#Paradox's Stupid Ideas: Various things that vary in balance.
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here's reignited but more destroyed more around the card just to make it a little differing. would you want me to like hue shift it slightly reddish maybe?
Ahem-
i think its fine lol
both are good
im gonna roll a dice to choose
ok im using the first one
if you add consumables lmk
gaaaah but the little orange streaks near the holes look silly !!!! :{
too late
the dice never lies
magic dice reference
THE DICE
for April fools Unused should push an update and all it does is make Jokerrune 5 XMult for 1 day
bump bcuz I got lost in the crossmod sauce
If Chapter 5 releases in the first 3 months of 2026 then it'll just be true
woag
no i like the mod icon
Same
hold on i should probably have the mod download pinned
@little dragon pin please
Bumping this just in case paradox didn’t see it
OP
also whats the magician for
fork found in kitchen is being delayed because i want to refactor the code for an easier development experience
three part plan is out on latest version though
i guess if im doing that i should probably make a release hold on
makes cards lucky
i know what it does but like why
2.1.0 is out
Triple True...ble
(someone else came up with the unlisted part that wasnt really me)
would the background look better not facing away and instead just being more flat
possible alt design
i remember youre spindowns
someone had the idea for a shitty value manipulation joker: Oops-
Rolls a random number between 1 and 6, sell this joker to set all digits in the joker to the right to that number
That’s just rigged
like the code card
Well
It’s better
Actually it’s nothing like it
Disregard my ramblings
I turned it down a little so it should be better
fake png dice
Gonna try to make a background for if crystal joker becomes real
maybe it has like a shiny version of the blueprint backgroudn with the furry blueprint head and the quote in the description is "No way, Yuri Deck real"
iPhone or Android
Sleevestacked deck of hundreds should also multiply joker values /hj
balanced astro should just replace the eechips with subtle echips or high xchips so it still is a nightmare to go read but it isnt as instant free win forevew as it is now
Glooby
can you get this from an egg
theres broken phones deltarune references self inserts even one singular joke tetration joker
and like 95% of the art is done by me
though i dont code the mod
thats paradox's job
ahem
j*b
Do you do dnd
Not dungeons and dragons no
k
Poker's Stupid Ideas
ParadoxJokers when
hi new update that i forgot to push eariler
not in releases cause it technically adds nothing
but a lot changed backend so please play and let me know if there are any issues
K
development pauses for a week at some point for Hot Potato
not this week just a week
Combusting felines: draw an extra card, has a 4 in 56 chance to destroy its self, has a 3 in 56 chance to remove a chance to destroy itself and remove a chance for this to happen
(I have a lot of free time today so I’ll be making more suggestions than normal)
License plate: creates a random vehicle joker. (plane is the only one so far)
Car: gives 4X chips, only works if you rerolled last shop.
Electric scooter: gives 1.5X mult if you sold a consumable this blind
Gas scooter: gives 1.2X mult if you rerolled last shop.
Motorcycle: Gives a random consumable if you rerolled (works once per shop)
Bus: Gives a random face card if you rerolled this shop (works twice per shop)
Bike: gives .5Xchips per face card if you added a face card to your deck last shop.
Boat: gives 3 chips per non face card in your deck
Semi-truck: gives +5 mult per food joker you own only applies if you rerolled last shop.
@steel terrace what do you think?
Helicopter: gives +5 chips per played hand, gives +2 mult per discard, only gains chips and mult if you rerolled last shop.
Train:
Gives a arson tarot card at end of round, when a ashen card is played add +5 mult to the total, only works if a consumable was used last shop.
Tank: if you discard three cards during your first hand destroy those cards then create 4$
also they should have drivers license synergy somehow
:D
overly complex
It’s an exploding kittens card but it is very complicated
i've played exploding kittens. beyond the name they have little similarities
All exploding kittens decks start with 4 exploding kittens and 5 defuse cards
The exploding kittens count is the same
yeah no
also this needs less effects
Done
this implies that the tank is made out of trading cards which is really funny
I didn’t think about that but I love it
still kinda complex? also why do trains synergize with tarot
Food truck: create a random food joker at the end of the round
Idk
Fixed it a bit
I really like food truck
Old car: creates an enhance card, has a one in 20 chance to break down (destroy itself) only works if you rerolled last shop
Anyways i gtg eat food so ill be back in at least 30 mins
Back
Blue car: copies the ability of the vehicle joker to the right
K
You like any of the other ones?
Poorly drawn car: gives 2X chips and .95X mult
Astro I need Grab Bag crossmod shattered jokers
Volcanic Eruption: No cards will score, this Joker gains x0.1 chips for unscored cards (equivalent: Casten Stone)
Endless Inferno: All scoring cards become Ashen Cards and gain x0.25 chips (equivalent: Ashen Joker)
Supercomputer: Gives the Chips and Mult of most played poker hand, levels up most played poker hand prior to scoring (equivalent: Broken Phone)
Which ones do you like?
