https://ghostcatte.carrd.co 2025-01-12 daily 1.0 https://ghostcatte.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/3663dc0d.jpg the Mercury desktop https://ghostcatte.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/5f50b179.jpg **Mahjong** was an obvious choice for me to implement as an app. I remember playing Taipei on my grandmother's Windows 95 PC whenever we went to visit https://ghostcatte.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/96f9f374.jpg **ZPainter** is a weird, minimalist painting app. Vaguely inspired by Windows Paint and browser-based Oekaki drawing boards, it's intentionally simple https://ghostcatte.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/6811bfb3.jpg **Netrad** is a basic internet radio player. There are a few preprogrammed stations, as well as the ability to add new stations https://ghostcatte.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/839a1565.jpg **MCode** is an IDE for writing and executing code in the fictional Mercury language. Players read data from "remote devices" such as the @INPUT register, and write them to internal registers and external devices. https://ghostcatte.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery02/6608e35d.jpg **Encounter UI**. The player (left) draws cards and spends energy to play them. When their turn is complete, enemies execute their intents, and then the player draws a new hand https://ghostcatte.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery02/59de0fbd.jpg **The Map** shows progress on the current run. Players start at the top and each encounter unlocks 1-2 new encounters on the next level of the map. https://ghostcatte.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery02/443ff36d.jpg **Shrine UI**. Shrines allow the player to gain boons, at a cost. When players first encounter shrines, they must choose "Decipher the carvings" to unlock new rituals. This progress is saved globally, so future runs will have access to previously acquired https://ghostcatte.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery02/f7f7d338.jpg **Rewards selection.** After each successful encounter, the player is offered a choice of 3 cards to add to their deck. Which cards are available is based on probability tables, which favor rarer cards the further into the run the player is. https://ghostcatte.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery03/2d661b16.jpg **exa-viewer**, showing multiple EXAs, their register states, and the current line of execution for each EXA. https://ghostcatte.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery03/208e8717.jpg **Language reference** built in to the environment