#[Malverk] Dark Mode for Balatro

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vale python
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Changes card textures into a stylized dark mode.
Requires Steammodded
Download: https://github.com/CarrotonMan/balatrodarkmode/tree/main
[This texture pack in a work in progress]

UPDATE: Balatro Dark Mode v1.0 now requires Malverk, if you wish to use the old version download BalatroDarkMode

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Dark mode texture pack for Balatro. Requires steammodded. - GitHub - CarrotonMan/balatrodarkmode: Dark mode texture pack for Balatro. Requires steammodded.

vale python
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This is what the cards look like in game at the moment

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faint shore
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if it works this may be the best thing ever

vale python
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Ofc it works, I made it 😎

fallen wigeon
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Beautiful! One of my fave aesthetic mods. Hoping someone makes an in-game background color changer next (like that title screen color changing mod) so I can forever be done with “poker green” 😝

vale python
fallen wigeon
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Oooh yes please! I’ve only got steamodded on my exe at the moment.

vale python
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you have 7zip?

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you want to extract this file here

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fallen wigeon
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Oooh I can have my friend do it for me I’m on steam deck and 7zip doesn’t work for me and peazip for Linux won’t do the same functions weirdly :/

vale python
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then you can replace the colour_(number) with rgba values formatted like this: vec4(0.8, 0.2, 0.5, 1.0)

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I am not 100% sure how it all works yet and I am still experimenting but it does change the colors in some ways

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rn I figured out how to get this kind of effect, I'm looking for that base green color

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fallen wigeon
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Ty! I’ll try this as soon as I can and let ya know how it goes. I’ll look up some RGB values. I’d love a greyer general background and then I love when the colors change for bosses and boosters etc so those colors are fine

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Wow that new green base looks incredible

vale python
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more progress

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vale python
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found out how to do this in a way that I can easily add to the mod. Only thing is the color won't change :/

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civic granite
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getting this? ur mod is the first and only i have downloaded

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vale python
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you put the entire BalatroDarkMode folder in your mods folder?

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located at C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Balatro\Mods

civic granite
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wait mb, i accidentally only downloaded the lua..... 😅

vale python
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also Im about to push an update to it in a few mins that adds a new logo and that dark green background

civic granite
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oh nice the background looks cool

vale python
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  • this logo
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civic granite
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so do i just put the whole folder into my mods?

vale python
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yes

civic granite
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oh yh got it working

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does high contrast cards have any effect with this?

vale python
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high contrast cards breaks it

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I have not bothered doing textures for it because why

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ok the two changes should be pushed

vale python
fallen wigeon
vale python
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Search just blinds

vale python
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wait no

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this circled block ^^^^^

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if you don't like how dark it is you can delete the G.C.Background block

fallen wigeon
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Dope! I’ll test this out later today and let ya know! Tysm for this! My spooky trippy poker dreams will come true now

fallen wigeon
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Omg it works and it's beautiful!!! Ty. easily my favorite mod now 🙂

icy anvil
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Dark Mode Joker

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icy anvil
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also base

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and all of the outlines

vale python
fallen wigeon
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Hell yeah I’d love some dark jokers!

autumn yacht
flint radish
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Is there a download of just the playing card assets with the dark background included so that it would be compatible with deckskinslite? Absoloutely no problem if not, just curious. Cool texture pack btw

late zodiac
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extract in mods folder

late zodiac
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I made the missing Deck darker too
Just replace the assets folder by this one

📎 assets.zip
icy sable
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peak

fallen wigeon
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Curious if anyone can make the above joker and regular base darker decks compatible with the Malverk texture editor? Would love to be able to swap between these packs and others!

vale python
open solstice
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Reminds me of UNO Flip

drowsy terrace
vale python
vale python
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it seems that there are some limitations with malverk so I am honestly 50/50 on if I should use it or not

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in its current form I would end up needing to have the malverk pack AND a separate pack for things like the suit colors and custom background

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ok it is possible to have 1 folder where both packs can exist and be installed at the same time. I'll just call one folder something like DarkModeMalverk and the other one DarkModeExtras for the features that are not supported. I've got everything figured out and can just spend my time texturing now

drowsy terrace
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If you need a base, the mod I posted has NikoTine's jokers and your decks/enhancements + deck skin + playing card, all toggleable.

drowsy terrace
vale python
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both will be packaged in one folder

