🎨・fan-art

[graceful lava]

I ain't got nothing else

[haughty garnet]

why/

[graceful lava]

Well actually

Ok that's a lie

[errant prairie]

do you have a browser

[rocky sorrel]

that cannot possiblybe true

[graceful lava]

But

[sonic badge]

you can get aseprite for free

[graceful lava]

I wanna try this regardless

[sonic badge]

legally

[rocky sorrel]

aseprite is on mobile

[sonic badge]

ah

[graceful lava]

Wait really

[sonic badge]

a masochist

[rocky sorrel]

yes

[errant prairie]

https://www.aseprite.org/trial/

[sonic badge]

i just did it

[haughty garnet]

pixelart.com is a free website

[rocky sorrel]

google compiling aseprite and search thru tutorials

[rocky sorrel]

no like

[sonic badge]

not even a trial version

[rocky sorrel]

the full version

[errant prairie]

this is what I use

[sonic badge]

compiling it for yourseld

[graceful lava]

Which one do I pick on mobile

[errant prairie]

whoops sent the wrong one

[rocky sorrel]

oh

uhh

not aseprite

idk how that works on mobile

[sonic badge]

also scott i need the joker border grey

[haughty garnet]

pixelart.com does work on mobile

[sonic badge]

but this grey is also helpful

[rocky sorrel]

my pc's off

[haughty garnet]

its just slightly clunky

[graceful lava]

Screw this I'm going Flipaclip and no one can stop me

WEEEEE

[rocky sorrel]

how are you gonna deal with the blue border

and the downscalint

[sonic badge]

as i said: masochist

[graceful lava]

Wdym the downscaling

[rocky sorrel]

like

is the objective for the art to be usable

[graceful lava]

Maybe idk

[rocky sorrel]

or a sketch

because if you want it in the game its gotta be pixel perfect

[errant prairie]

flip a shiiiiiiiii

[rocky sorrel]

NOOOOO

[graceful lava]

I gots a plan

[rocky sorrel]

idk i never used it

[rocky sorrel]

also you're on pc right

[sonic badge]

yeeeeeeeeee

[graceful lava]

... Ok yeah there have to be easier ways fuck this

[errant prairie]

is the plan to change software

[graceful lava]

Lmao yeah

[rocky sorrel]

and you have a balatro download?

[graceful lava]

You wouldn't download a Balatro

[errant prairie]

I bought balatro twice

You wouldn't steal a Balatro

[rocky sorrel]

i got paid in balatro

[graceful lava]

Bro made money off Jimbo Coin

[rocky sorrel]

did like half an hour of work for a guy

bought me the game

[sonic badge]

oh

am i gonna go file diving

[rocky sorrel]

yeah

not hard

[sonic badge]

yippe

[rocky sorrel]

just get 7zip if you dont have it

[floral badger]

try Krita, it's free and has basically most tools that photoshop/clipstudio has. though you will need to learn how to use it.

[rocky sorrel]

good tool even outside of this

[floral badger]

7-zip and Winrar, either or the both do the same thing roughly

[graceful lava]

Yeah no I'm going on computer and doing pixel art tomorrow

[rocky sorrel]

yeah but i know how to do it on 7zip

[graceful lava]

Cause this is just a big waste of time

[rocky sorrel]

who knew

[floral badger]

it's all about preferance

[rocky sorrel]

and that i can instruct someone on how to do it on 7zip bc i use it

[floral badger]

oh i just see software talk and i know a few so i was like ah yeah have a look cause there around.

nothing else really i saw the start of a card being made thought it was cool.

[rocky sorrel]

i know 2 programs

[sonic badge]

hypothetical question

what happens if you downloaded malware instead of 7zip

purely hypothetical

[errant prairie]

pray to the computer gods, restart your computer and give it a good slap

[rocky sorrel]

ho w

[sonic badge]

its purely

hypothetical

im sure me in the hypothetical situation is fine

[rocky sorrel]

idk im not an IT guy

[sonic badge]

so

how does this work

[rocky sorrel]

got 7zip?

[sonic badge]

i think?

[rocky sorrel]

right click the .exe of the game, open archives (?), then a bunch of folders pop up, thats the entire game assets and files,

resources, and thats the game sprites

[sonic badge]

how does one find the exe of balatro in 7zip

[rocky sorrel]

in your computer

[wet dust]

A cover for the physical balatro game Im making.

[floral badger]

I dig it, I love the idea of a physical copy of Balatro either on a cd case or some kin of metal hardcover

[graceful lava]

I don't really have time to be working on pixel art for cards, besides I got my own roguelike game I wanna keep designing (well conceptualizing, idk anything about programming)

[pulsar vigil]

Ourgh yeah

[graceful lava]

Omg that's amazing

[sonic badge]

how to color pick off a png

currently dying

[graceful lava]

does your software have like a eyedropper tool

[haughty garnet]

i use https://imagecolorpicker.com/

[sonic badge]

my sick brain cannot do anything right

[graceful lava]

Wdym by color picker

[sonic badge]

thanky you random stranger

[graceful lava]

Ok

[toxic sail]

simply screenshot 1 pixel off of that png and copy and paste it painstakingly on everything you want to color /j

[haughty garnet]

ah yes the masochistic way

[sonic badge]

this worked ty

[pulsar vigil]

The water gang

[sonic badge]

i love the bubble joker

that is so good

[lone rapids]

Comes with 1,000,000,000 chips. Not even stacked, just loose-chips.

[patent crag]

nice reflection

[pulsar vigil]

Thank

[cloud creek]

Whenever I imagine Balatro you play with other people I think of Yahtzee

[stable kayak]

in most drawing programs you can just Ctrl + Click

[pulsar vigil]

Iirc alt click on aseprite

[severe veldt]

Chef J. Joker (Redraw)

• +3 Chips per unique card in the full deck

Pick the next joker for me to do (only doing one this morning)

• Magnetism
• Angry Joker
• Faerie Ring

[eager topaz]

angry

[severe veldt]

Angry Joker here we go

[pulsar vigil]

Looks like a baker

[severe veldt]

Angry Joker

• Played [Rank] cards are destroyed when scored, value changes each round

[pulsar vigil]

just the vibe the hair gives me

[pulsar vigil]

This is satisfyingly spiky

[wicked token]

What does it mean by “value?”

