I wanted to give an update on the Balatro 1.1 release date: localthunk.com/blog/im-slow TL;DR is that it will not be coming out in 2025, it is still coming out for sure, and I'm sorry. The new timeline is "it's done when it's done" Please read the blog post for more details

✨️I've been working on this lovely game with a lovely team!✨️ Please give this project some love (and wishlists!) Hope you enjoyed the trailer!❤️

My friend Paci has been working on this for a while, so cool to see the store page after all the iterations the game has gone through! Very excited for this one ⛏️ one of those games I’ll probably sink a bunch of hours into on my Steam Deck

What a year it's been! After a year of hard work we can finally let you try Nice To Yeet You! #gamedev #indiegame #fightinggame #brawler #nicetoyeetyou #ntyy 1/2

Balatro 4: Jimborigins

if you wanna make video games as a career you have to enjoy the process of making video games. its not enough to just enjoy the end result. same goes for most types of creative works

Nope! I have no earthly idea what he’s talking about 🌝

I’m really stoked to play my friend’s game The Quizard’s Domain when it releases! Looks like it’s coming along great so far

If you don't know Dan, he's the dev behind Luck Be a Landlord; the game that inspired me to make Balatro and influenced tons of other devs to expand on this genre he shaped His newest game Maze Mice just left early access! You should check it out! I'm going to be playing it all weekend

I have 100% completed Balatro! Was a ton of fun to hunt for Completionist++. I play a few runs before bed and it's been a great part of my daily routine. I think it's also equipped me to better design the 1.1 update Pumped to do it all over again with the new content when it comes out!

People and media often say Balatro was made by 'one guy'. I feel like that unfortunately may be stoking the flames of this David vs. Goliath narrative a tiny bit No it was not 'one guy', look at the dang in-game credits

OMG! 20,000 Wishlists. 🎉🎉🎉 Thank you all so much. This has never happened to us before. It's quite something. :-) Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

Play Arco. Arco is a game that is good, unique, and gorgeous. Play Arco. What more could you want? Have you played Arco yet? 🅰️rco

>:)

The honest reason I don't have microtransactions/season pass/ads/100 DLCs/etc in Balatro isn't just about the ethics of those practices but because when I play other games that have those things it makes me want to put my computer in the dishwasher and set it to pots & pans

Pointless Balatro lore: When I started Balatro dev I was living in my hometown of Regina, Saskatchewan. I had a bus stop outside my apartment (similar to the one in this image) and I based the art of 'Ride the Bus' on that bus stop! Every time I see that joker it reminds me of my old apartment

I'm glad this video was somehow still able to happen despite all the garbage the staff at @polygon.com have gone through. Please give it a watch and support independent games media.

Introducing Balatro: choose your own adventure edition! This compact 96 volume set includes riveting gameplay from 2 unique seeds across only 84,000 pages. Reroll shop 4? Simply go to vol 41 pg 338! Reroll again? Vol 11 pg 740! Endless entertainment! (Note: endless mode not included)

Nothing fills my cup more than seeing my fellow indie devs, and in this case I’m proud to say my friends, succeed in launching their game. I’m beyond excited for the team at Pengonauts, they’ve created one of the best in the genre with StarVaders Go play it! Support an indie!

NOOOOOOOOOOOO I'M AT 144/150

I TOLD YALL THIS GAME WOULD SLAP

If you didn't get the switch 2 don't fret. You can always...switch 2 a book 😏

Best Buy don’t you dare do me like this

I'm not an imposter in this industry I'm not an imposter in this industry I'm not an imposter in this industry I'm not an imposter in this industry

oh my god you've been teasing Blue Prince this whole time

Blue Prince is already one of the best games I’ve ever played and I still feel like I’m scratching the surface. Released today but lucky me I’ve been playing it all week (perks of the job) Get a journal, a pen, and buy the game already

Catch my goofy ass card game in the new season of Black Mirror

Anyone see Jimbo walking around with a BAFTA? My dude locked me in the bathroom and wrote his own speech

Here to say everything everyone is saying about Blue Prince is true. It's so good. It's my GOTY so far. Trust me in saying you should go into it knowing as little about its mechanics as possible, it's so much more fun that way!

Blue Prince will get a GOTY nomination at TGA

Apparently Balatro videos are being rated 18+ on YouTube now for gambling Good thing we are protecting children from knowing what a 4 of a kind is and letting them watch CS case opening videos instead

I'm gonna rinse him, he has no shot

Those that know nothing about Ed McMillen: is he okay? Those that know anything about Ed McMillen: this is going to be a fucking masterpiece www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyWc...

Beat every deck on every difficulty! I still want to 100% the game, I'm having a really great time and I think I know my game a lot better now. I also think all this time playing has killed any negative emotions I had toward it after all the stress from launch.

one of my fav moments from GDC - they had a booth set up to play Balatro since it was an award nominee. I watched for a bit then I gave it a go myself. Crushed a white stake run someone approached me as I was about to leave 'Wow you must have played this before!' 'I guess you could say that'

Oh I've also been playing Nubby's Number Factory lately and it's the first time since launch where I can honestly say that if you enjoy Balatro you will also probably get down with Nubby That game absolutely has the secret sauce

This game is juiced to the gills, you have got to check it out ⭐ Comes out in a month! ⭐

Jake has been making games for a long time and it’s a testament to his relationship with the craft that he produces games at incredible pace and at this level of quality Super excited to check out Forbidden Solitaire when it launches! Wishlist it if this looks dope to you

Working on beating Jokerless and uhhhh this game is kinda bullshit isn’t it

Now imagine my game yells BALATRO at you on startup but every person has a different pronunciation of Balatro depending on their user ID to sew chaos

Bring back the game splash screen that yells the name of the game at you

GDC was dope Highlight for me was playing the first ever card game using the Balatro playing cards with a bunch of really awesome indie dev friends I had met over the past couple years!

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"𝘉𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭."🃏 Good luck tonight @localthunk.bsky.social !🍌 #gdc2025 #igfawards #excellenceindesign

What playing cards mean to me and why we released a normal deck of Balatro playing cards: localthunk.com/blog/playing...

I was brainstorming some game ideas last night that were getting me excited and let me tell you whatever game I make next is going to be absolute dogshit

Honestly just skip Balatro, go to the Arco page and buy that game twice instead Have I mentioned how good Arco is recently? Arco is amazing. Go play Arco

The reason I went back to making Balatro 3 months after I essentially gave it up in March 2022 was because I was bored but the internet was out so I couldn't play Rocket League

As the guy that made the last Balatro, I did sign with a publisher (later in development) and in my case I really don't think Balatro would have blown up the way it did without them. Tons of my fellow devs are looking for support for their dream - and I know plenty that attend these events!

I've had parts of this written down for a while - but I thought it was about time to document the detailed version of what happened during Balatro development localthunk.com/blog/balatro...