Edmund, why am i not surprised by your take on this, followed as usual by the pot of tea. You make is sound so negative. You make public assumptions that its geared to marketing and merchandise, i.e the figurines are obligatory extras, (as far as i'm aware that is not the case). Now since its a subscription based service you are right in so far as the longer one remains a subscriber the more one will get from it, as new and more material will constantly be added. But to spin that into the "the more money you spend the more secrets you get" is a deliberately tainted parsing of the concept.
You state that no one can really grasp what it is. Really? no-one? Yet despite that somehow it managed to raise an approximate $30,000. Nevertheless If some people are still genuinely confused as to what it all is, a video, an adventure game, a resource of information and learning, an interactive community or all of the above, I can understand that remaining confusion. However if those people were even slightly interested in participating, but genuinely wanted further clarification before doing so (or not) I'm sure they could contact the team behind it and ask specific questions.
You ask whats the point of the project, I in turn ask whats really the point of your post other to put a negative spin and to put doubts in peoples mind, about something you claim to not understand. But I do know the answer to whats your point, thats why I was expecting such a post from you at some point. If you really were interested in knowing more you know who to ask, but is clarity really your motivation?
You ask "apart from the visual parts" whats different? Yet the "visual parts" is an integral, if not principal part, of most tarot projects wouldn't you say.
Edmund lets cut to the chase here, you try and make this all sound like a money making scheme with questionable purpose, value or staying power. I resent that, as from my perspective this project represents a very poor return for the hours I have put in and would need to continue putting in. So i can assure you its not all about frigging making money. You even question the ephemeral quality of technology. And yet we are discussing this through technology. You may prefer your physical deck, thats your preference, but its not a justifiable rational to trash an attempt by others to produce and provide a different tarot experience. Technology is part of tarot's present and certainly its future. But this is all playing games. Your issue is not with not knowing what this project is, or with technology, your issue is once again a personal one with the people behind it... you know it, i know it. To go to the effort of writing a lengthy post just to raise doubts on the work of your peers is taking holding a grudge too far.
This is not a rip off or a scam, or something that may not be around for long. I am an artist but not a rip off artist. If this project does get funded and launched, and subscribers then conclude its not for them, they can unsubscribe.... PLEASE Edmund..... let the personal grudges go, enough time has passed don't your think?