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after I do this I'll probably go back and also make a separate non-malverk version of it too

vale python
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I'm thinking of toning back some of the extra changes I did before and make it feel more 'vanilla.' So no drop shadows or crazy gradients on the deck faces and stuff. The main thing I will definitely keep is the actual deck backing gradient because it looks way better than just a flat color

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this time I am actually keeping the psd files organized so it will be easy to tweak later. Will probably upload them to the github alongside the textures

vale python
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this is what I've cooked up so far

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vale python
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vouchers done, nice and easy

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vale python
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these spectral packs go hard

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vale python
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jokers done enough to be passable

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vale python
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[Malverk] Dark Mode for Balatro

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all done, this pack is pretty fire now. Everything redone from scratch and a LOT more retextures

drowsy terrace
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these look great!

vale python
# drowsy terrace these look great!

I've been playing with it for a while and have been tweaking a bunch of stuff that looks off. Lmk if u have any criticisms and I'll continue refining it

drowsy terrace
vale python
drowsy terrace
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You should add the card skins as a DeckSkins mod, so it doesn't overide the default ones

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u should be able to add them as an extra color option

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i believe it also supports the suit color icons

vale python
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I've never heard of this mod, I'll check it out. The only concern I may have is that it increases the amount of dependencies

drowsy terrace
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its an API in steamodded

small vapor
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you can support both without the need for a dependency

vale python
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Alright I'll look into it

vale python
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more jokers updated

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drowsy terrace
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i'm not a huge fan of the way most of the enhancements currently look

vale python
drowsy terrace
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those ones, i think stone, steel, and gold should match Stone Joker, Steel Joker, and golden ticket

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i think they're a bit too dark

vale python
drowsy terrace
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yes! those look better

vale python
drowsy terrace
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Noticed that Trading Card and Bootstraps have messed up borders

vale python
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will also redo the main menu logo at some point but that is not a priority

vale python
vale python
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changes pushed

fallen wigeon
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Just downloaded the 1.0 and have both the Malverk and Extras packs in my mods folder in the 1.0 folder and when I go to configure the textures I get this...any idea which is which?

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fallen wigeon
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Also idk if it's just me but even using just the Malverk titled folder many of my celestial cards have the Tarot images instead

vale python
vale python
drowsy terrace
fallen wigeon
dim maple
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this will go along well with my dark trance colour scheme probably

vale python
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do drop shadows on the suits look better?

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honestly I'm leaning towards no

vale python
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also tweaked more stuff and added more dark jokers, there are only a couple left to redo

vale python
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I am not going to have much time to keep working on this with much progress soon so if anyone is interested I can send all the psd documents to anyone who wants to fork this version of the pack

cunning dew
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Hey @vale python , I installed the files on github but the jokers don't seem to have been edited? I dragged them straight into my balatro archive and everything works but I can't seem to see the jokers files having been included in the github download? Thanks in advance (please ping me if you reply too, i miss a lot of discord notifications)

vale python
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@cunning dew try downloading the zip file from the releases page. The modified joker files are present there. Just unzip it then put the one directory in your mods folder.

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There are 2 versions, of the pack in the repo, an old one without jokers and a new one with a lot of stuff. The new one is the v1.0

vale python
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Lmk if u have issues

cunning dew
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oh that seems to work now!!! thank you :)

vale python
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If I were to add/change anything in the pack in its current state, what would be most impactful?

vale python
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I think I cracked the code to make this look decent

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vale python
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jokers improved

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I toned back a lot of effects and killed the oversaturation that existed in quite a few of the texttures

vale python
spice plover
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turning lucky cat into a black cat

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ik its not gonna be too faithful to its design but

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uhhh idk

vale python
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it would also blend in with the background too much

vale python
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@spice plover I'm not sure if you downloaded the pack but there was a critical bug where I didn't have the hologram texture's transparency set right so it doesn't appear in game. Update has been pushed and old files have been replaced

vale python
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I am trying to put the pack on the mod manager, will see if it get approved

spice plover
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i literally JUST got holo and went to check your message lmaoi

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vale python
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the pack has been added to balatro mod manager

sonic pier
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@vale python Sorry for the ping, just a small question: I would like to make a customized version of the standard playing cards in dark mode by replacing the face cards with others of my own making.

By any chance, do you happen to have a "blank" template of the texture? If it's not a problem, I mean.

vale python
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I can send u all the psd files even if you want idrc

sonic pier
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If possible, that would be lovely. Thank you! ❤️

sonic pier
vale python