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Holy s***. Now that is a game.” Despite not wanting previous deckbuilders to influence their work on Balatro, five months later, in October 2023, another note on Slay the Spire appeared ...

At several points during the development of Balatro, LocalThunk relied heavily on people who played early builds — at first, his friends, and later, a group of playtesters. That feedback wasn ...

it wasn’t long after this experience that LocalThunk started having opportunities to “watch the fruits of [his] labour for once,” like watching a pre-launch Balatro tournament livestream ...

Balatro creator LocalThunk has remained pretty private in the wake of the poker roguelike's massive launch, choosing not to reveal his real name or even appear in person to accept the Best ...

Balatro developer Local Thunk has published an extensive history of the game's development to his personal blog, in which he admits he didn't play any rogue-like games at all during Balatro's ...

Balatro developer LocalThunk has released a complete timeline of the game's development, from its inception in 2021 to its eventual launch on 20th February 2024. You can read the whole thing on ...