🎙・server-chat

[strange meadow]

not my name

[scenic cliff]

yeaaaah lmfao

[twin harness]

basically your name

[blissful geode]

What a name

[scenic cliff]

steel monkey was just that great tho

[strange meadow]

not my name

[scenic cliff]

yo ts lowkey fire

[twin harness]

ok bye smooches

[rare yew]

oh believe me I know

[strange meadow]

bye bye

[rare yew]

It's been in the rotation since release in 2022

[blissful geode]

Ts lowkey making me think

[scenic cliff]

OOOOOH SHIT that drop

[rare yew]

A lot of Balatro was made while listening to this

[blissful geode]

I can hear why

[scenic cliff]

yo yeah true this does sound similar to some balatro music

[strange meadow]

thats pretty cool

[scenic cliff]

not as calm tho

[blissful geode]

It has the touch

[rare yew]

just you wait until we hit this shit

[scenic cliff]

i wish i could send gifs here lowkey

[blissful geode]

Yo im adding this to my playlist

[blissful geode]

SNOOP DOG? BUSTA RHYMES?

[scenic cliff]

i cant express myself through words on how sick this is

[wise lantern]

Anderson .Paak?!

[rare yew]

song 4 and 6 are probably the highlights tho

[blissful geode]

Failed embed

[scenic cliff]

is this like some fucked up prog jazz

[rare yew]

yeah

[scenic cliff]

its sick

[half herald]

I'm listening to Rise Against - Savior rn

[blissful geode]

Yo it lowkey gives me vibes of

[wise lantern]

Love prog music cough Dream Theater cough

[blissful geode]

Instrumental of jamiroquai

[scenic cliff]

nah legit it's its own thing

[strange meadow]

kinda feel this would be what a chill store would sound like

[blissful geode]

I mean it is

MAC DEMARCO ON THIS?

NO FUCKING WAY IM LISTENING TO PEAK 😭✌️

[scenic cliff]

how yall on track 6 already

[blissful geode]

Magic

[rare yew]

are you actually skipping ahead

[wise lantern]

I’m not

[rare yew]

bruh

[scenic cliff]

im on track 3 rn

[rare yew]

same

[wise lantern]

Same here

[strange meadow]

im sittin thru one piece by piece

[blissful geode]

No, had it on randomized, just noticed

[strange meadow]

im in no rush

[rare yew]

NOOOOOO

[blissful geode]

Forgot to deactivate it

[scenic cliff]

randomized is devious

[rare yew]

THEY ARE TELLING A STORY WITH THEIR MUSIC

[strange meadow]

awww maaaan

[blissful geode]

LET ME GO BACK

[rare yew]

lmao

[strange meadow]

not randomized....

[blissful geode]

Back to first step

[rare yew]

it's not a concept album no worries

[blissful geode]

Let me delete my memory rq

[scenic cliff]

oh these drums yes

[strange meadow]

what does it mean to be a concept album vs whatever a not a concept album would be

[rare yew]

omg I love BOWLiNG so much

[scenic cliff]

concept album tells a story iirc

like Hawaii part 2

[rare yew]

a concept album needs to be listened to in it's entirety from start to finish in order

[scenic cliff]

oh wait yeah?

[rare yew]

because the songs have some connection to each other

usually a narrative or something

[scenic cliff]

makes sense

[strange meadow]

thats pretty cool

[rare yew]

Like To Pimp A Butterfly

[scenic cliff]

ooooh shit this outro

TIGHT!!

[rare yew]

nice try

[wise lantern]

Or stuff like The Odyssey by Symphony X or Metropolis Part 2 by Dream Theater.

[scenic cliff]

time to get bowling

[wise lantern]

Cousin! Let us go bowling!

[scenic cliff]

holy crap this has lyrics

lets us go bowling

[blissful geode]

Yo this lowkey peak

[strange meadow]

what a curious experience this is to sit thru an album ive never heard of amongst other people ive never met

[scenic cliff]

lmfao true shit

[rare yew]

It's dope

[blissful geode]

I would play balatro to this

[strange meadow]

i like the vibes of these a lot

i might have to keep this album logged i feel like itll make writing n such a lil easier to get thru in one sitting

[rare yew]

I can rec some albums like this one, this is my fav genre

[strange meadow]

yea actually thatd be pretty sick

[blissful geode]

Listening to albums recommended by localthunk on the balatro server was not on my bingo card of 2026

[strange meadow]

might have to write these down or sumt

[blissful geode]

Ooo give us the albums

[scenic cliff]

I like some other types of albums (mostly because of fast lyrics) but this is very close to what i love

makes me feel like im floating and shi

wait oh crap we're on the title drop track

[rare yew]

Mixtape by Bobbing
Time by Louis Cole
It Is What It Is by Thundercat

[blissful geode]

It makes me wanna do something productive

[blissful geode]

Jarvis, write that down

[half herald]

Would you know bout rolling down in the deep

[rare yew]

two shrimps is goated

[blissful geode]

I’m on bowling now

Strike?

[rare yew]

I do love Mac DeMarco

I saw him in concert this past year

[strange meadow]

two shrimps just started

[blissful geode]

Lucky you

[strange meadow]

aw fun, howd that go

[rare yew]

it was fun, he's such a vibe in person

[strange meadow]

getting an odd sense of deja vu from two shrimps...

[half herald]

It's 9:30 pm here

[blissful geode]

I love this old dog demos

[strange meadow]

i almost feel like ive heard it before or sumt

[half herald]

I'm not tired tho

[scenic cliff]

he did a show very close to where i live but i couldn't make it on the date, huge missed opportunity cause i really love his music

ill never forget my goat moonlight on the river

[blissful geode]

He only came once to my country

[half herald]

Where u from?

[blissful geode]

Argentina

[half herald]

I'm Spanish

[blissful geode]

Peak

[half herald]

Finalissima when?

