Passing Notes
How to play Folded Fate
Fold the corners in. Partner picks a packet.
Don't plan the date. Play for it. You don't have to agree on a plan. Just agree to play.
Start
- Pick a mode: Zero Thought (schema defaults, skip edit and secret add), Make It Ours (defaults loaded, replace any slot, secret add while the phone is yours), or Blank Slate (empty lists — does not silently refill defaults).
- Each category is authored with five options: food, activity, game, entertainment. You need exactly five live options in every category or you do not start.
- Filter: trim, drop blanks, 1–40 characters. Duplicates are case-sensitive. Pizza and pizza are both allowed; two "pizza" collapse to one.
The ritual
- On Make It Ours or Blank Slate, secretly change any slot while the phone is yours. Then fold.
- Fold the four corners in. That plus the center makes five packets.
- Pass the phone. Partner sees packet backs 1–5, not the faces.
- Partner picks a packet, or says / types 1–5.
- Unfold. Panel i is option i in every category (1-indexed). One pick, four winners.
- Result: Tonight: food · activity · game · entertainment.
Fold animation is optional. Reduced motion shows packets instantly. Say or type 1–5 is the real a11y path, not a fallback randomizer. No Math.random().
Panels (locked)
| Panel | Position | Option index |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | top-left | 1 |
| 2 | top-right | 2 |
| 3 | bottom-left | 3 |
| 4 | bottom-right | 4 |
| 5 | center | 5 |
All five can win. If a mapped slot is missing after filter, that packet is dead — pick again. Do not invent a winner.
Locked oracle
Panel 3 on the defaults → Food Hot-dog sunset / Activity Cloud-naming blanket / Game Dish-Jenga / Entertainment Sunday-funnies read.
Food list: 1 Breakfast nachos, 2 Soup-and-bread night, 3 Hot-dog sunset, 4 Cereal-bar deluxe, 5 Quesadilla bar. Panel 3 is not Cereal-bar deluxe.