To be honest, I have been playing mobile games for 20 years. From the days of Symbian when I used Java emulators to play various small games, now I have hundreds of applications installed on my phone, and I have never touched any type of game. But if we really want to talk about something that makes people calm down, the "Book of Changes AI Divination" I saw on the forum recently is a bit interesting.
Not to brag, I was a little hesitant when I first saw this name. After all, there are too many APPs on the market under the banner of Chinese studies. Nine out of ten are fortune-telling software in disguise, and the remaining one may not even be able to memorize all the hexagrams. But after downloading it and giving it a try, I found that this thing is indeed very solid.
Let's talk about the gameplay first. This software supports three hexagram methods: money hexagram, number hexagram, and time hexagram. The most traditional money hexagram is to toss three copper coins and record the heads and tails, but there is a bonus here. It supports taking photos to identify the heads and tails of coins. I thought it was a gimmick at first, but then I gave it a try. I scattered three one-dollar coins and took a photo. The system was able to recognize the yin and yang sides. This technology is considered top-notch among metaphysics software.
Number hexagrams and time hexagrams are more suitable for fishing in the office. Say something silently in your mind, enter three numbers at random, or directly ask the system to take the hexagram based on the current time, and the result will be available in a few seconds. Every time a hexagram is completed, the original hexagram, changed hexagrams, and moving lines will be arranged for you. Even the hexagram images are clearly drawn, which is quite friendly to a dabbler like me.
Content is the highlight. Under each hexagram, the original text is word-for-word, including the hexagrams, the legends, the legends, and the six lines and lines, with annotations. I checked several places against the "Zhouyi Translation and Annotations" published by Zhonghua Book Company and found no errors or omissions. This deserves praise. The core is its AI vernacular translation, which explains it in a simple way without losing the original meaning. For example, the Qian Gua sentence "A dragon that flies too high will have regrets" is translated into vernacular as "A dragon that flies too high will have regrets", and then adds two sentences to explain not to overdo anything. This understanding is quite accurate.
I have played some similar divination software before, but the common problem is that it only gives you one result, and the interpretation is all up to your own guessing. In this software, you can also see the analysis of changing fortunes, whether the moving line is the ninth, ninth, or ninth day of the lunar month, and each position has specific predictions of good or bad luck. This thing looks like something made by people who understand it at first glance.
To be honest, after using it for more than a week, my feeling is that it is essentially a tool, not a game. There is no upgrade system, no damage values, and no physical limits. But it is precisely this purity that gives it a return to nature. Just like the minimalist word games we used to play on Nokia when we were kids, there are no fancy special effects and it just relies on the content and logic itself to make people immersed.
Finally, let's talk a little bit hypocritically. Modern people live at a fast pace, and when playing chicken, they want to turn on the double speed. It is a rare experience to be able to calm down and make a hexagram, read the line and ponder the truth. I think the developer is "7 Tan Game Community", and I don't know what kind of team it is, but I am convinced that it can make such a clean product without making quick money. If you are also interested in traditional culture, or just want to find an APP that can slow you down, you can try it. Just think of it as a new job for yourself, and it's free anyway.