[blissful geode]

When pigs fly

[rare yew]

Mac is a good ol Alberta boy

one of our finest exports

[blissful geode]

Fye

[rare yew]

the chorus for this song is in 5/4

(U DON'T HAVE TO ROB ME)

[strange meadow]

noticed that

caught me off guard a little

i feel like thats not a super common time signature

[fierce rain]

what’s up fellas

[scenic cliff]

wassup

we're listening to an album localthunk recommended us

[strange meadow]

communal "NOT TiGHT" party

[fierce rain]

i’m at work but on my phone because it’s dead

[brazen briar]

I, am

[strange meadow]

oh wow its the guy

[half herald]

OMG

[fierce rain]

Thunk, what’s the album? I have to drive 3 hours tomorrow so put me on peak.

[brazen briar]

Also hello dad- localthunk

[marsh moth]

oh mister thunk is online

i just wanna say thank you for making this game

but more than that, thank you for not monetizing it like the ghouls who run gaming nowadays

[fierce rain]

you’re welcome

[marsh moth]

lord knows if gambling site owners ever got hold of balatro

[rare yew]

I'm glad you're enjoying it!

[marsh moth]

the world would end

[strange meadow]

nooo president nixon....

[half herald]

If he did it would be literal gambling

[rare yew]

aight I took the tie off

[minor prairie]

that said thunk when are we getting microtransactions to unlock achievements and jokers

[scenic cliff]

oh my god

lmfao

[strange meadow]

finally

[scenic cliff]

that was so worth it

[rare yew]

business hours are over

[marsh moth]

It takes a lot of integrity to look at all the money you could make if you just sneaked some "extra monetization" in there, and to turn it down regardless. I don't think we can thank you enough for this, you're an inspiration to the rest of us

[scenic cliff]

we're heading to the happy hour now

[strange meadow]

hours of leisure

[scenic cliff]

if today was friday it would be so crazy

[marsh moth]

what jonkler would fit this

[scenic cliff]

hmmm

[minor prairie]

throwback

[marsh moth]

drunkard?

[strange meadow]

odd todd gets wasted i bet

[half herald]

And if my mom had balls she would be my dad

[marsh moth]

and of course who can forget gacha mechanics to unlock new jokers

[brazen briar]

He does

[half herald]

Sorry I had to say it

[rare yew]

It's less about the integrity more like

uh

here I tweeted it once

lemme find it

[marsh moth]

go ahead

[strange meadow]

searching the archives for thunkian wisdom

not quite as local though

[marsh moth]

searching twitter - like navigating a labyrinth

[scenic cliff]

this track might be my favorite so far

i fw it

[marsh moth]

Balatro has very good UX on that note

the whole CRT video poker feel

[scenic cliff]

the delicious sfx

[marsh moth]

must've taken you a good long time to put in those shaders and art

[strange meadow]

i think i broke my computer while listening to this album what the hell

[marsh moth]

gotta give props to LouisF for making an absolute banger of a title track

[rare yew]

this album is like if 'chill jazzhop beats to study/relax to' grew up

[marsh moth]

which album?

[rare yew]

we are having a listening party rn

NOT TIGHT

by DOMi and JD BECK

[scenic cliff]

lmfao

[strange meadow]

i have a video

[scenic cliff]

i hope its not broken but thats funny

[strange meadow]

from my phone granted

no it was just the ui was bugging out for some reason it was super odd

[marsh moth]

Do you have any advice you'd give to developers making systemic games or roguelikes?

this question isn't just for mr thunk but everyone here

[rare yew]

do it as a hobby

anticipate making no money

[marsh moth]

is your computer possessed by a disturbed spirit perhaps

[strange meadow]

hell if i know

i havent killed anyone

[marsh moth]

alright, off to a great start then

thanks

[strange meadow]

right

[marsh moth]

I wonder how the luck be a landlord dev must have felt after he got namedropped as an inspiration

[scenic cliff]

HOLY SHIT

GOLH TSHIT

IS THIS THE GOAT

fuck yes this is IT bro

[blissful geode]

No context is bro biggest fear

[scenic cliff]

lmao

[rare yew]

I don't have a lot of recommendations for aspiring devs other than to say if you want to do this as a career - I would reconsider. You have a very slim chance of making even a single years living wage even if you pour your life and soul into a project. I've seen it happen to a lot of devs

[scenic cliff]

im talking about the curr track (TAKE A CHANCE)

[rare yew]

it's just a really rough industry

[marsh moth]

giving it out for free would be amazing but what do you think got the first few groups of players to try out balatro?

[fierce rain]

man i love Information Technology too

[blissful geode]

No, this is Patrick

[strange meadow]

oh are you a big fan of the movie or the book

[half herald]

Thanks thunk, pretty inspiring words

[marsh moth]

Every year of layoffs and corruption within the industry + techbros crapping on everything is turning off a lot of people who would otherwise wanna be devs, and for good reason

[fierce rain]

“give up” -Thunk, probably.

[marsh moth]

can't blame them since doing gamedev as a career is a terrible job

[marsh moth]

No joke, that's what Bo Burnham said and he's right

[rare yew]

Yeah work in IT, or be a plumber

work with your hands

stable career, rewarding

[half herald]

What game developing tool dy recommend?

[blissful geode]

Yo take a chance lowkey peak

[rare yew]

you can always fuck around and make games as a hobby

[fierce rain]

there’s no future in any coding like i wanted so im just going to be a computer repair tech

[marsh moth]

It would depend heavily on what kind of game you want to make

[tawny pasture]

tech is also hemmoraging talent right now. I've been wanting to find smth else but its too volatile

[scenic cliff]

yoo shit is this the beat switch

[marsh moth]

but it's pretty LOVEly to see people coaxing life out of this engine

🥁

[fierce rain]

i’m taking my CompTIA right now if anyone knows what that is

[half herald]

Fair enough

[rare yew]

It's so depressing reading some of the emails I get because there are a lot of aspiring devs asking for advice and knowing what I know now I wouldn't touch this industry with a ten foot pole

[fierce rain]

i should make balatro 2

[marsh moth]

Good luck! Cybersec's a tough hustle but it can very well be rewarding in its own way. Also one of the only fields in IT that still gets good work because of how damn incompetent the logistics of every other IT company are

[marsh moth]

How long were you making games for before you got your lucky hit?

