TIWMIG - A mod for whatever comes to my mind

[sturdy terrace]

TIWMIG ("This Is Where My Ideas Go") is a mod I'm developing solo where I add whatever comes to mind. It's mainly just a way for me to explore the possibilities in Balatro modding, as well as practice pixel art and staying disciplined in scripting.

I probably won't take content suggestions or sprite submissions. I will, however, enthusiastically regard suggestions on how to improve existing code or art!

Current content includes some Jokers with various mechanics. More content to come!

You can find the mod here: https://github.com/Oinite12/tiwmig-mod
I also upload videos showcasing added content: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvwx-j5Lb-GIhH52MGlgEARvfaGRauDLZ

Current additions:

[fallen nest]

lotsa food

[thick tide]

food jokers always make me hungry 😋

[celest spindle]

just wondering, how do you get the mod where if you click on your jokers in your collection they automatically go to your inventory? just think it would be fun to mess around with

[molten hamlet]

https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1228149931257237664

[celest spindle]

thank you

[sturdy terrace]

I guess I should mention that I'm not interested in the "notion of "balance"" for this mod; I just want to make my ideas come true and all that :P

Like the Poutine components are incredibly situational and luck-based, i.e. not a guarantee you'll reach Poutine

[red lava]

love the ambigram on the title

[sturdy terrace]

thank you

[sturdy terrace]

worst time to be heading out of town 😔 working on a cool joker but it's not polished at all at this point

but im pretty close to getting started on polish (and maybe artwork)

I'll just push what I have so far to github, commented out, so I can work on it with my laptop

[sturdy terrace]

cough

[sturdy terrace]

https://youtu.be/m2OxLqKqbWA New Joker out

[sturdy terrace]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93-ZulAIgh0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXwb4XzICUc
whoa, double showcase!

[sturdy terrace]

at the puter, straight up developing it. and by it, i mean, well. lets just say, absolutely nothing

(Turns out pixel art is hard and screws with my motivation)

[tight scarab]

So true

[sturdy terrace]

Why did the creators of TIWMIG even bother, you know? At this point, just say that you hate Balatro's core mechanics, you hate the community, and you're making something entirely different to Balatro.

I seriously hope that TIWMIG's devteam pulls this mod from the web and issues an apology. This mod is insulting. /copypasta

[cunning oak]

Lol, that’s a dangerous copypasta if you’re not the mod creator

[red lava]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1248466428231815280/1275072180488503346/spaceashes_-_1817170238196031925.gif

When DANGEROUS BALATRO MODDERS Make Mods

[sturdy terrace]

...right, uh, forgot to mention, I updated Commenting Out to be less of a pain in the ass

[sturdy terrace]

v0.2.0 will be officially out soon; i finished the code for the last set of Jokers to add, now I just need to work on the art for them

[topaz elk]

how is the logo so good.

it's frankly perfect

[sturdy terrace]

thank you :D

[sturdy terrace]

v0.2.0 is out! https://github.com/Oinite12/tiwmig-mod/releases/tag/v0.2.0

small content update, just 5 jokers

two of those jokers are joker retrigger jokers but i forgot to make a dev video about both - admittedly tho they arent the most interesting jokers, at least relative to the others

ok well i learned a couple of things about those two jokers and now i have to release a cosmetic fix for that >:/ https://github.com/Oinite12/tiwmig-mod/releases/tag/v0.2.0.1

[crude valve]

The art looks dope as hell, and these are some pretty cool jokers. Definitely will try em out next time I play

[sturdy terrace]

Thank you! I will note that balance is not a high priority for this mod, but feel free to share your thoughts on such if you wish

[sturdy terrace]

I'm gonna do one more random assortment update before adding a bit of a bigger set of items for v1.0

[sturdy terrace]

Oin wtf

Anyways, note to self, something about 2027 april 7

[valid yoke]

Is this still happening?