They're all pretty good except for Train
Fair
Maybe "Creates an Arson tarot at end of round, played Ashen Cards give this Joker +1 mult"
like a steam train that you power with fuel (that fuel being ash)
Hmph, okay. Might make a secret shatter for Ortsa and all it does is extremely condense the ability like
"Planets give ^^1 chips aswell, increase by 1 every spade flush, all probabilities are guaranteed"
but that doesn't seem very silly imo
anyways I'll get on it I just woke up earlier
Heads up:
Played face cards give +31 chips and +4 mult
Guillotine:
Destroys played face cards, then creates an enhanced number card
Astro do you like all my vehicle joker submissions?
they're fine
Nice
I like this one better
Would make the art for this but I can’t bc Crystal’s meth when it comes out
I like the burnt one
LETS GO
definitely burnt border
hell yeah
the lava one is a little plain in the background
but its supposed to be smoke
honestly its fine
Shattered Astro;
^1 Chips and Mult (or ^^1 if on funny mode)
Increases by .25 per played Eyes card.
All played cards' suits are converted to Eyes before calculating poker hand
Used Planet Cards increase the scaling by .025.
Captured Feline
Feline Circuitry
here's an updated joker background and again a non wonky bat
WAIT FUCK
If you want me to change anything lmk
but please PLEASE at least fix the bat plssss
Gatelock; Must play a [random rank in deck].
Prison Cell; Must play [random suit in deck]
Lilac Lock
I dunno what it would do
Played hands without [non-most-owned rank] are disallowed
Idk
Is that gate lock or prison cell?
Prison cell seems uncreative I like ranks more
Random suit's been done to death
oh if i'm doing grab bag crossmod i'd need boss jokers
The Plain (boss joker form): Played Enhanced cards lose their enhancement and gain +3 mult
The Singular (boss joker form): If you have no duplicate jokers, x3 mult
I mean just 3 extra mult wouldn't be that great imo but it could work, the singular also seems fine
Also I think you're better at making basic boss blinds because I can't really think in 2 colors all the time
fair
I did make lilac lock though
And I would probably be better at multicolor boss blinds (example, lilac lock and Maze)
I had a dream last night that I was playing this Balatro mod
Down-shift
If you want me to change the background it's fine. I do think version looks still though
Silly
you got bored there?
Could this be Magic Dice? Though you haven't learnt how to make rare stuff in packs yet, so that'll probably be in the Gameset update, its just an idea to throw on the boiler.
Soul equivalent of Ankh
Seems a little busted and I don't know if people would want even more rare cards though
Ooh, random upside or downside depending on a d12, rolling a 1 destroys a joker, 2 enhanced cards in deck, and takes 1 hand size, rolling a 2 just takes a hand size, rolling a 12 grants 2 joker slots, etc etc yadda yadda
Maybe a d6 to be less complicated
A joker could be "If less than 20 enhanced cards are in full deck, randomly enhance 2 cards in full deck"
once i make an even cooler looking Paradox in a new pose you should keep the current design as Nostalgic Paradox
should I make a kickflip card that like flips itself or other things back whenever something is attempted to be flipped specifically face down and gain from that
Possible new crossmod/joker?
Pwintah....
What do he print?
misprinter when

That's for Revo and his template spam :p
Deckfix printer
so true
What if it .....
Gosh I'm so indecisive
I put an iron bar on it
I do marginally dislike the checkboard background
Pretty fine also final design. Not very proud of this, but, it'll do the job either way.
I need to sleep badly
Not really for health reasons I just
Eepy
Anvils are not my thing...
Last Astro post before I sleep .. sorry I just wanna...
Bonk
Guess who has more free time
Monitor: +X chips where X is how many jokers you have times ten if this is the only uncommon joker you have, multiply it by twenty instead
abstract 2
Real
Metal worker: turns all non-face cards into steel cards
(Midas’ mask counterpart pretty much)
Missing poster:
Gives 5$ if you have [insert mult or chips joker card]
(One of my better ideas)
Has a rare chance to have a prestigious joker, if so it gives 20$ of you have it, if you don’t have it make it appear in shops more often
(You don’t have to add this part)
Egg but real
Wanted Poster and Missing Poster
LETS GOOOO
Maybe wanted poster rewards you for playing a specific rank and Missing rewards you for drawing it
I only made the shattered Missing Poster because I fucked up and accidentally drew a wanted poster on the non shattered
Reward; 4 mult
Sorry, I can't really code
alr
Idk what a loc parse string
Try updating the mods
1 in 3 chance to convert played non diamonds into the Diamonds suit
and then maybe make a joker that picks a random card and that card's whole suit counts as all suits
if you want me to change something also let me know
hey paradox I might've been fucking up the outlines the whole time it isn't a big deal though they look pretty fine
But if you want to fix it I have this
STAR. WALKER.