[rare yew]

8 years before I started Balatro

[half herald]

Basically a mod

[marsh moth]

Long time to hone your skills then

You didn't expect this one to get any attention, did you?

[rare yew]

Oh there's snoop

[scenic cliff]

oh yeaaassss

[blissful geode]

I’m on space mountain rn

[strange meadow]

yep thats the snoop one that i have just landed on just now

[scenic cliff]

yaaassss

[blissful geode]

Yo this album has been a TRIP

[rare yew]

this may interest you
https://localthunk.com/blog/balatro-timeline-3aarh

answers some of these questions

[scenic cliff]

wtf you have a blog

[marsh moth]

You have a blog, thanks!

[blissful geode]

The balatro files are real

[marsh moth]

jimbo didn't sell himself

[fierce rain]

erm is that an ip grabber

[scenic cliff]

all blogs are ip grabbers

[marsh moth]

technically all self-hosted websites are "IP grabbers"

[blissful geode]

Son😭

[tawny pasture]

its all a crap shoot. I'm a senior on our team and i have other seniors and juniors asking me for career advice, and if they should move on to the title they're wanting, and in the nicest/supportive way possible i basically have to say "good luck on that".

[half herald]

Well I'm out guys bye

[scenic cliff]

but its okay localthunk will take good care of our ips

[marsh moth]

bye Leo!

have a good day

[fierce rain]

thunk don’t steal my soul pls

[marsh moth]

what we need is a digital revolution fmw

[rare yew]

how do you tell someone politely to learn a trade

[tawny pasture]

everybody poops, plumbers arent going anywhere

[blissful geode]

Thunk I’ll sell you my soul for a good run

[rare yew]

no you should use a soul it could be Chicot

[tawny pasture]

I had one recently at my house, his name was Guitar. Was cool as hell.

[marsh moth]

nor are proctologists for that matter

[scenic cliff]

thats sick

[blissful geode]

That’s right

Imma use my soul

[marsh moth]

How'd you get the first few thousand players for Balatro?

[marsh moth]

or even better

[rare yew]

should be in that blog

[marsh moth]

Yorick!

thunk why did you add yorick to the game

[scenic cliff]

localthunk sent the game through a thousand carrier pigeons

[misty sparrow]

yeah

[blissful geode]

Lowkey for a long run triboulet or perkeo would be nice

[marsh moth]

why do that when you could just ride the bus and give out each one yourself

or use a shortcut

[scenic cliff]

seems viable

snoop dogg the goat on this beat

[rare yew]

omg in WHOA they did the giant steps chord progression

[blissful geode]

Not that long ago people could send photos here, what happened

[rare yew]

never noticed that before

[blissful geode]

Pilot is PEAK

[scenic cliff]

this is a great song

got a pilot got me flyin

[blissful geode]

Oh my god might end up putting the whole album on my playlist

[marsh moth]

"Don't take advice from people like me who are very lucky, you know we're very biased. Taylor Swift telling you to follow your dreams is like a lottery winner saying liquidize your assets, buy Powerball tickets, it works! It won't" was the full quote from Bo Burnham

[scenic cliff]

thunk got tired of seeing civil conversations be completely dismissed by random ass pictures

[blissful geode]

Dang

[scenic cliff]

also its nicer to get caught up when there's no pictures

[blissful geode]

True

[marsh moth]

i suppose the okbuddyjimbo crowd was all up in here

[fierce rain]

do you think perkeo could double my paycheque if i take a nap while holding it

[sweet herald]

I think this place is a lot more digestible without all the pictures imo

Makes it easier to read and find context

[scenic cliff]

my goat bo burnham, i cried watching his documentary

mental health is such an important issue blu

[marsh moth]

*red but yeah

[scenic cliff]

yeah

[scenic cliff]

[sweet herald]

Careful she'll turn it negative and you'll end up owing the bank!

[blissful geode]

Yea

[fierce rain]

i didn’t even think about it that way

[marsh moth]

also from the way you said BLU i think you might be a TF2 player @scenic cliff

[blissful geode]

WHOA it’s so good

[scenic cliff]

right on

[sweet herald]

You might have better luck with a showman 😛

[scenic cliff]

i love tf2 but stopped playing because of the bots situation

[marsh moth]

Fucking hell, that must be a pain to deal with

[scenic cliff]

bro has said everything

[marsh moth]

also what's with that graphic of the plane?

never understood what it meant

[rare yew]

google survivorship bias

[visual basin]

i don't understand

a

[scenic cliff]

wait local are you still on WHOA

[marsh moth]

ah got it now

[scenic cliff]

im 2 minutes in

i think i might be behind

[marsh moth]

It shows the most commonly hit spots on a fighter plane

[strange meadow]

comin to the end of the album now here in a sec, it seems

i almost forgot i had it turned on

[visual basin]

nah really

[blissful geode]

2 more songs

[scenic cliff]

these drums are fire

[marsh moth]

and all the others

[blissful geode]

Local you use fmbot?

[marsh moth]

if you only focus on the most commonly hit spots you get survivorship bias

when you should be focusing on all the possible spots

[minor prairie]

it goes like this: some people wanted to make the planes that are damaged from war stronger, so they took all the damaged planes that came back and analyzed them to fix them in those areas. what they did wrong however is that they should instead be inspecting the planes that didn't come back because those are in fact the things they need to fix, not the ones that did come back because those do not need fixing hence why they came back

[visual basin]

Mike, put deltarune in balatro

[minor prairie]

im shit at explanations

hope this helps

[marsh moth]

@visual basin ai SHOULD explode

we going butlerian up in this

[visual basin]

agreed

[scenic cliff]

this song is like butter

lowkey

[blissful geode]

Sniff

[scenic cliff]

yasss

[rare yew]

this isn't exactly it.

They checked where returning bombers were being shot at most - and they suggested adding more armour to those places.

