Instant Gratification - Realtime Balatro

[hybrid depot]

Balatro isn't stressful enough for you? You want unlimited hands and discards (terms and conditions may apply)? Here's a cursed mod that puts you on a timer instead!
https://github.com/vvoidu/InstantGratification

[hardy geyser]

NOW THIS IS PEAK

HELL YEAH

[latent falcon]

This is fire

If this could somehow work in tandem with the usual hand and discard system I feel like there’s potential for a lot of timer-based jokers

[hardy geyser]

Banner: +30 chips for each remaining 30s in your timer

Mystic Summit: +15 mult when the timer reaches 0:30

Delayed Gratification: Earn 2$ per 1 minute

Burglar: When blind is selected, gain extra 2 minutes, removes the ability to discard

Juggler: +1 minute

Drunkard: Instead of losing 20 seconds, discarding will only take 5 seconds off your timer

Merry Andy: +2 minutes each round, -1 hand size

[ornate nebula]

Peak

[hardy geyser]

truly

[hardy geyser]

also you probably should make this into a mode that can be toggled

[vagrant ridge]

I can stand behind it being a new mode

[hybrid depot]

I did wonder if I should just slap on a raw timer on top of regular hands+discards system

I made this mostly as a dependency for anothet mod im making and felt this fit better

[hybrid depot]

thoughts: should time spent during animations count towards the timer (scaling based on game speed maybe)

pros: funny
cons: kind of bullshit

[tardy portal]

this would be crazy when youre into the late game lol

incentivize players to not use retriggers etc? but would be extremely hard without

[hybrid depot]

forced speedrun

I do have it set up such that you dont lose the run while your hand is scoring even if the time runs out

buzzer beaters yay

[tardy portal]

okay thats nice

[hybrid depot]

so if your hand is sufficiently bullshit you can spend 24 hours scoring and still win

[grand stump]

if it's calculating when you hit zero, then just stop the timer at zero. Then when the game normally checks if you have 0 hands left, add a check there

[hoary raptor]

Nice Idea! Would it be possible to have a config to relegate the timer to it's own deck?

[hybrid depot]

sorry whats this a suggestion for I dont understand

wrong reply

[hybrid depot]

sorry whats this a suggestion for I dont understand

[tardy portal]

you wouldn't be able to use other decks for timer challenge then right?

[hybrid depot]

I think Id rather make it a toggleable option than a specific deck

[tardy portal]

as someone else mentioned, having it as a toggle is probably better

[grand stump]

How to implement timer running when calculating

Oh I can't read

98% moment

[hybrid depot]

oh lol

my approach was that Game.update updates (and checks) the timer only when the current state is SELECTING_HAND

[dark kayak]

make it a challenge

[tardy portal]

I haven’t checked, is this a thing now?

Also what mod is this a dependency for

[hybrid depot]

a thing i was making that i ended up scrapping

[tardy portal]

Ah damn

[hybrid depot]

i could get this to work as a standalone thing though

I havent thought too hard about the balance though

[tardy portal]

Yeah I think someone above gave ideas for hand/discard based jokers that are currently in base game

[tardy portal]

I think the time should be lower than 3 minutes but that’s easily configurable with a few test runs

I think this is a cool idea, you should def look into fleshing it out more (no pressure ofc)

[hybrid depot]

yeah I do have plans to patch vanilla jokers that work with hands/discards

I have banner implemented but I think it crashes sometimes rn lol

Also have some second thoughts on the whole time being the sole resource mechanic

[hybrid depot]

might consider shortening the time a little more

the only reason youd play this is if you want the high pressure anyway am i right

[tardy portal]

Yeah exactly

[tardy portal]

Wdym

[hybrid depot]

like the entire hands and discards instead cost time to use mechanic

how the hell does the needle work

[tardy portal]

You start with 30 seconds

[hybrid depot]

thatd also basically give you only a single discard at best

[tardy portal]

I guess that’s the challenge right

Actually nvm it’s more luck

We could just remove certain blinds from pool

When this setting is on

[hybrid depot]

it could reduce time a bit and still only let you play one hand regardless of time

[final nexus]

youre doin gods work man, dats all i can say🙏🙏🙏 (i do think this mod should be a different mode/deck and add/modify a lot of jokers to REALLY make playing balatro heart wrenching)

[hybrid depot]

I am dojng the opposite of gods work mate i havent been working on this

I do like the idea of this still

If someone would like to flesh this idea out more Id be happy with coding it but I'm busy with other stuff to make it all on my own

[fallow herald]

You could make it in the code that hands played during The Needle subtract the entirety of your remaining time

[tardy portal]

What would you need help with? Just ideation?

[hybrid depot]

yes

[tardy portal]

Anything specific you’re looking for?

Blind ideas, joker ideas, extra content