Pure Data Playing Cards
A deck stripped to pure data
Pure Data Playing Cards launched on March 19, 2026 with 3 votes, #3,303 of 23,380 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.
What it does
Playing cards have used the same visual language for 600 years - suits, pips, court illustrations. Pure Data strips all of that away. Every card in the deck is a structured JSON object: rank, suit, type. Nothing else. A companion web app uses OCR to scan the cards and render the face visually. The deck functions as both a physical object and a dataset. Funded in 24 hours on Kickstarter. Currently at 400%.
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