BUT, what they should instead be doing is adding armour to all the places WITHOUT any damage detected, because planes shot in those areas never returned

[marsh moth]

Oh, that puts it way better

[minor prairie]

this is way better

[marsh moth]

Thanks

[blissful geode]

Thunks

[rare yew]

It's basically saying you shouldn't gather your data from just success stories because they don't know exactly what they avoided to become successful

[visual basin]

cool facts with localthunk

[rare yew]

All lottery winners will tell you it was worth it to buy a ticket

[blissful geode]

Localfacts?

[scenic cliff]

localthanks

[marsh moth]

all lottery winners, except the rare few who actually managed their winnings properly

[visual basin]

yes

[marsh moth]

those ones will be hesitant (assuming they're not being bribed or pressured by the lottery owners)

[rare yew]

what

[blissful geode]

“This seems kinda local, thunk- sorry, thanks for inviting me”
Localthunk: “say that again”

[scenic cliff]

he made a statement

[strange meadow]

im gonna get goin but it was cool to share the album with yall

take care

[scenic cliff]

see ya

[minor prairie]

sorry hows that relevant to saying its worth it to buy a ticket

[visual basin]

Mike, put Sans Undertale as a joker in vanilla

[torn jasper]

Cavendish broke at first played, hence Cavendish is bad

[minor prairie]

we need horse joker it's just the logical next step

[scenic cliff]

All not tight listeners will tell you it was worth it to listen to the album

[blissful geode]

Holy shit thank u is making me fly

[minor prairie]

its how you get millions of new players thunk

trust me on this

[visual basin]

you got unlucky

[scenic cliff]

final track on the goat

[marsh moth]

because it's not a reliable way for most people to make money and is a sink

[blissful geode]

Oh my god what an END

[scenic cliff]

ggs on the album

[blissful geode]

I was NOT expecting to be this majestic

[rare yew]

if you are a lottery winner then it was worth it to buy the ticket

[scenic cliff]

this was great

[rare yew]

but for average people the expected value of a lottery ticket is a loss

mathematically

[blissful geode]

Localthunk has great taste man

[marsh moth]

What are you with those jokes, some kind of magical bleeding jester?

[blissful geode]

Imma add the album to my favs

[minor prairie]

like that thing scoring does when i play a hand?

[blissful geode]

Say that again

[minor prairie]

nice invention that math thing btw

[visual basin]

i wish the stalk market was real

[torn jasper]

but for people who calculate it tho...

[scenic cliff]

if localthunk wasn't a game developer i think he would make a great DJ

[rare yew]

ty ty

[torn jasper]

they are not average people

[marsh moth]

that would be a fine club to chill in

[minor prairie]

dj? droll joker reference??????

[scenic cliff]

true

call it the Balatro

[marsh moth]

@visual basin i saw that message

[blissful geode]

The court jester?

[scenic cliff]

its possible

[visual basin]

no you didn't

[blissful geode]

In the court of the crimson king? A balatro? Yea sure, thank u

[marsh moth]

steam with AI slop these days is just

ugh

and itch.io isn't doing much better

[rare yew]

why you ping that image tho

[marsh moth]

i turned ping off mb

[rare yew]

that's something else

[blissful geode]

Missclick I’m sure

[rare yew]

I just mean it's unrelated

[blissful geode]

Like can

[marsh moth]

yeah

[scenic cliff]

i like itch io it feels like a very cozy place for indie devs to just share as needed

[marsh moth]

sorry discord on linux acts up sometimes

screen tears a lot

[marsh moth]

it's a good place

[boreal heath]

balatro

[marsh moth]

better than what we had before that's for sure

in a way i like that it carries forward the legacy of sites like newgrounds

[visual basin]

i wish every instance of ai in the world exploded at exactly 3 AM

[brazen briar]

Your phone would explode then.

[rare yew]

if you are a hobbyist dev, I do think it's worth it to launch a project on Steam if for no other reason than to try. If it interests you

[marsh moth]

just like five night feddy

[digital nimbus]

HOLY MOLY

[marsh moth]

It could be psychologically fulfilling!

[digital nimbus]

i just had a flashback

[rare yew]

I think it's cool to just make things for yourself too

[blissful geode]

Jimbo and local in the same room?

[scenic cliff]

makes sense

[brazen briar]

All your devices would that were made from 2020-now

[digital nimbus]

i thought balatro was a dead game:((((

[visual basin]

localthunk, what's your opinion on Mewgenics?

[digital nimbus]

my dream

[marsh moth]

just seeing your game up there for sale/download on a major store can make such a difference for your spirit

[rare yew]

yeah it's def cool

gotta pay the $100 steam fee

that was a bit scary at the time

[scenic cliff]

yeah...

[marsh moth]

i feel like someone has said this before

have they?

deja vu

[visual basin]

red seal

[marsh moth]

Again!

[scenic cliff]

i always wondered do you have to pay extra to have a developer profile?

[blissful geode]

The humble mime

[scenic cliff]

do you need a publisher or something?

[rare yew]

on what, steam?

[scenic cliff]

yeah

[rare yew]

it's $100 per game

but that's it

[scenic cliff]

oooh shit that's cool

[marsh moth]

one-time or yearly?

[scenic cliff]

per game

once

[rare yew]

one time, to deter slop

[marsh moth]

that's a relief

on android's play store it's even easier iirc

25 bucks for a one time license and you can push whatever you want assuming google's scanner doesn't gank it

[scenic cliff]

[visual basin]

what would the queen of spades look in deltarune

[marsh moth]

one thing i love about balatro, the code is so easy to read

[scenic cliff]

that is such a silly thing to love about it considering its not easily accesible lmfao

its like saying i love minecraft because it was coded in java

[marsh moth]

false. first of all, that's java you're talking about

[scenic cliff]

true

[marsh moth]

minecraft just happens to be a work of technical genius

alas, it is attached to java

[fossil bronze]

do we know if Thunk is gonna make 1.0.1 availible as a beta when 1.1 or whatever it is comes out

[scenic cliff]

i think you can naturally access older versions of the game through steam

[rare yew]

not naturally, no

I would have to enable it on my end

but I'll try

if some bullshit can happen with save files not being able to downgrade then I won't

