Mike and Ting talk about Balatro.

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Show Notes:

What is Balatro?

• Jester - Wikipedia
• Balatro
• A 127,076x Multiplier to the Moon! | Balatro | Road to 100% #18 (YouTube)
• The Making of Balatro (feat. LocalThunk) - Dear Dwyery #01 (YouTube)
• Big two - Wikipedia
• “Balatro is the first Deckbuilder I ever played!” (from LocalThunk’s reddit AMA)
• Slay The Spire Meets Las Vegas (Luck Be A Landlord) (YouTube)
• Quantity leads to quality (the origin of a parable)
• 'The Looker': The Art of Parody Against the Menace of Goofiness (YouTube)
• Balatro - Complete Original Soundtrack (Official) (YouTube)
• This might be 2023's best roguelite (Balatro) (YouTube)
• Balatro doesn’t collect telemetry! (from LocalThunk’s reddit AMA)
• Slay the Spire: Metrics Driven Design and Balance (YouTube)

Mechanics

• Blinds and Antes | Balatro Wiki
• Card Modifiers | Balatro Wiki
• Jokers | Balatro Wiki
• Booster Packs | Balatro Wiki
• Balatro bumped from some console storefronts due to ratings change - The Verge

Strategy

• Mike’s Balatro stats
• Ting’s Balatro stats
• Stakes | Balatro Wiki
• 1.0.1f patch is live on Steam! : r/balatro
• Tags | Balatro Wiki
• The Infinite Point Hand
• Smeared Joker (Joker) | Balatro Wiki
• Checkered Deck | Balatro Wiki
• Loyalty Card (Joker) | Balatro Wiki
• Spectral Cards | Balatro Wiki
• Vouchers | Balatro Wiki

Favourites

• Cavendish (Joker) | Balatro Wiki
• Gros Michel banana - Wikipedia
• Swashbuckler (Joker) | Balatro Wiki
• Blue Joker (Joker) | Balatro Wiki
• Hologram (Joker) | Balatro Wiki
• Erosion (Joker) | Balatro Wiki
• Baseball Card (Joker) | Balatro Wiki
• Burnt Joker (Joker) | Balatro Wiki
• Ramen (Joker) | Balatro Wiki
• Perkeo (Joker) | Balatro Wiki

Summary

• Dopamine - Wikipedia
• Love2d.org
• After selling 1 million copies, Balatro creator admits it's "held together with hopes and dreams" as game devs rally around the roguelike's beautifully nightmarish code
• Source code from Balatro : r/programminghorror
• Architecture astronaut - Wikipedia
• Jonathan Blow shows more footage of his new Sokoban-inspired game | Eurogamer.net
• Balatro - Metacritic