, and is not intended to contain any depictions or representations of particular real-world individuals, cultures or issues.

Credits:

Millie Doherty – Object modelling, texturing, UI design

https://dohertymillie8.wixsite.com/portfolio

Dennis Feklistov – Sound design, programming, special effects, music

https://bsky.app/profile/floodmic.bsky.social

Alex Konstandinou – Character modelling

https://www.artstation.com/houstonhoxton

Gavin Piliczky – Programming, special effects

https://www.artstation.com/piliczky

Arien Van Stralen – Card illustration

www.arienvanstralen.com

Edith Morris – Narrative and dialogue