Forgotten Words is a two-player card game for Windows. Its cards print no rules text: a Soul shows its Attack and Health, a Rite shows its name and its art, and that is all. The server knows every rule, and you learn them by playing.
Build a deck of fifty from over three hundred cards, take it online against a friend, or walk the Journey, a world of 63 places and 27 characters who each play their own deck and have something to say about yours.
The server is public! Download the game, start it, and you're at the table at play.forgottenwordsgame.com: no VPN, no host to ask. Played at the old Radmin table? Your account comes along by itself. Rather keep a table of your own? There's a second download with the server in it. Also new: the game says what it keeps about you (Privacy, on the main menu), and the music's composer, Nicolas Jeudy, is in the credits.
It's out of beta! The big one: make your own cards. The Card Maker lets you pick the art (or bring your own), the type, the stats, the films and any effect the game knows, with your own numbers. Hand the file to your host and it's in the game. Hosts get Custom Calamity, a booster that deals nothing but their server's own cards. On top of that: 141 brand new effects to build with, a proper table and soundtrack for the Draft, wording fixes all over, and Godot finally gets the credit it deserves.
The current version adds some needed detail behind the scene. From stuff that is front and center, such as a new font, to network issues that would make this game a bit costly to run on some networks.
A settings screen, deck codes, collection filters, replays and one-key bug reports. Draft mode against the AI or a friend, best-of-three friend matches with handicaps, and Pilgrimage records. Friend requests actually work in a non-cryptic way, the title card is a bit less monotone.
Twenty-one new Beyond cards join the packs. Beyond Cards are big gamechangers that are easy to play, but often help your opponent as much as you.
Each character of the Journey got a big card of their own: new art, unique foils and a change to the whole board that you can see clearly on the table.
I renamed the game to Forgotten Words. Claude added the Master AI, a friend system with invites, and is testing Beyond Cards.