and he got big stompers
I CARRIED!!!!
no srsly you should see old palmiers art
here's him behind the joker text
Peak
i forgot it on
sorre for music
now it applies
while its scoring
👍
i will probably change after im done with this whole contract rework
im trying to finish everything as fast as possible
cause i hate doing it
He’s in the LORE
Driving in my truck
Right after a beeer
Hey that bump is shaped like a deer
DUI? How about you diiie
I’ll go 900 miles an hour
Ai generated jimbo: gives 200 mult. Actually makes you lose instantly
Make a master crown card
love him
Love the little goober
Oh wait
Now I have to come up w ideas on what they do
Normal magolor:
Tarot cards can now be negative in the shop, each tarot card in your consumables gives X1.5 chips. If you have 5 or more consumables destroy them and this card, then spawn traitor magolor.
I was going to do 1.5X chips and mult for traitor magolor
Traitor magolor:
consumables can be negative and spectral cards spawn 10% more, gives 1.5X chips and mult per negative consumable card and gives 2X chips and mult if it is a spectral card.
Fixed him
He’s definitely legendary
Fixed
Fixed it up
real
The only t3 voucher in PSI
Maybe give it like +1 hand as well so you have a reason to buy Magic Trick for the eventual +1 hand payoff
@steel terrace magolor confirmed?
Where did the Deck of Hundreds go :(
Okay, turns out I had Talisman not on OmegaNum, and the code requires it
No
What
I don't wanna break my Steam Deck today, sorry
No do it anyways
For the funny
that only does something on painted deck btw 😭
Wdym
all the other decks have values of 1
so nothing changes
well green deck does too ig
but thats it its just green and painted deck
It was meant for modded
Like Deck of Hundreds ^ 100
Let’s see
What new cards should I think of
Weighted dice:
sets all chance properties to 1 (guaranteed to work) after 5 rounds this dice breaks and creates an oops all 6s.
Battery:
Charges one random joker per round( some jokers have special powers that activate if charged ) then discharge the joker at the end of the round
Example:
Broken phone when charged give 2X the normal mult and chips
or bignum
no value manipulation
Hi paradox
i will never descend to the level of madness cryptid
(until balance-things is merged then i might occasionally do it every so often if its really funny)
Like crystal’s meth card?
the joke with the meth card is it doesn't trigger though
I know
Slavery:
Disables jokers to the left, each joker disabled this way gives 3$ at the end of the round
Yeah it was on nil
Very funny
Slavery Jokes go brrr
Went from the worrier to looking like they gonna beat the shit out of me
Speaking of jokers, Crystal joker when?
Yep
Just waiting for paradox to approve it
Let me get it
^
Yay!!
Removed the magician thing
Oh
Fair
Tweaked it just a bit (completely changed it)
It should be about 6:30 am for paradox

-# No way, Yuri Deck real?!
seems like a lot of effort
no development was done yesterday (playing deltarune)
i will be developing today though
DELTA RUNE
Anything I can do to help?
If y’all would rather have me as a legendary then do that
Just cut the name tag off and it would work well
Ah
Make paradox’s a dark fountain
oh
Ah
Try it
I like it better
Next [Lightner] to speak gets [One time offer of 50% off] DEATH
🔫
Dead
Anyways
What
@steel terrace updates on the mod?
i got rid of it
feels funnier if a combo that gives +5 chips does some insane stuff
instead of a combo that gives +5 chips and ^^3 chips
Oops your computer has been infected by the Elliott virus (watch ncis you'd get the reference)
Bitcoin miner:
at the end of the round has a 1/4 chance to create a computer virus.
I need y’all’s input before I make the actual computer viruses
Fair
Ransomware:
+1 joker slot takes 2$ away from you if you sell it get rid of all eternal jokers, once you have lost 10$ then it sells itself
Oh hell yeah
Just like real ransomerar
That will be a different one
This is ransomware
Fixed it a bit
Hmmm
Fair
Ransomware (2nd option):
When setting a boss blind;
Randomly either decrease the boss’ blind size by a random number between 10% and 20%, add to the blind payouts by a number between 1 and 3
The homunculuseses
Fixed it w your idea (but modified)
I fear him
please get it away from me
why would you take bitcoin miner it has no upside
we were fixing it to have jokers with upsides
I'm playing w the best deck in the mod
Stop sign:
Gives 10 chips per non-face joker played, resets when a face card is played
I guess you could say it’s a blue stop sign
wait i genuinely didn't know that
wonder if that's how splash works
(if that's how splash works i'm not fixing it)
development update: grab bag
Dynamite
yes'
Poster:
Gives 2$ per joker ups the chance of rare jokers
Got a different idea for the crystal joker
Crystal (2nd option):
Played clubs add X.05 mult and chips to this joker, after a blind create a standard tag. Gives 1$ at the end of the round, increases by 1 every times standard pack is opened.