[pulsar vigil]

1s, 2s, 3s,...

[wicked token]

Oh you mean rank?

[pulsar vigil]

Yeah

It is a value

[wicked token]

Ok

[cloud creek]

you're definitely looking for the word rank

I don't think Balatro uses Value, unless it's for money

[granite fable]

Actually, face cards have rank too

Maybe “numbered”

[wintry thunder]

im sure they meant rank as in all of them

[silk idol]

Sounds like it needs some sort of advanced electronical surface to recognize the Cards & calculate everything. Not impossible, but might be a little difficult.

[severe veldt]

Alr lets do another joker:

• Travelling Merchant
• Cartographer Joker
• Prospector

Pick one for me to do

[steel mountain]

cartographer

[severe veldt]

Cartographer here we gooo

[severe veldt]

Cartographer Joker

• x2 Mult if every hand type is level 2 or higher

[tiny kelp]

yooooo

i love this

using land as the joker is so fucking creative

[severe veldt]

lol thank u

this was a sort of last minute descision tho as I had originally intended on literally making a joker cartographer

pivoted when I realized that was boring

[mellow gazelle]

This is adorable

[severe veldt]

Next rotation:

• Triple Bogey
• Big Brother
• Joker: Reloaded

Choose wisely

[frank nebula]

It kinda looks like a toilet paper

Change it so its not that brown

[severe veldt]

Redder?

im going with Joker: Reloaded as no one has said anything

[tiny kelp]

now it just looks like blood stained toliet paper

maybe green?

a faint green

greyish green

[severe veldt]

?

[tiny kelp]

yeah

perfect

[topaz umbra]

I wanna see prospector next

[severe veldt]

Joker: Reloaded

• Converts all unused Discards into Hands when you run out of Hands
• (Unused discards refers to the invisible statistic tracked by certain skip tags. This value resets when this card activates)

I will do prospector next but im gonna take a small break first

[lime ivy]

maybe some elevation n lakes? either way, looks awesome! without the elevation, gives off like an older map feel

depends on the vibe you were goin for 🙂‍↕️

[odd kindle]

I think the pretty clear intended vibe was the older map style

in which case I think the very first color for the land was perfect, maybe just make the background a bit more yellowed and decayed

[odd kindle]

also, where are hearts on here? I see spades, diamonds, and clubs (bottom right by compass)

if it’s this, I think you could make the little dip in the top of the heart more pronounced to make it more clear

[lament fable]

Why not subtract unused discards by max numbers of hands (only once)? If you have like 20 unused discards that’s alotta hands (and money)

[tiny spear]

Anyone got any ideas on how I can improve this enhancement texture?

[odd kindle]

maybe give it a texture like the background of cavendish

[tiny spear]

Could be a good idea, I'm trying to get it to feel vanilla-ish

[woeful venture]

Maybe a gradient like popcorn or ice cream

[severe veldt]

Prospector

• Scored Stone Cards have a 1 in 3 chance to give $5

Pick the next joker for me to do:

• Balatro: The Movie
• Apple Cider
• Library Card

[nocturne cosmos]

Apple cider

[severe veldt]

Apple Cider here we go

[wintry thunder]

theres gold in them cards!

[snow cosmos]

this is genius, awesome concept and execution

[severe veldt]

lol it seems ive struck gold with the map joker lol thank u

this is the largest amount of praise I think ive gotten for one so far

[snow cosmos]

striking gold will depend on where you put the X on the map 😂

[nocturne cosmos]

You cooked

Six course gourmet with dessert and appetiser

[graceful lava]

I like this one a lot

[tiny kelp]

This some pick your story type shit

love it

[severe veldt]

gotta make 150 of these things lol may as well make it interesting

[graceful lava]

Aww I would've liked to have seen Balatro: The Movie

Lmao

[tiny kelp]

what

how do you have so much

ideas

[severe veldt]

I dont lol at least not yet

I have a good amount though and thats what im currently burning through

[tiny kelp]

bro is making a whole pokedex of jokers

at least

[graceful lava]

The fact you can come up with that many ideas or want to is such cool dedication

[tiny kelp]

the kanto one

minus 1

[severe veldt]

Started as an art project but im considering making it a mod

x2 Balatro or smth

[tiny kelp]

do you know how to mod?

[severe veldt]

I know Lua and thats what it uses

[tiny kelp]

ok

[severe veldt]

I figure I can bridge the gap

[tiny kelp]

nice

[severe veldt]

in the meantime tho is just pixel art lol

[tiny kelp]

w pixel art

[graceful lava]

Cartographer's ability sounds a wee bit lacking, but it is interesting

[tiny kelp]

this mod gonna be fire

[tiny kelp]

myabe x3?

[graceful lava]

Well no no

What I mean is like

What if instead it gained +1.5X for everytime all your poker hands go up a level

[tiny kelp]

Thats wayyyy too op bro

plus

if you think about it

[graceful lava]

I mean I know black hole exists

[tiny kelp]

dats just constellation

but with extra words

[nocturne cosmos]

xMult equal to level of lowest level hand?

