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Proposition I.

Shenzhen Solitaire

The card game buried inside SHENZHEN I/O, rebuilt from scratch. Three suits of nine, twelve cats, one mouse. Click a run to lift it, click again to drop it — press R for a new deal.

Deck
40
Suits
3
Free cells
3

How to play

Goal. Stack all three suits from 1 to 9 in the holders on the right, and gather every cat.

  • In the tableau a card may sit on a card of a different suit whose number is exactly one higher. A run built that way moves as one.
  • The three cells on the left each hold any single card.
  • When all four cats of one colour are exposed — on top of a pile or in a cell — press that colour's button. They stack together and take one free cell with them.
  • The mouse is a bonus card: it leaves for the middle holder on its own the moment it is exposed.
  • Number cards fly to their holder automatically once no card on the board still needs them. You can always send one up by hand: select it, then click the holder.

Original game by Zachtronics. This rebuild's source.