in fact I'm working on several, because the intention is experimental: I'd like to test different methods of shuffling the cards, and invite users to see which algorithm "feels" better to them, more likely to give satisfying readings. pure randomization isn't necessary the way—and anyway, there's lots of ways to generate pseudorandom numbers.
using HTML5 / Javascript with a spot of PHP. during testing, of course I got a Tower reading.
~Chara (and the gang)
at least it's testable. I wanted to add some more polish to the UX but after a few hours of mostly failed futzing around with this or that HTML5 / CSS / Javascript feature—we've never done something like this before, so we're trying to learn on the fly—I gave up on trying to make it look more than bare-bones.
I'm not saying what the algorithm is, behind this (it's not fancy at all) but it does use the prompt text to seed the shuffling algorithm. and there's an actual (well, virtual) deck being scrambled and rescrambled, rather than just picking random card numbers.
I invite people to try it out, and tell me if there's any problems with it. and if anyone tries using it for an extended spell, I'd like to know how the program...well, feels.
maybe I should put some contact information on the page, or something...
~Chara of Pnictogen