[graceful lava]

Hmmm fair point I guess

[graceful lava]

No lol

[tiny kelp]

nonono

[severe veldt]

Maybe

[tiny kelp]

think about it

[severe veldt]

if u include secret hands

[nocturne cosmos]

Current effect is that but only up to level 2

[severe veldt]

youd have to buy at minimum 11 planet cards to have it at x2

[graceful lava]

What makes this card any less useful than constellation then

[tiny kelp]

the whole reason why he made this joker have this ability is because maps can only be made by exploring all of the land

[nocturne cosmos]

Secret hands aren’t counted unless you’ve played them

[half oak]

https://www.rxddit.com/r/balatro/comments/1ii5qhu/i_drew_more_of_the_boss_blinds_humanized/

that person came back and dropped more peak

[severe veldt]

sticking with original cartographer tho

[graceful lava]

So satellite but X2

[severe veldt]

o neat

[graceful lava]

Wait actually you brought up a good point earlier, what about secret hand types

[tiny kelp]

We could make it stronger

[nocturne cosmos]

Wall & Violet Vessel are def related somehow

[tiny kelp]

i may or may not want to the eye

[graceful lava]

I feel like the ability playing around increasing levels is good

I just think it could be a wee bit more interesting

[severe veldt]

we already have wee joker

[graceful lava]

lol fair

[severe veldt]

[tiny kelp]

yeah

[graceful lava]

What if... This hand increased when you unlock secret hands?

[tiny kelp]

that seems like a good way around that

thats

[graceful lava]

Like I know there's only three secret hands

[tiny kelp]

a bit too complicated at this point

lets have one ability per joker k?

anyway

[graceful lava]

But what if it was like "+1X each time you discover a secret hand"

[tiny kelp]

i gtg sleep noe

bye

[graceful lava]

Just alone that ability

Ok gn

[tiny kelp]

that feels like an idea for another joker

[graceful lava]

Fair enough

[nocturne cosmos]

Big blind done yet?

[graceful lava]

Maybe it could be for like a Palm Reader or something

[tame glacier]

Oh man these are amazing

Does the bosses justice

[tame glacier]

Looks like a kind stranger to me,

[half oak]

free my boy manacle he aint do nun

[severe veldt]

Apple Cider

• Adds 8 Mult for 16 Hands

[granite fable]

It’s so beautiful 🥺

[snow turret]

Triple??

Hiker would go crazy with this

[pearl saddle]

Well, Hiker doesn't increase the cards, rank, right ? So it wouldn't synergise.
Though it might be worth considering reworking this "Deathcard" concept to use the card's total chips worth instead (bonus chips included), which would allow those synergies to be possible.

[graceful lava]

I like that, good reference too

[graceful lava]

Would that also work with bonus cards

[pearl saddle]

yeah, basically it'd use the amount of chips the card gives when played (excluding jokers oc). In this case I'd also change the Chips gained on trigger to only double instead of triple, I think that's faire

but I do like the original design, it's simpler and cleaner, makes the game revolve less around that joker

(and visualy the card looks amazing)

[graceful lava]

This would go crazy with stone cards

There's actually a lot of interesting strategy this would add

It would probably need to be rare

[tiny spear]

My general philosophy is that I wouldn't put scaling jokers above uncommon

[shy yacht]

Well, keep in mind that there’s only so many way to destroy cards

Plus you can just tweak how much of the total chip value is given

I think you could balance it and keep it uncommon if you just removed the triple part

[graceful lava]

Maybe double at the least

I like that this card gives more usage to stuff like stone cards and bonus cards though

Those types desperately need somethings to make them worth getting

[mint raft]

Me destroying my 2 Foil + Bonus + Red Seal Aces to become a god of the plasma deck

[shy yacht]

Yeah people forget that chips are extremely good if you can build them up

Destroying a stone card alone would be 3/5ths of stuntman for free if it was triple

[severe veldt]

im gonna edit the colors on this brb

New Ver

Pick the next joker im making:

• Nacho Vendor
• Spending Spree
• Billiards

last one for today

[crude gazelle]

I like how the coaster looks like the red chips

[crude gazelle]

Billiards

[severe veldt]

Billiards it is

surprising choice but fun

[long smelt]

Finally, I wanted to see Billiards

And also Balatro: The Movie

But that will happen some other time

I'm already guessing that it will look like a movie poster

[severe veldt]

Balatro: The Movie will not be a movie poster

[long smelt]

Well I have no idea then

[shy yacht]

It’ll be a movie animated on a Balatro card obviously

[long smelt]

The entire shrek movie

If you watch the whole movie then 10X Mult

[shy yacht]

Me sitting and leaving Balatro open for 2 hours so I’ll have 10x mult when I get back

[halcyon rivet]

https://youtube.com/shorts/L9Ei_QXg5-A?feature=shared

[severe veldt]

im very confused

anyway

Billiards

• Adds 10 chips per [Rank] card scored. Rank changes when scored.
• (Currently +0 Chips)

[frail raptor]

I love the look of tjhis oner

[nova maple]

cool jonkler dude

one question, where are the holes?

[severe veldt]

[rocky sorrel]

easiest billiards ever 🔥

[nova maple]

awesome

[sonic badge]

is it nitpicky if i said there are 6 holes in billards

[livid elbow]

yes. explode.

[nova maple]

4 hole table

[frail raptor]

Completely unrelated but the creature in your pfp is so silly i love them

[sonic badge]

fair enough

i have never seen a 4 hole table i think

only 6 holes ones

[rocky sorrel]

el clasico

[livid elbow]

thank you!

[frail raptor]

No sproblem

[uncut chasm]

6 heroes of old sealing away an ancient evil

[misty tiger]

nooo you're supposed to obey me!!
the 6 heros of old:

[wintry thunder]

hard mode

[vast musk]

tiny roguies if it was good

[sonic badge]

first time making a joker so critique is appreciated

alt

its not done yet but which one do you guys prefer

[long smelt]

I DIDN'T NOTICE THE HANDS AT FIRST

That's awesome

Yet a little bit too basic still

[sonic badge]

it is my first ever one

[long smelt]

But I also love how the light beams go past the borders

A lot is done right

[sonic badge]

cant be professionals first try

[long smelt]

Yeah true

[wintry thunder]

honestly its really good but i feel like more could be added to the bg

[sonic badge]

yes

[long smelt]

Yeah this

[wintry thunder]

looks too much void

[sonic badge]

i will definetly be adding more

just feel like this is an important choice

[shy yacht]

Mhm, the background will help the hands stand out more

I prefer the second btw

[sonic badge]

maybe if i made hands blue

[long smelt]

I want like a galaxy background

To make it feel more grand

[long smelt]

