Development Log: The Vortex #16 - The Infinite

Now we get into the meat of the game: the actual player's color cards, or Devotees. These are basically units or creatures in other games. Here is also where, surprisingly, the placeholder art is the most difficult to find. Despite being nouns (usually), the placeholder art rarely captures what I'm going for specifically, but I'll point them out when they do.

Anyway, each color represents a different sect trying to convert the other sects.

First, Green cards, which represent "The Infinite".

The simple cards.  Every sect has seven no-nonsense cards that are just stats.  Cards #8 and up have special text.

In general, The Infinite is a sect based on intellect, converting through reason, a solid backing in scripture, and even science. Think of The Infinite as the intellectuals, who think that the true path can be found through use of the brain. You might think of them like Enlightenment philosophers like Pascal or Descartes who argue their way to their conclusions.

They would agree with Galileo who said "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use".

So most of the time, the first stat (the Book icon) is the most powerful stat on Green cards.

However, if they are too intellectual, they can sometimes go way over the heads of the other sects' Devotees they're trying to convert, and find themselves unable to convert less intelligent cards.

Their hated enemy is Red, who prefers bloody murder to pleasant discussions, but we'll get to them later.  This means, however, that in general the Attack stat (the swords icon) is their weakest stat.

To begin with the cards above:

The first card, Servants of the Infinite, is a standard card.  Every color has one "Servants of..." card that is an even 2 in every stat.  I use a pawn picture to suggest they are the simplest cards.

After that, you can see the theme of this set emerging with the Star Trek placeholders, suggesting they use technology to advance their cause.  Also, Returned is Green because it suggests someone who has died and knows what the afterlife is like, and therefore has proof on his side, which The Infinite cares about deeply.  Trailblazers suggests that they are always advancing, always going through the deepest reaches of space to discover new things, and are never satisfied with their current understanding of the universe.