[marsh moth]

if it's possible, could you open up the beta/testing versions of the game through steam?

yeah fair enough save file fiasco happens with this kind of thing

[rare yew]

you want me to open the 1.1 beta to steam

[marsh moth]

like how some games let you play beta versions for posterity/to see how it developed

[remote kraken]

is there even the old version in the steam betas

[marsh moth]

minecraft for example

[marsh moth]

if it's possible or you want to. if you don't or you can't, no pressure

[rare yew]

I'm not going to open up the 1.1 beta on steam, no

[marsh moth]

aight sure

[marsh moth]

no i don't mean the 1.1 beta

[brave bluff]

do you guys like mint ice cream

[marsh moth]

i mean beta versions of the game before 1.0

sorry i got that mixed up

[remote kraken]

i mean you will atleast make 1 customer (that one youtuber that buys new indie games that get released everyday to test them in a vid)

[tawny pasture]

if you wanna see what they were like you should checkout GothicLordUKs old videos, theyre great.

[rare yew]

I won't be releasing the old versions

more versions to support

[marsh moth]

oh yeah true

[remote kraken]

lost edition is there for that lol

[marsh moth]

might also break save file sync

[rare yew]

is that the mod

[marsh moth]

oh didn't know about that, thanks for namedropping it!

[remote kraken]

yeaz

[marsh moth]

i will check those out, thank you!

also why is your name (3/150)?

[rare yew]

It's not really an old version, it's like a weird frankensteined version of old things that have been leaked

[remote kraken]

if i'm not bullshitting i think its the mod that adds scrapped stuff

[rare yew]

like Balatro was never like that mod

[brave bluff]

man black deck gold stake got hands..

[remote kraken]

i mean of course since its new balatro with old stuff

[rare yew]

that mod just has things that used to be in Balatro, if that makes sense

[marsh moth]

so it's basically a retcon of history

alternate history fanfiction

[rare yew]

some of the old stuff never coexisted either

[remote kraken]

no its more like if you had a mod that added the old gears in minecraft

[marsh moth]

don't give us PTSD

[marsh moth]

the old gears?

[remote kraken]

theres still normal minecraft but you just have gears

gears were pre-redstone

[astral python]

Gears were the original Redstone

[rare yew]

like seeing a picture of a T rex and a Stegosaurus

[marsh moth]

oh yeah those gears

[tawny pasture]

that was spam requested at me for a solid 2 months

[marsh moth]

sorry i got that confused since normally "gear" in minecraft these days refers to weapons and equipment, tools

[astral python]

They were only in Indev, before the game went infinite. They're from 2009.

[remote kraken]

are you like a youtuber or something? i heard your name somewhere, and apparently you're making a mod jam

[marsh moth]

that explains it, thanks for the lore drop

good luck with your mod jam btw!

[astral python]

It's funny seeing people when they realize the T-Rex was as far away from today as the Stegosaurus was to T-Rex

[tawny pasture]

nah I'm just a guy that likes to yap

[remote kraken]

oh okay

[compact stump]

lol

[rare yew]

so anyway this is how I feel about that lost edition mod

[marsh moth]

not far off from a youtuber then

[compact stump]

true

[remote kraken]

makes sense

i never tried lost edition, i'm too busy bashing my head against my keyboard trying to add inscryption sigils

[rare yew]

it's fine if it's for fun, no issues. But people also think it's like the early version of Balatro

which is silly

[marsh moth]

people really compartmentalize the whole "dinosaur age" to the point of massive oversimplification

[remote kraken]

isn't there like 8 ages

[marsh moth]

like the scale of just how long it was and how different these periods of existence were

is difficult to communicate

[compact stump]

thunk i liked the other pfp better

[rare yew]

aight I'll put the tie back on

[compact stump]

bet

[rare yew]

much more professional

[remote kraken]

local will u plan on updating to the most recent luasteam

[compact stump]

right?

[marsh moth]

probably some guy on youtube already calling it "the definitive classic way to play balatro"

[rare yew]

why

[marsh moth]

would mean a lot of work for very little benefit

[compact stump]

Thunk can i get the balatro IP?

[remote kraken]

yeah i just rly wanted to make a joker that counted friends :p

[compact stump]

for free

please

[rare yew]

probably not then lol

[marsh moth]

what are the odds you will use it to make a gacha gambling game

[compact stump]

none

i’ll delete blue stake

[rare yew]

No sense in changing something that works

[remote kraken]

true...

[versed cove]

Don't you want Swimsuit Odd Todd

[marsh moth]

why this hatred on blue stake

[marsh moth]

don't GIVE THEM IDEAS

[compact stump]

i’ll make blue stake take 3 discards

[fierce rain]

hey cleb

[marsh moth]

sup richard nixon

[compact stump]

hi nixon

[remote kraken]

blue steak.... 🤤

[compact stump]

cuz bad

[torn jasper]

how much chips?

[remote kraken]

jimbo stake...

[compact stump]

shhh

[versed cove]

37, we need to sell gems

[astral python]

I think Localthunk should update the game so that it has every feature I want, and not take into consideration literally anyone else's feelings 😎

[versed cove]

I agree but it should be me not you

[scenic cliff]

the next update will supposedly add joker(s)

[remote kraken]

so true

[astral python]

It's too late, I said it first

[remote kraken]

the next update will change one pixel in the logo !!