If the joker has to do with the played hands then yeah

[sonic badge]

i think its cuz in general hands in balatro are blue and balatro has a red and blue palette

[long smelt]

Red is for discards

And blue is for hands

That's how it's always been

[shy yacht]

No, this works, you just need background contrast

[rocky sorrel]

i think the red of the hands is too similar to the balatro black and they're melting together

it might look better if the red had higher contrast, or if you chose a different backround color

[toxic sail]

this is truly peak fym first time

[nocturne cosmos]

Dark hands for bright energy

[neat jetty]

is that supposed to be red reversal LOL

[nocturne cosmos]

But fill the hands in so that they are solid hands with bright energy instead of linework hands

[sonic badge]

i havent upgraded my brain processing unit

so this will take a bit to process all this info

[rocky sorrel]

classic gojo "two left hands" johnson

[sonic badge]

also its still a draft so im gonna work on it a bit more

thanks to everyone who gave advice and tips

[nocturne cosmos]

Right you gotta flip one of the hands because that’s how hands symmetry

[rocky sorrel]

eh i mean

i like how it looks like its going around in a circle

[nocturne cosmos]

If you do the position irl with your hands you at least have the thumbs on the same side

[rocky sorrel]

yeah i kno

i have hands

i just thikn it looks cool for it to go around

[nocturne cosmos]

[sonic badge]

i was aware of this however

[sonic badge]

this ^

[rocky sorrel]

spinny

[sonic badge]

also what makes you think those hands are from the same person? hmmmmmmm?

maybe its...

2 different people

gasp

[rocky sorrel]

magic gay wizards casting nuclear bomb

[sonic badge]

also they both happen to be lefties

[rocky sorrel]

they cant all be winners ig

[sonic badge]

im going to have to make so many versions just to try everyones advice

[graceful lava]

Does it have a name?

[nocturne cosmos]

Mahito

[sonic badge]

im going with hidden power or somethin

[graceful lava]

Interesting

[pulsar vigil]

What type is the hidden power?

[graceful lava]

Maybe this could be the one with the ability "+1X for each secret poker hand discovered this run"

[sonic badge]

ye

[pulsar vigil]

Hidden power (ice)
Hidden power (fighting)

[sonic badge]

oh no im going to have to make all the types now

[graceful lava]

Does the game use the word run

[sonic badge]

yes?

in the tutorial?

not quite sure

[graceful lava]

No I mean like

How would it refer to like only things you done this game

[sonic badge]

yes

[pulsar vigil]

Yes

[sonic badge]

satellite

just looked it up

[graceful lava]

Ah ok

So that makes sense then, good

[sonic badge]

i was also thinking "[xmult]. Destroys after 5 rounds"

but i like yours way more

[severe veldt]

question
are the hands and lasers still seperate layers in the software u use

[sonic badge]

yes

i wanted to keep messing around

[severe veldt]

its not impossible to grab the bottom hand and flip it horizontally

[graceful lava]

I think the design would be more interesting if the hands weren't just outlined hands

But I understand this is your first design

[sonic badge]

its just a draft

[graceful lava]

Ah ok

[sonic badge]

[severe veldt]

I could even do that if u just gave me the black background with just the hands

the hands looks great as is lol

very wireframey

[graceful lava]

I thought maybe you were going for like a virtual boy kinda look for some reason

[sonic badge]

you talking about how its both left hands?

[severe veldt]

aye

[sonic badge]

its intentional

[severe veldt]

ah

alr then carry on lol

[sonic badge]

for the spinny look

[graceful lava]

Yeah it looks alright

[sonic badge]

and also if you turn the joker upside down it still works

[graceful lava]

That's true

One could say it's a palindrome

... Palindrome...

That gives me an idea

What if there was like a joker that allowed for straights that sort of... Are symmetrical

For example
You could do... K Q J Q K

[severe veldt]

That is two pair

[rocky sorrel]

i mean no

[graceful lava]

Right but it would count it as a straight

[rocky sorrel]

flush five has 3oak inside it

still a flush five

it only counts the highest ranked hand

[graceful lava]

The idea is that the cards are sort of symmetrical

Because the idea of a palindrome is that it works both forwards and backwards

[sonic badge]

its interesting for sure

[graceful lava]

RACECAR for example

Might be a complicated ability to explain though

Like in just a quick description

[sonic badge]

i think its cuz you can only play 5 cards

thats whats limiting

[graceful lava]

Yeah

[rocky sorrel]

and im p sure its impossible to code or smth

[graceful lava]

Oh

Well then womp womp i guess

[severe veldt]

tryna come up with new joker types is tricky

[graceful lava]

True that

[sonic badge]

actually

there is a mod that lets you play any amount of cards

[severe veldt]

at 34 uncommons now and still need to reach 61, and do the rest of the commons

[graceful lava]

Ok but I'm pretending like I'm adding to vanilla Balatro

[sonic badge]

i can see it working in vanilla balatro

a work around when you trying to get a straight but you just get dupes

[pulsar vigil]

Pelican

[sonic badge]

do it

[pulsar vigil]

🫡

[sonic badge]

cant wait to see funni bird taped to a joker card

[graceful lava]

Pride Flag: +4 mult for each consecutively played hand that doesn't contain a straight (currently 0)

[sonic badge]

i think paperback mod has that

[graceful lava]

Ah ok

[rocky sorrel]

pride flag used to be busted

shit was crazy

[pulsar vigil]

I still gotta make peacock too

[graceful lava]

"pride flag used to be busted"
put that on your gravestone lmao

[severe veldt]

Courtesy of a friend

[graceful lava]

Uh... Ability?

[severe veldt]

some of these I may come up with designs and may require your help for mechanics

[sonic badge]

that is its ability

just that

[graceful lava]

"does absolutely nothing and dies"

[severe veldt]

I did not make this art decision so as of now I have no idea what it'll do

[graceful lava]

Hmm...

