Divination is a ritual that is as old as song and language - as ingrained into us since we looked to the shadows and wondered what resided past what we could not see. In the search for answers, however, we sometimes find ourselves deeply intertwined with the world around us, swallowed in myth.

This is to divine your answer and plan your path forward. You are the mystic, the oracle, and perhaps even the hero of this story - or you are scrying the fate of a hero, assigned with hope that your abilities will guide them. Your skills and intuition are needed to put to words what the future holds - even if it spells out doom.

You write the story as it comes to you. With each draw of a card, you must discern how it correlates with the cards that have come before it and what the muses are trying to tell you. Write not what happens next, but what has been revealed: what the myth holds now, what was illuminated, and what yet remains in shadow. The story does not conclude here - it flows from the cards into you. You do not need to carry the weight of traditional tarot into Diviner le Mythe; trust your intuition and let the story unfold.

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Diviner le Mythe can be customized in all manners. Use it as a guideline for writing exercises, change the rules to suit your playstyle, or even use it as a basis for drawing! They can also be used for journaling, character exploration, world-building, TTRPG campaign development - the options are endless and only limited by your creativity!

There are no limits to the way in which you can play, and there is no right or wrong way to play if you feel that it supports your proper playstyle. If you feel that the story requires more clarity, continue to divine until you feel that you have found what is truly the “right” path - the game’s rules are only one way to play, and sometimes myths have their own strange, curious ways in which they manifest.

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If you enjoyed the story you have told through Diviner le Mythe and want to share what you have created, share it with me! I love knowing the different ways your myths evolve and where all they go - so please feel free to show me where I can be reached:

• The comments section of the itch.io page (right down below!)
  • oraecle.itch.io/diviner
• Bluesky
  • oraecle.bsky.social
• Email
  • contactme.glade698@passinbox.com

This game was made for the Screamology 2026 Game Jam, with the theme of Knowledge! 
There will be future updates to include a more stylized version - but for now it is perfectly playable in this state!
It is 5,982 words long!