[rare yew]

No it'll be Syn

[remote kraken]

and it will be 50 gbs

[rare yew]

what would you like Syn

[marsh moth]

no i think he should do the opposite, try to appease literally everyone and put everything in the game, or nothing at all

[astral python]

First change he has to make is the tutorial is replaced by Black Deck Gold Stake and you have to beat it to unlock the full game

[rare yew]

shh I'm waiting for Syn

[scenic cliff]

Syn please say big Chip

[marsh moth]

syn

cmon man

don't mess this up

[rare yew]

one shot

[versed cove]

So you know blue stake

[marsh moth]

this opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo

[versed cove]

What if there was like

2 of them

[rare yew]

bet

say no more

-2 discards

[scenic cliff]

2 steaks? sounds delicious

[remote kraken]

mmmmmm 🤤 two servings of blue steak

waiter! more blue steak please 🤤

[versed cove]

Thanks I love that you're listening to feedback like this

[marsh moth]

well that's it boys we had a good run

[scenic cliff]

the discards are because you can't throw away such a delicious meal

[versed cove]

This will make the game a lot better

[marsh moth]

pack it up

[rare yew]

yw I'm a man of the people

[compact stump]

AND a hand

please

[marsh moth]

everyone is gonna protest by quitting balatro

this is now a luck be a landlord discord

[scenic cliff]

pirate stakes

[rare yew]

no you won't you're addicted

[scenic cliff]

lose a hand and a leg

[long atlas]

shoulda asked for more banana pics 😞

[astral python]

Imagine the 1.1 update comes out and Blue Stake is changed to -1 Hand just to troll everyone

[marsh moth]

what if you started a blind with zero hands

[compact stump]

Are you sure?

[rare yew]

well at least it isn't -1 discard

[brave bluff]

electric chair stake
lose a run and jimbo will make you sit on the electric chair irl

[remote kraken]

thunk pls add

[marsh moth]

we won't be for long if you appease the blue stake masochists this much

[remote kraken]

i 💙 staek

[compact stump]

make blue stake so it takes 1 hand and makes the interest cap to 5

[marsh moth]

"jokes on you i'm into that shit" balatro addicts probably

[rare yew]

Syn had the freedom to say anything

[scenic cliff]

localthunk please make flower pot require you to also have a scoring wild card to get the x mult

[scenic cliff]

that is true

[marsh moth]

if syn told you to delete the game would you do it

[rare yew]

gonna add 150 new jokers and they are all gonna be flower pot

[marsh moth]

honestly

[scenic cliff]

great

[marsh moth]

not that bad

x3 if you just play the right way

[scenic cliff]

change the name of the game to Botanist

[marsh moth]

stacking right up, that sounds good

[brave bluff]

finally, a good balatro update!

[remote kraken]

localthunk please make flower pot require 6 cards in hard and they all have to be flower cards

[marsh moth]

and put in that plants vs zombies zen garden music over it

[compact stump]

We got a genius right here

[dense depot]

Hello

[astral python]

Honestly forget game updates I need a Jimbo pajama onesie to be released soon

I'd never take it off

[worthy junco]

Hello

[scenic cliff]

Botanist achievement where you're required to trigger flower pot

[marsh moth]

hello slate!

welcome to the server

[brave bluff]

fangamer betters gets to work

[languid bear]

@worthy junco hello

[compact stump]

You have to make the achievement possible

[rare yew]

hello slate

[marsh moth]

@languid bear do you speedrun mario bros arcade, or super mario bros for NES?

[strong prairie]

Hear me out - 150 jokers and they're all seeing double

[rare yew]

hope you are having a wonderful day slate

[astral python]

Their little desk mat based on Wraith is awesome, been using it since it came out

[scenic cliff]

why did you remove the jokers 😭

[compact stump]

Thunk tell Fangamer to launch a Flowerpot and a loyalty card for KFC or smthn

[brave bluff]

i'm waiting for my playing cards deck

[marsh moth]

slate is out then six-ing they seven

[astral python]

My friend got me that for Xmas, opened it once to look and haven't touched it since. I'm waiting for a poker night with friends

[marsh moth]

maybe even a popcorn tin and an ice cream mold?

[compact stump]

Fangamer should be just focused in balatro.

[marsh moth]

unpacking them cards will be so cool then

all nice and shiny

[marsh moth]

fangambler

[astral python]

"Full House"
"A good hand. Unfortunately for you I have a pair of Kings with a Gros Michel and Square Joker."

[compact stump]

I would love an irl ghost deck

[marsh moth]

guys

most underrated joker in the game

go.

[rare yew]

Obelisk

[cold idol]

hmmm...... luchador

[brave bluff]

red card

red card is SO underrated

[astral python]

Obelisk is awesome, I love its mechanic

[marsh moth]

if anyone says seance, i want them to reconsider their life choices

[compact stump]

🗿

obelisk

[rare yew]

[marsh moth]

Very interesting joker, but what led you to call it Obelisk?

[long atlas]

seance

[compact stump]

🗿

[astral python]

It looks like an Obelisk

[rare yew]

because it's an obelisk

[scenic cliff]

it is an obelisk

[long atlas]

because it’s an obelisk

[compact stump]

it’s a rock.

[rare yew]

don't listen to cleb

[cold idol]

i'm starting to hold luchador alot more recently because of some certain kind of boss blinds that ruins the gameplan

[marsh moth]

no but like how does it tie into the mechanic

that's my question

[compact stump]

🗿

[marsh moth]

perhaps like your brain?

im sorry that was rude

too far

[long atlas]

it’s an obelisk duh

[compact stump]

oh 😭

damn

[marsh moth]

i would give you a virtual hug cleb

[scenic cliff]

The obelisk is a prescript that must be fulfilled but if you strain too close it might just spell out your doom

[versed cove]

I see a lot of people underrate Luchador because they only take it on the ante that they see a hard boss

Pretty good consistency joker

[rare yew]

an obelisk is another term for a monolith

the 2nd definition

[cold idol]

i know right

[rare yew]

relates to having one hand you mainly use, your 'monolith'

[brave bluff]

hello guys

[marsh moth]

so the "monolith" would be the most common hand

[compact stump]

SO IM RIGHT

[marsh moth]

sup homer

[brave bluff]

sup red

[compact stump]

LOOK AT 4th PHOTO THUNK

[long atlas]

HOLY SHIT HOMER SIMPSON

[versed cove]

Is that homer simpson from hit show "simpson"?

[rare yew]

[marsh moth]

🗿

[brave bluff]

yes that's me

[versed cove]

Shut up thunk we have a celebrity here

[compact stump]

look at the 4th photo 🗿🗿

[astral python]

There's also a challenge deck called Monolith isn't there

[brave bluff]

stupid flanders

[rare yew]

There is

[versed cove]

So true you're so funny

[rare yew]

guess which joker you have

[compact stump]

rock?