[pulsar vigil]

It stays for one round and then disappears after doing nothing

[severe veldt]

other than maybe make people laugh at the insanity of 'Completely Nude'

[graceful lava]

What if it like gained based on every card in your deck that ISN'T enhanced

[livid elbow]

i hate this!

[graceful lava]

Cause the idea I'm imagining is you wanna keep all your playing cards naked

[sonic badge]

that sounds broken

for an uncommon

[graceful lava]

True

Well...

[severe veldt]

what if

[graceful lava]

Yeah at that point it'd just sort of become blue joker

[severe veldt]

x2 Mult if full deck is below 20 cards

[graceful lava]

Hmm... Maybe

[severe veldt]

or smth smth below 20 cards

[sonic badge]

we are immolating and hanging men tonight

[graceful lava]

And trading men

...

Wait

[pulsar vigil]

Boy have i got the card for you

[severe veldt]

They also wanted a concept art joker card but im not obligated to do that

does sound interesting though

[pulsar vigil]

Kill em

[lament fable]

I bet his favorite shampoo is head and shoulders

[graceful lava]

No his favorite shampoo is Clean Jokes™

[nocturne cosmos]

Your honor, league of legends

[sonic badge]

just do a clown dude doing this face 😮 and covering his "area"

[lament fable]

Death.

[severe veldt]

ya see sometimes i struggle with coming up with designs then some guy comes around and pulls some wacky description like this and my creativity is stoked once again

[graceful lava]

Or maybe put a leaf on em

[nocturne cosmos]

A joker hat on the area

[graceful lava]

Or you could have them standing in public nude and have like an object covering them, kinda like the cartoon trope

[sonic badge]

this

[nocturne cosmos]

[graceful lava]

Cover up those jesticles

[sonic badge]

great idea monkey village

[severe veldt]

nah head and shoulders default joker is fine

any more would stifle the joke

[nocturne cosmos]

They took it off to cover the wheels of fortune

[nocturne cosmos]

Cover the s

[sonic badge]

there rly should be an art discussion channel

[graceful lava]

Good point

[severe veldt]

yes definitally

[nocturne cosmos]

balls

[graceful lava]

an odd medical condition

[sonic badge]

wow you rly are balling with this jokes

[graceful lava]

Jimbo will never be balling

[sonic badge]

ignore that

[nocturne cosmos]

That’s what jimbo is covering

[graceful lava]

Ok ok enough

Or if you wanna be boring you could add a censor bar

As a matter of fact you could just make the whole joker a censor bar

[sonic badge]

do we put this in a suggestion channel

[severe veldt]

prolly

only 28 more uncommons to go

[nocturne cosmos]

Cover those Jalls

[graceful lava]

Still trying to figure out what the ability should be...

[severe veldt]

i alr put smth down

[graceful lava]

Cause I feel like below 20 cards is okay

[nocturne cosmos]

If has balls

Don’t

[severe veldt]

yall are mad

[graceful lava]

But idk I feel like it could be more interesting

What else connects to nudity in the game in like a metaphorical sense...

[severe veldt]

literally two commons I have planned are these lol

it doesnt gotta be complex

[nocturne cosmos]

Flush (flashing)

[graceful lava]

I was thinking...

[nocturne cosmos]

Flush + Ace

[graceful lava]

What if there was a joker that gained mult based on every poker hand that's at level 1

[long smelt]

That's hilarious

[graceful lava]

Or maybe chips would be better for that

Something like "+10 chips for each poker hand at level 1"

[severe veldt]

General advice ive seen

uncommons and rares are better generally

commons have more niche uses

[graceful lava]

Hmm that's a good point

I never thought about that

Either way just trying to throw around random ability ideas

[long smelt]

I still love niche jokers

But hate something like obelisk

[graceful lava]

Actually I just figured out a better way to improve this

"After defeating a boss blind, this gains +8 chips for each poker hand at level 1 (currently 0)"

[pulsar vigil]

Hell yeah niche scaling

[graceful lava]

Idk would this be too good

Maybe +5?

[pulsar vigil]

Its fine at 10 i think

[graceful lava]

Then again it would need to be a pretty significant substitute for not leveling up certain hands

[pulsar vigil]

Maybe 7 or 8 if its too strong

[graceful lava]

Alright 8 then

Now I just need a design for it...

Should probably be something related to space

[snow harbor]

yo wait theres a demo?

[graceful lava]

Or maybe rather it should be the opposite, like being based on staying on earth

[pulsar vigil]

Asteroid Field

[graceful lava]

That does sound kinda cool

Or what about maybe even like an alien joker

[pulsar vigil]

Yeah i packed up 15 of the working ones to put out but then i had to update the loader and sushi is broken

[graceful lava]

Since it would be out of our solar system

Or something

[pulsar vigil]

Im trying to work out how to fix it

[snow harbor]

what does sushi do again?

[graceful lava]

3 free rerolls

[pulsar vigil]

Rerolls start at 0 for 3 rounds

[long smelt]

Have it be a UFO

[pulsar vigil]

Not 3 free rerolls

[graceful lava]

Ah

My bad

[pulsar vigil]

Technically it is 3 free rolls, but its a little more lol

[long smelt]

Oh I get it

[graceful lava]

Or I could be inside of a UFO, that's a good point

[long smelt]

Like sushi rolls

[pulsar vigil]

Yeah (:

[graceful lava]

You know what I find interesting about your cards itsmythie?