[sturdy terrace]

When I feel like it

[valid yoke]

ight
take your time man

[sturdy terrace]

It was a storming night, with thunder raging across the obsidian hills. The storm has raged on for 7 days and 7 nights, and it doesn't seem intent on stopping. Though my body aches and my heart continues to grow dark with despair, I continue onwards to a goal that I cannot hope to comprehend.

Without a moment's notice, in an instant of indifferent cruelty, I was suddenly struck by a thorn of light, with a thousand volts coursing through my body unfalteringly. I drop to the glassy ground, convulsing in utter shock of the sudden attack. This has to be it; the end of my journey, so quick and sudden, and without much fanfare.



...but from the corner of my blurry eye, I saw a red figure sprinting in my direction. I could not muster the strength to escape the incoming newcomer, but to my surprise, he arrives to my side and hoists me up.

"C'mon, don't die on me now!", he exclaimed. "I got a place for you to stay!"

Then I recognized that red figure; it was none other than the Divine Comic, the Grand Jester. He holds me up as a hang onto him, and we stagger forwards in some direction. My recollection of this moment begins to fade at this point, though I vividly remember rays of sunlight piercing through the storm.

When I awoke, I found myself on a couch in a cabin. The Grand Jester was once more at the corner of my eyes, this time preparing a meal at the stove. He takes note of my conscious state and quickly strides over in my direction.

"Thank God you're alright," he remarks with utter relief. "Can't have this mod ending in obscurity, huh?"

Despite everything...

DEVELOPMENT RESUMES

[sturdy terrace]

yeah to start i need to clean up my god-awful code

this will take a while

[sturdy terrace]

hi game crashes whenver i go into sohp

game crashes whenever i go into tiwmig collection

i think i have to straight up reimplement every joker fml

...i forgot to load atlases

[sturdy terrace]

Quick announcement: TIWMIG is no longer an acronym - formally, that is. I did some thinking and decided that restricting this mod to purely my ideas is not gonna do said ideas good, especially with some ideas i have that would greatly benefit from others' input.

Yes, This Is Where My Ideas will still Go, but it won't just be My Ideas going forward, maybe.

(This will make more sense in future updates)

[sturdy terrace]

code clean-up mostly done

most code rewrites are untested, dont have time to test atm

I also pushed an untested update to Generic Brand Joker

[sturdy terrace]

game crashes whenever i add generic brand to deck

fixed

hm, new effect is kinda busted, even if there's now a drawback

though going back to percents instead of constant values should remedy it

[sturdy terrace]

Idea: moon phases for some reason

Stuff happens depending on the phase

There might be more than 8

Mods might be able to add more phases

[sturdy terrace]

continuing this idea, the Moon's phase changes every hand

When defining a moon phase, it can have a list of moon phases to change into - each of such entry can have a chance and condition

[hollow swallow]

yeah so oddly enough idk how but this mod conflicts with banner's animation if I install this mod I can't see the cross that banner usually gives when I use to disable something. Just wanted to let u know.

[sturdy terrace]

I'll look into it later

@hollow swallow Does the ban still occur though?

[hollow swallow]

It says it does I don’t know if it actually does it but the registration still happens like the counter of the amount of jokers goes down I haven’t played yet so I can’t confirm but I assume if the counter were to go down if available jokers that it still works as it should it should just be the animation.

[sturdy terrace]

...shit

sorry i got busy with work and also the general treachery of winter

[sturdy terrace]

just realized that that the moon is thematically relevant for a bunch of my stuff in more ways than one, so i guess i gotta play into this lol

[sturdy terrace]

Welp sorry folks, due to ongoing events that display an unreliability in the usage of this server, I will not be regarding this thread indefinitely. Methods of contact for any discussion pertaining to this mod:

• #1444140290603487384 (official active thread is there)
• My DMs (currently open)
• Cryptid Discord server (there's a thread for this mod there)
• TIWMIG repository (issues (you should learn how to make one :>), pull requests)
• oinite.bsky.social (if all else fails)