[marsh moth]

speaking of monolith and on the top of "gaming industry sucks poopoo"

[astral python]

Grimbo

[spring escarp]

Blueprint

[brave bluff]

thanks person on the internet

[marsh moth]

monolith productions shut down last year

was a shame

[long atlas]

flowerpot

[astral python]

Wait wait I know this

[marsh moth]

they made some bloody good games

[astral python]

It starts you with an eternal Hit the Road

[remote kraken]

glass joker

[astral python]

And no Jacks

[compact stump]

There’s a singular fucking braincell in this chat

i love it

[marsh moth]

Nope!

Again!

[rare yew]

no there are 2

they're both fighting for 3rd place tho

[remote kraken]

one and half...

[brave bluff]

so guys what is a "balatro"

is that a new kind of beer

[compact stump]

Lmao

[sweet herald]

I’m going to eat the brain cell like the pizza shop worker in monster house

[marsh moth]

a jonkler, a product of society

[long atlas]

one from me one from local celebrity homer simpson

[tawny pasture]

monolith means that theres also a stereolith out there somewhere

[spring escarp]

X1,5 mult

[rare yew]

you mean like duff

like Duff beer

[brave bluff]

yes

[remote kraken]

its krusty's new game

[brave bluff]

exactly

[marsh moth]

or a duolith

[astral python]

Real question, has anyone else played this game so much that you hear the noise and music in real life like the Tetris Effect, because I wanna know if I'm playing too much

[spring escarp]

Yes

[marsh moth]

polylith?

[marsh moth]

Yes

[brave bluff]

is it?

[compact stump]

when i close my eyes i see a photochad run.

[brave bluff]

wow

[spring escarp]

I dreamt with jokers and I'm not even joking

[remote kraken]

yes

[scenic cliff]

balatro

[marsh moth]

I remember when I first played Balatro for hours and I started hearing the sounds when I did everyday activities

[spring escarp]

Btw, sorry if I misspell something, I'm from Spain and my English is not perfect

[marsh moth]

when I went shopping for groceries and grabbed my change from the cashier

[scenic cliff]

is localthunk aware?

[scenic cliff]

its all good mate

[compact stump]

Same!

[rare yew]

literally amazing perfect english

[long atlas]

is localthunk?

[marsh moth]

I heard the clink of cashing out at the end of a blind

[neon wren]

the seed GULLIBLE gives you a 6th legendary joker

[marsh moth]

You wrote this perfectly

[fierce rain]

thunk do you have a favourite seed?

[dark salmon]

aw

thank razzz

[rare yew]

Does a bean count as a seed

[marsh moth]

depends on whether he thinks

and given there's 2 braincells in this chat... maybe?

[scenic cliff]

lmfao

[marsh moth]

wait, i guess the rest of us aren't then

[rare yew]

because if it does then turtle bean

[spring escarp]

LMAO

[long atlas]

i’m not thunk but it’s gotta be a pomegranate seed

[astral python]

My friend bought me the game because I said "How is this up for game of the year, it's literally just a card game it can't be that good". I've put over 1,000 hours in since that Game Awards stream 😭

[scenic cliff]

do you have a favorite playing card localthunk

[fierce rain]

technically sure

[marsh moth]

say the line bart...

[scenic cliff]

im a big fan of the queen of hearts

[fierce rain]

ooh what’s a turtle bean

[rare yew]

then turtle bean is my fav seed

[fierce rain]

i am not a crook.

[remote kraken]

my fav seed is sunflower

[compact stump]

u the president

[remote kraken]

c:

[marsh moth]

no, the other line. what do balatro players say when someone shows them a good seed?

[rare yew]

OMG whey you google turtle bean the Balatro card is the 3rd result

for me

[long atlas]

give me your seed.

[rare yew]

🤩

[marsh moth]

I get you, a lot of people got into the game because of the game awards nomination

[long atlas]

just wait till you look up green joker…

[scenic cliff]

you made it

[marsh moth]

president nixon you know what to do

[astral python]

2nd result for me. I play Balatro more than you do, hence why every update should be what I want 😎

[minor prairie]

Greetings. Apologies for the possibly broken English; it is not my first language, and henceforth cannot get my writing to be grammatically correct.

[verbal bison]

OFC, u seem cool sauce

[compact stump]

mine is first, second and third, my algorithm is fucked.

[spring escarp]

For me it's the 30th

[marsh moth]

when I was leafing through papers and notebooks in my study cabinet, I heard the sounds of the cards stacking back into the deck

[fierce rain]

i love your seed 🤤

[compact stump]

1 and second are the wikis, then a reddit post

[brave bluff]

guess

[marsh moth]

let's try to get it to first

[marsh moth]

not quite that one

[compact stump]

it depends on cookies i believe

[marsh moth]

not quite their tempo

[long atlas]

chicken butt

[fierce rain]

WHATS THE LINE THEn

[brave bluff]

doh

[fierce rain]

dog

[long atlas]

dog

[marsh moth]

the one tostitos said

[rare yew]

dog

[brave bluff]

santa's little helper

[fierce rain]

i have no idea

[marsh moth]

dog

[rare yew]

can

[marsh moth]

can

[fierce rain]

can

[rare yew]

🥫

[fierce rain]

tomato

[spring escarp]

Dog?