(idk what to abbreviate your name as lol)

[cloud creek]

Smyt

[graceful lava]

I found this video talking about how much Balatro has like a very Americana influence on its cards and stuff

What I notice about a lot of your cards is that they sort of pull more from like Asian culture

Not all of them but quite a lot

[pulsar vigil]

I do like Japan

[long smelt]

I want to see your jokers

[pulsar vigil]

Its a fascinating country

[long smelt]

No now we gotta make a Joker based off of the American flag

[graceful lava]

I just find that interesting because you managed to still make them cool despite sort of going in the opposite direction thematically

[long smelt]

I saw that video about american card culture

And it was really interesting from an outside perspective

[graceful lava]

And even then it could be argued that card culture isnt even strictly American

I mean we didnt even invent the playing cards

We just popularized poker if anything

[long smelt]

It was primarily Europe

[graceful lava]

Like Texas Hold Em

[pulsar vigil]

Thats the reason my friends can't play jackbox trivia games

[graceful lava]

I thought it was more like Asia and Mesopotamia

[pulsar vigil]

Cuz they're very largely american influenced so we get stuck a lot

[graceful lava]

Well the newer games have options to disable the US prompts

[pulsar vigil]

I'll send them when im out of bed

[long smelt]

Oh yeah that's true

[pulsar vigil]

And then i might try do pelican

[graceful lava]

I could send them for ya if that would be helpful

[pulsar vigil]

Or just reply to the post i made last

[long smelt]

They became big in Europe even before America

[pulsar vigil]

Even though the last page is missing a couple

[graceful lava]

Yeah but I think... Actually wait where did poker originate

Google says New Orleans

[sonic badge]

#1336777323797811271 message

[graceful lava]

So yeah I think it's fair to say Poker is a pretty prominent American staple

[sonic badge]

i did it guys

now you guys can it all you want!

[rocky sorrel]

worse jimbo my beloved

[graceful lava]

I guess gaining weight is a good thing /j

[severe veldt]

everyone wonders why theres so many skinny jokers around until portly joker walks in

[pulsar vigil]

Theres a joke here about ancient china or something but i can't be bothered working for it

[long smelt]

Obesity?

[cloud creek]

My friend has a portly jester OC

His name is Circi, it's Latin for round

Like circle

[severe veldt]

👍

[long smelt]

Okay now we're going to far off topic

I actually gotta show off some art I made

[severe veldt]

lets see it

[long smelt]

Post-it Note

Match Box

[severe veldt]

Looks good
shading could use some work but nonetheless nice

[long smelt]

It's not perfect

[pulsar vigil]

I'm planning to do a post it note joker too :p

[cloud creek]

You should try to apply a more pen like quality to the lines like brainstorm

Would look really good

[long smelt]

Yeah I thought about that later

I'll try it

Match Box I am finished with

You understand what I am trying to go for and that's all that matters to me

[rocky sorrel]

soapy guy

[snow harbor]

crunch

[pulsar vigil]

Whoever bit that has extremely round teeth

[rocky sorrel]

could NOT figure out how to do a bite mark

[pulsar vigil]

Clearly you're not a soap biting connoisseur

[sonic badge]

multiple roundies

[rocky sorrel]

i'm a faker

[pulsar vigil]

A poser

[sonic badge]

have you never bit soap?

[sonic badge]

looks good

[rocky sorrel]

no idea how to do teeth

[sonic badge]

if you wish a little tip from me i would say that the little bent piece of paper could be a bit more flattened

[shrewd gale]

I think it gets the point across

[pulsar vigil]

Looks good already

[sonic badge]

you could enhance the look by making it 3d

[shrewd gale]

You would be amazed at how much a gentle gradient pops things

[sonic badge]

the bit marks i mean

[rocky sorrel]

trying to

feels 2d without it

[sonic badge]

ya doin good

[pulsar vigil]

Just follow the shaded area at the bottom around

[rocky sorrel]

got it

[sonic badge]

aye

[long smelt]

So should I add a subtle gradient so that the note isn't all just a flat color?

[rocky sorrel]

i mean

could add it and see if you like it

[long smelt]

I'll try that

[rocky sorrel]

the paper's curved so the light might bounce off in a more complicated way than just a gradient

[long smelt]

Thanks for all the tips you guys

[pulsar vigil]

Balatro loves it's gradients

And so do i

[half oak]

yummy soap

[cloud creek]

Try to make the thickness the same as it is on the bottom edge of the soap

[sonic badge]

idk if you caught my piece of advice but im sure it will look good regardless because of the rest of the tips

[cloud creek]

So 4 pixels

[rocky sorrel]

brobably good enough

shipping it

[long smelt]

I actually like this

[sonic badge]

looks good
like the scribbled in jester hat

[long smelt]

Yeah I tried to make it more scribbled

[tired blade]

would be funny if this was a food joker

[rocky sorrel]

removes enhancements, after 5 rounds earn 2$ per enhancmeent removed

or some amount of money anyways

[cloud creek]

Pretty intense gradient

[rocky sorrel]

the light is coming from

the bottom?

[frail raptor]

Wait this peaks

[long smelt]

I added a somewhat subtle gradient

It does make it pop out more

I can't get it to reflect light in a realistic way

But I think I did a good enough job

[rocky sorrel]

nom

i ated it

[frail raptor]

NOOO

[long smelt]

I'm just shipping it

#1335318659169517659 message This is what the Post-it Note does
#1335318659169517659 message And this is what the Match Box does

[pulsar vigil]

how about a shadow under the pin

[shrewd gale]

I would, maybe in the direction of the bent corner?

[shrewd gale]

Yeah that looks nice

[long smelt]

I'm not in the mood to mess with shadows

We can just ignore that

[pulsar vigil]

Felt

[uncut chasm]

one joke

[long smelt]

I never gave LocalThunk enough credit on his Joker designs

This is tougher than it looks

[graceful lava]

This is cool

Question though why do you need a thumb tack for a sticky post it note

[long smelt]

I don't know, people just do that

Don't ask me

[pulsar vigil]

Usually people pin notes that arent sticky

To cork boards and stuff

Either way

[forest sun]

more jokers that negate the acorn boss blind 🗣️ 🔥

[long smelt]

Wait what others are there?

