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More like repurposing games to play other existing games rather than the overhaul you're talking about.
In the most loving way possible and as a software engineer myself, this is an engineer's idea of what a deck of cards should look like.
On the other hand: Greg Egan ([1], [2]) is a mathematician and novelist. His novels are sometimes considered to be barely readable (if you are not part of his audience). On the other hand: he does seem to understand why people read his novels - he knows his audience. :-D Readers praise his novels for the worldbuilding (though commonly the story is considered to the weaker side of many of his novels).
So I do imagine that such engineers who write novels perfectly know why people read - they just write for a different audience. :-)
I think you read novels by bad writers, who happened to be engineers.
That being said, I love the page. The layout, use of colors and the content.
The first paragraph says: "The DIY multideck is ideal for traveling, prototyping new games, and trying games before buying." (emphasis mine)
However. Its hilariously unrealistic. Just memorize these 500 simple glyph's and become a master of conceptual game design and you can play anything with this deck!
The hard part is not the deck. Its finding another person that will actually learn all this so you can use it,lol.
* https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/39987/one-deck (my own attempt)
* https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/59655/rainbow-deck
But for something different, I suggest looking at the Decktet, https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37301/decktet , which is an unusual multi suited deck, which people have ported games to use.
Then this can be marketed as "20+ games in 1" in airport giftshops, the idea being that you expand the market well beyond board game enthusiasts and prototypers to casual gamers.
If this were a product from someplace that doesn't respect copyright at all, each card would likely just be a grid of miniaturized original cards from various games and some mapping/instruction cards, and maybe a crappy smartphone app.
Here's one I peek at from time to time: http://wiki.decktet.com/introduction-to-the-decktet
Yes, you can play briscas: https://diymultideck.mauri.app/games/spanish-deck/ (and also any other common deck)
Considering the emergence of 3D video games at that time, I indeed loved to imagine how a 3D version of Skat might look like. :-)
I like the "go first" dice