[marsh moth]

@raw fractal your legacy lives on, unforgotten

can

[brave bluff]

so that's where my can went huh

can I have it back

[versed cove]

This will give +1/+1 to all my current and future shop pets

[rare yew]

You wouldn't like it, it's Duff Light

[marsh moth]

🥫

[brave bluff]

eugh

[long atlas]

guys let’s vote to change the server tag to can

[brave bluff]

keep it

[marsh moth]

i vote aye

[minor prairie]

localthuuuuunk i liked the mult tag better

[rare yew]

you can vote but I'll just ban all the voters

1984

[minor prairie]

the 5 letters and the mb looking off isnt better than the mult tag

[long atlas]

elite ball

[fierce rain]

you should remove his ability to vote

true 1984

[marsh moth]

we elected this clown and got a circus, now he rules as a ruthless autocrat

[rare yew]

it is

[marsh moth]

1984 is when gubbermint does thing i don't like

[rare yew]

you are wrong

[minor prairie]

i stand corrected

[marsh moth]

no it is

[minor prairie]

lordthunk has declared it better

[marsh moth]

all hail comrade thunk

[minor prairie]

and my name is only purple so i cant really say anything

[long atlas]

buddy the only reason you’re famous is a voting scandal 😞

[compact stump]

woah woah

[rare yew]

You can make a server and put whatever tag you want

[compact stump]

too far back

[rare yew]

I want jimbo

[scenic cliff]

localthurd

thurd

[marsh moth]

the way jimbo is said in a skewed way here makes the tag shine better

[compact stump]

idk go talk to him

[minor prairie]

please imagine i switched both my name and avatar to jimbo and said "you called?"

[astral python]

I actually put the tag back on because it was changed to Jimbo, I like it more than Mult

[rare yew]

wait why are you pink

can I get rid of that

[long atlas]

stop trynna be can bro you’ll NEVER be can

[compact stump]

server boost

[minor prairie]

im like cool like that

[compact stump]

no

[rare yew]

oh, stop giving discord moneys

[long atlas]

server boosting

[scenic cliff]

I wish i high on pot news

[minor prairie]

im not

[rare yew]

we have like 50 server boosts

[marsh moth]

there can only ever be one can

🥫

[minor prairie]

its a free nitro boost

[rare yew]

we only need like 20

[scenic cliff]

can we boost localthunk instead

[minor prairie]

...which is still me giving discord money but slightly less

[oblique isle]

Overclocking a human sounds like a bad idea

[compact stump]

once they have the role they keep it, i think you can remove the role from the person tho

[long atlas]

boost him INTO THE STRATOSPHERE

[marsh moth]

might go down a bit since people are boycotting in protest of the ID mandates

[long atlas]

see it’s already at 49

[rare yew]

omg I can get rid of the pink

[scenic cliff]

does boosting the server grant you the ability to send pictures here

[compact stump]

no moe pink

[rare yew]

I didn't know I had that power

[long atlas]

now he’s grey

[oblique isle]

Make it yellow like diamonds

Cause diamonds give money

[minor prairie]

noooo

i liked my pink why

[forest wagon]

wait really I thought nitro can choose their color?

[scenic cliff]

lmfaaao

[minor prairie]

its like the only reason i boosted

[long atlas]

the colorblind gem inspector:

[compact stump]

lmao

[minor prairie]

wow i feel violated and offended

how dare you thunk

[scenic cliff]

turned to nothing but white dust

[astral python]

You can change any role to anything

[rare yew]

that's why I got rid of it

[oblique isle]

(Very bad words)

[forest wagon]

or is that some high level nitro

[rare yew]

this is more fair

[minor prairie]

its a FREE boost thunk

[rare yew]

you pay for nitro

[minor prairie]

true but

[rare yew]

right?

[scenic cliff]

i guess it makes sense since it's the same color as legendary jokers

[minor prairie]

uhhhhhhhhh

[brave bluff]

i got fired from springfield's nuclear plant

[minor prairie]

middle finger emoji

[brave bluff]

doh

[forest wagon]

well too bad, maybe pay next time

[astral python]

Chessmate, or whatever

[rare yew]

give your free boost to a smaller server!

one that can use it

[brave bluff]

that's what I did

[rare yew]

plenty of indie game servers would appreciate

[minor prairie]

im literally in no other servers

this is mainly why i have discord

[long atlas]

well thunk were back to 50

[brave bluff]

my tag says so

[compact stump]

170k people is small wdym

[long atlas]

someone just boosted

[minor prairie]

and i like having a purple name here because its where i chat

[astral python]

I just boosted this server to spite thunk

[oblique isle]

Banned

[minor prairie]

this is an outrage

viva la resistance

[compact stump]

timed out

[oblique isle]

Air striked

[long atlas]

everyone pay for nitro and boost the server to spite thunk

[brave bluff]

every booster is getting banned

[compact stump]

46 hours

[astral python]

I boosted the server so I could have a white name

[long atlas]

SMART

[oblique isle]

Wait true

[minor prairie]

same here!!!!!!!!

[rare yew]

is the name whiter than normie names

[long atlas]

no

i mean

[scenic cliff]

whiter lmfaao

[rare yew]

it kinda looks like it

[long atlas]

yes

[oblique isle]

That would be really funny

[scenic cliff]

its cause of the font change that nitro allows

[spring escarp]

I don't see a difference

[minor prairie]

if only my server boosting gave me a purple gradient in my name, then i would stop boosting!!!!!!!!!

[long atlas]

there’s no difference lmao

[rare yew]

it's totally whiter

[scenic cliff]

its because of the font change

[rare yew]

jandom it's different

[long atlas]

IT IS NOT DIFFERENT

[rare yew]

it is

[minor prairie]

it literally isnt

[long atlas]

color pick it dude

[oblique isle]

I don’t see a difference

[rare yew]

don't gaslight me

[long atlas]

prove me wrong with math and color pick it.

[minor prairie]

brother i am color picking all of our names

same color

[oblique isle]

Then again I can’t really see much details with how bright I am

[minor prairie]

you can also just go check in the roles tab

and just

look at the colors for each

[forest wagon]

Interestingly there is a huge difference

[rare yew]

someone else change their font to afterimage one

[astral python]

There is a difference, but you can only see it if you've boosted the server because only server boosters have the right to see shades of color. The ultimate class warfare.

[minor prairie]

because our name is bolder

hold on

ill change mine to default

[marsh moth]

gaslighting isn't real thunk, you're just overreacting. now take your medication /j

[versed cove]

I think the name for server boosters being especially white would be kind of fitting though

[minor prairie]

see

its literally the exact same

[rare yew]

IT'S WHITER

[minor prairie]

IT IS NOT

[long atlas]

ITS NOT

[marsh moth]

no it's the same