[pulsar vigil]

All my homies hate the acorn 🗣️

[forest sun]

square, and wee off the top of my head due to their difference in size

[long smelt]

The acorn sucks if you need your jokers in a specific order

[forest sun]

there might be others?

idk

[long smelt]

Oh yeah i've had a run with 2 polychrome square jokers against the Acorn

This joker is better than both of them, since those are the only two jokers that you can identify what they are

Without seeing the actual art of them

[rocky sorrel]

okay thats schweet

[long smelt]

I wanted to make more objects that can work as Jokers

A brick was another idea but I don't know how to make an orange rectangle look good

Like the stone cards have such a peak design

I can't compete with that

[rocky sorrel]

i did ""bricks"" as a backround once

[uncut chasm]

photograph also

and if you duplicate a joker with invisible joker it always has the red deck backside

[rocky sorrel]

fuck acorn ig

[lime ivy]

he really has a unique pixel art style! super nice to look at, also difficult to emulate

especially for seasoned pixel artists, cuz thunk comes from a traditional art background. i believe he only learned pixel art for balatro specifically

[pulsar vigil]

Indeed

Even when emulating the style its obvious when the artists own style pops through

I think my best emulation of the style was actually contortionist

[sonic badge]

still wip

testing lighting and red hands

prob gonna test blue next

[nocturne cosmos]

On some of the wider energy lines, maybe some lighter red (like the one highlighting the hand and joker letters) possibly with white at the center?

And just the lighter red through the medium with ones

Like that are coming out the side

Kinda

[pulsar vigil]

want me to dm them?

[sonic badge]

i see the vision

[graceful lava]

damn that looks cool

though maybe you should make the hands a bit less red that way the red in the middle and shooting outwards is more prominant

like I might suggest making the hands look normal with like a redish glow on them from the power in the middle

like maybe light grey hands or something

[sonic badge]

i was thinking blue

[graceful lava]

that works too

[sonic badge]

to make the red stand out

testing things rn

[graceful lava]

I just wouldn't the design to be assumed to have connection to grabber/nacho thongs

[sonic badge]

perhaps last played hand something

[graceful lava]

do you plan on giving abilities to this and the soap bar?

[sonic badge]

like 5xmult on last hand for 5 rounds

[graceful lava]

but then wouldn't it make more sense for it to be a food joker

[sonic badge]

so yes there is that common trend of temporary jokers to be food jokers

[graceful lava]

I mean to be fair not all of them are

but a majority are

[sonic badge]

but i was wondering if i can make a bunch of jokers that arent food

but disappear after a round

[graceful lava]

wdym after a run

[sonic badge]

kinda like a more powerful consumable

sorry

round

[graceful lava]

ah ok

I mean like I said technically some temporary jokers aren't food

so it's not even that strict of a rule

[sonic badge]

draw back would be that it takes up a joker slot

[graceful lava]

ok but

isn't that the draw back of like

every joker

[sonic badge]

yes but in this sense

its like a temporary powerful consumable

[graceful lava]

finally something to nerf joker stencil /j

[sonic badge]

something for the final stretch or boss

until you can find something to get you on your feet

[graceful lava]

question

[nocturne cosmos]

Seltzer if it wasn’t food themed

[graceful lava]

so this only ticks down when you're on your last hand right

[nocturne cosmos]

Essentially

[graceful lava]

uh...

you know what seltzer is right

[nocturne cosmos]

Drink

[graceful lava]

right

[nocturne cosmos]

Still food

[graceful lava]

oh wait

[nocturne cosmos]

Consumed

[graceful lava]

I'm sorry I registered your message incorrectly

lol

[nocturne cosmos]

Hard seltzer is different

[graceful lava]

like it doesn't just tick down every round right

and if you don't use the final hand it's just wasted

[nocturne cosmos]

Every hand sp faster

[sonic badge]

idk its still a concept

[graceful lava]

well I'd think that would make it more interesting as a temporary joker

since it isn't just naturally temporary

[sonic badge]

tru

[graceful lava]

like it only ticks down under certain circumstances

so I think that's cool

[sonic badge]

then prob only like 3 uses

5 uses seems a bit much

[graceful lava]

yeah maybe

would pair nicley with the uh gymnastics one or whatever its called

[sonic badge]

here is another alt ive been playing around with

[nocturne cosmos]

Only ticks down when used (i.e. the mult is actually applied)

[sonic badge]

i think it makes it a bit more interesting

different shades of the beams

[graceful lava]

once the hands are blue this will definitely look much cooler

[nocturne cosmos]

Can still add the inner energy colours

[sonic badge]

ive tried it

[graceful lava]

since the beams won't be blending in with the hands

[sonic badge]

either i cant make it look good

or it does something i dont like

still it was a fun idea to play with

[graceful lava]

you could make the background a bit more of a gradient with white towards more the middle and the getting darker outwards in a circular fashion

[sonic badge]

yes

[shy yacht]

That’s so sick

[sonic badge]

i havent gotten to backgrounds yet

[graceful lava]

fair enough

[sonic badge]

ty

[sonic badge]

i do have this in mind

[graceful lava]

nice

[nocturne cosmos]

Ngl, from the first time I saw this (because mult & discard are red)

I thought about some sort of xMult based on discards

Like +1 discard and has x1 mult for each unused discard (in a round), so 2 discards left = x2 mult

[sonic badge]

lot of good ideas here

[sonic badge]

maybe i can add a bit of delayed gratification in here where if no discards are used it will use the amount of discards available as xmult

[graceful lava]

that does sound interesting

only problem

drunkard

exists

[sonic badge]

isnt that synergy

[graceful lava]

I mean I suppose

[nocturne cosmos]

On the final hand?

