Clown Car Joker & Circus Deck | Balatro | Page 1

torn bay Feb 10, 2025, 1:34 AM

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Been working on this with the help of the awesome modders in this discord.

Pre-Release on Github: https://github.com/skpacman/skpacmods/releases/tag/Clown_Car_Joker_v0.0.1

Clown Car Joker
+1 Joker Slot when Boss Blind is Defeated
-1 Joker Slot when Small/Big Blind is Skipped
(If Joker Slots are full when skipping, DESTROYS one random Joker)

Circus Deck
Starts with an Eternal Clown Car Joker

This was my first attempt at making jokers. I'm learning to make Mods for Balatro so I can start learning LUA because I've had an idea for a game in LOVE engine for a long time and I figured this would be a good way to ease myself into it.

Suggestions for balance, graphics, or anything else are all welcome!

stuck fractal Feb 11, 2025, 3:15 PM

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So 11 jokers at the end boss with no drawback?

torn bay Feb 12, 2025, 12:40 PM

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stuck fractal So 11 jokers at the end boss with no drawback?

If you can beat every blind without skipping.
This is marked as a pre-release, so I'm still developing and balancing things.
What would you suggest as a drawback aside from losing a joker slot and potentially destroying a joker?

dark gust Feb 12, 2025, 2:17 PM

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It should be the opposite

Joker slots lost unless you skip

dreamy fable Feb 12, 2025, 2:53 PM

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what if you only have 1 slot left

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and skip

stuck fractal Feb 12, 2025, 3:27 PM

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I would definitely suggest not handing out joker slots like candy

torn bay Feb 12, 2025, 4:38 PM

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dreamy fable what if you only have 1 slot left

Good point. I'll have to add a check if remaining slots == 1, don't remove anything and just show a message "Nothing to remove!?", or have some other penalty happen.

torn bay Feb 12, 2025, 4:39 PM

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stuck fractal I would definitely suggest not handing out joker slots like candy

The card is Rare and costs $12 in shop. As written, it's pretty hard to get ahold of from the shop. I could add other restrictions to it spawning, though.

torn bay Feb 12, 2025, 4:39 PM

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dark gust It should be the opposite Joker slots lost unless you skip

Interesting idea o.0
I'll try it out and see what kind of difficulty it adds.

dark gust Feb 12, 2025, 4:41 PM

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I mean seems fair to me

Green joker of decks

torn bay Feb 12, 2025, 4:43 PM

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dark gust I mean seems fair to me Green joker of decks

Something like this?

+1 Joker Slot when Boss Blind is defeated
-1 Joker Slot when Small/Big Blind is selected
Joker Slots unaffected if Small/Big Blind is Skipped
If a Joker Slot is removed and all slots are full, destroys one random Joker (can destroy itself)

dark gust Feb 12, 2025, 4:44 PM

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Yah

torn bay Feb 12, 2025, 4:44 PM

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Cool. I'll try it out.
See, this is why it was a pre-release.
I was unsure how a joker like this should be treated for difficulty and balancing.
Thanks for all of your suggestions!

#Clown Car Joker & Circus Deck