[sonic badge]

mayhaps

[graceful lava]

but a joker ability shouldn't just be the same joker with a better ability

I'd like to think

[sonic badge]

blueprint and brainstorm

[graceful lava]

I've said this before

blueprint and brainstorm are only as good as the other jokers you have

[nocturne cosmos]

Maybe drop the +discard from this and then you have to invest in drunkard and the vouchers for the extra

[graceful lava]

they share weaknesses and benefits with other cards

[sonic badge]

im saying blueprint is better than brainstorm

[nocturne cosmos]

Makes it more interesting

[graceful lava]

is it though

I've always seen brainstorm as kinda weaker

[sonic badge]

yeah

exactly

[graceful lava]

just because it forces you to put say a X mult at the left

[sonic badge]

so

[graceful lava]

you don't want it at the left

[nocturne cosmos]

-# I am yapping at myself here

[sonic badge]

blueprint essentially has the better same ability

[sonic badge]

im acknowledging you

[graceful lava]

I've always felt brainstorm is better for copying more basic joker abilities

[sonic badge]

well the +1 discard thing can be removed

it was just an extra bonus

[graceful lava]

that would probably be preferrable

[sonic badge]

that doesnt seem necessary for a joker

i think 1 ability is good enough for a joker

[graceful lava]

exactly

[nocturne cosmos]

Also streamlines the ability and effect identity

[sonic badge]

still fantastic idea monkey village

[graceful lava]

and that would give you more of a reason to grab drunkard

[sonic badge]

yea i was thinking this originally

[graceful lava]

instead of just grabbing "drunkard but cooler"

[sonic badge]

or merry andy

[pulsar vigil]

screams

[graceful lava]

oh yeah that too

[sonic badge]

PELICAN

[graceful lava]

NEMO

bro thats not a goose

[sonic badge]

THERE IS NO PELICAN

ITS A CRIME

[nocturne cosmos]

Speaking of, name?

You said hidden power, what about “potential”

[graceful lava]

hmm thats a good point

Hidden Potential

that does sound a bit cooler, plus it's based on having the potential hidden behind the first hands building up to something more special

[nocturne cosmos]

Hidden Potential (Uncommon)
x1 Mult for each unused discard
(Currently x1 Mult)

[cloud creek]

Acrobat but Quirky ✨

[lethal karma]

New draft, after our friend random71777 made me realise i was fusing the girl from The Grudge with the girl from The Ring. Working on finishing the arms, hand and legs.

[nocturne cosmos]

Could drop the final hand part

[cloud creek]

They're the same girl I'm pretty sure

[lethal karma]

that's the thing we looked it up

they are not

[cloud creek]

Like entirely not?

[lethal karma]

entirely

i was a shock for me too

[cloud creek]

What's the key difference?

[lethal karma]

they have only one thing in common

[tiny tendon]

question, where and how can i make custom cards for balatro?

[lethal karma]

their appareance is based on the same japanese legend

[cloud creek]

Art or code? @hollow

[tiny tendon]

art

[lethal karma]

but history wise their are completely diferent

[rocky sorrel]

its mostly just pixel art knowledge

so look at a buncha tutorials ig, and practice

[cloud creek]

Do you have an art program of choice?

[tiny tendon]

ah ok, i mean ive done some pixal art before, but wasnt sure on dimentions and such

[lethal karma]

the ring girl comes from a well within a vhs tape jumping out of your tv, the Grudge girl is a mixture of physical and mental hauting type that comes from a plastic bag.

[cloud creek]

From a bag?

[lethal karma]

Plastic Bag

[sonic badge]

bag

[tiny tendon]

aseprite

[sonic badge]

its free

if you compile it

[cloud creek]

Pretty sure they already have it lol

[lethal karma]

the clothing is different too, that's what made us realise they are not the same

[sonic badge]

woops silly me

[cloud creek]

So you can just open the Balatro exe and grab the art files and use those as templates honestly

[rocky sorrel]

71×95, but jokers have a 1 pixel transparent border

[sonic badge]

balatro exe is in like

steam

[rocky sorrel]

and a 1 pixel gray border

[sonic badge]

steam apps

[rocky sorrel]

and a 2 pixel white border

[tiny tendon]

ty

[cloud creek]

Mhm

Like if you have 7-zip

Just go right click the balatro exe in your local files, and pop the archive open

[sonic badge]

man i sure do hope that my joker is in actually the right dimensions

[cloud creek]

It will be if you just draw over the vanilla joker

[rocky sorrel]

very easy to checl

[sonic badge]

im not familar with aseprite

[rocky sorrel]

press C

opens up border things

you can check the dimensions you're on

[sonic badge]

so the canvas is 71x95

[pulsar vigil]

yyyall got any fish..?

[rocky sorrel]

-1 for transparent outline, -1 gray border, -2 white border

[sonic badge]

but i left 1 transparent pixel around the joker

ok

so i fine

i consider the gray and white borders to be part of the joker

[rocky sorrel]

get yo big ass body out the joker text damn¡¡!!

[rocky sorrel]

fair

i just remove it unless im working on a weirdo

like soap or something

[sonic badge]

soap you say?

[graceful lava]

is this gonna have any sort of connection to the red herring?

or is it just

ya know

a red herring

[sonic badge]

a red herring is a red herring

[rocky sorrel]

weirdo and non weirdo

how i see it anyways

[graceful lava]

is the soap bar joker gonna be a reference to Fight Club

[rocky sorrel]

no i wanted to draw soap

and i dont write abilities

[graceful lava]

oh

[sonic badge]

didnt you say $2 per removed enchancement after 5 rounds

[rocky sorrel]

ion remember

[graceful lava]

WELL DON'T MIND IF I D-

[rocky sorrel]

i be forgetting

[graceful lava]

I feel like the soap bar would have some kind of ability related to "if a single enhanced card is played, remove the enhancement"

idk why you'd want to remove the enhancement but maybe it's from a playing card you picked up or a stone card or something

maybe you don't want glass cards anymore

then again that is just kinda Vampire but without the good stuff

[rocky sorrel]

that just seems

idk why wouldnt you just replace it with a tarot card

[graceful lava]

good point

hmm... a soap with a bite taken out...

maybe it could have something to do with a punishment for saying a bad word

[rocky sorrel]

idk go nuts

i specifically dont think about abilities because i feel it limits me

cant speak for other people's process

[graceful lava]

I mean in the past it was my belief that the ability should come before the design but slowly and slowly I feel like that's been proven less and less to me

[pulsar vigil]

Get yo big ahh body out of the text!!!

[rocky sorrel]

i like drawing better than game designening

[graceful lava]

thats fair

[raw hare]

Maybe something to do with removing enhancements? Ye know, like cleaning the cards. Like maybe it gains chips. Tho that would be just a vampire for chips.

[graceful lava]

thats what I said as well