Or this one
Anyways bed time
Gray joker:
retriggers all common jokers
Wait it is?
I just picked beige because it’s a boring color
It’s also basic
Fixed it
Fidget cube:
has a 50% chance to retiggers the joker to the right of it two times if not copies the joker to the left (if we add a rarity in between rare and legendary this would go there)
Braces:
every 3 flushes played gives one level to straights
Gonna make a reference art for this
@neat mauve (I think you'd like this)
Instant coffee:
+10 chips per round but loses -5 per reroll in the shop, gets destroyed if it hits +100 or +0.
WAIT
I CAN DO ART FOR THIS ONE
I KNOW WHAT TO DO
k
give me a bit then
It will be done around 5ish my time (20ish mins)
@neat mauve
Yes :3
Peak cinema
e
d
ck
Paradoxical deck:
makes jokers added by this mod 2X as likely
https://github.com/unusedparadox/paradox-stupid-ideas/releases/tag/v2.2.0 VERSION 2.2.0 is out! Featuring:
-Grab Bag crossmod
-Funny Nxkoo quote with weird stacking effects (it's a feature)
-And more!
fym most potent
Ctrl C Ctrl V:
copies first played hand that round then when round is over paste all of the cards you played
LETS GO NEW PARA- passes out because it is 12:53 rn
there’s already joker related to gay stuff that retiggers other jokers
Magolor
Toothpaste
as in the passive ability isn't detecting the increase?
if so yeah the joker's values aren't increasing
the display is just there for convenience
Broken Phone is fixed (wow that is a weird sentence)
I’d just remove the -1 hand
Inverted joker:
Makes hearts and clubs count as the same suit and makes diamonds and spades the same suit
Cloth joker: gives 2$ per round , increase by one per hand played, decreases by one per discard, destroys itself if it goes over 30$.
why did at first look i thought it was purple astro as jevil idle sprite with that scarf
like this one but flipped
Lmao
Red dragon:
Gives X1 mult, when a steel or gold card is played destroy it and gain .25 Xmult
what this silly robot would do
would be funny if you had him and flesh panorpticon joker, the flesh panirpticon would die instantly granting gateaway
or creating Sisyphus prime from other mod
okay
wait that antenna on your head
The Kingdom:
First hand WILL contain a Royal Flush or Full house
In return, always Rental.
Yoinks 5
Cuz brother that's a Royal Flush
Oo i like-
CRASH!
Car Horn.mp3
MY FUCKING RIBS
AAAAUGH
AAAAA-
Hey that bump is shaped like a Azure
shoots you with a tranquilizer
AAAAAaaaahhh....
Sir do I put it down
sleep
I’m Astro! (In the tone of I’m SpongeBob)
ooh
why do i feel like he’s thick
🤐
hotpot tomorrow
Have fun
talisman
also this won't happen for like a week but what do you want your upgraded effect to be
no like the balanced gameset
that's still a lot
also you'll get more effects
on joke mode
which means in this idea balance mode gets stronger
what rarity do you want to be
when did this crash
the game should no longer crash with talisman. idk about the aikoshen crash ill try and look into it
also deck of hundreds has an unlock condition now
when did it crash
alright gimme a moment
this is why we have releases
oh also try updating grab bag and let me know if it still crashes
when you reached the loading bar right?
crash without aikoshen is fixed
also can you install grab bag manually and see if it still crashes
i cannot replicate this crash
oh wait nvm i think i found the issue
Grab Bag crashing is now fixed
hello gangalang
all 3 can be good placeholders for jokerforge
Why is psi dead
I wanna talk about astro so bad ughhh the kitty blows up
wait hold on
WAR Deck
Start with an Eternal Astro and Eternal Scrap
Winning ante is 9
evil astro
I'm still overjoyed by the design Astro made for scrap
.
shcrap...
No editions huh
What if you added one
yeah
smart
Coding is paused for hot potato
Hot Potato?
.
-# joke
Fork in a garage
ui fucking sucks
psi development update: ui beyond things i stole from aikoshen coming never
source: hotpot
Idk why but because of the sheer drama with the cats (Astro, Scrap and maybe even glop) i feel like main menu should be like Outcome Memories.
Crystal - Uncommon - gives 50 chips but gives 50 more chips per blueprint or crystal you have. You can find blueprints or crystals without showman
what does the mod do brochacho
adds cool stuff like jokers
say one thing one joker does and i might download the mod
no played cards score, gains +12 chips for playing cards prevented from scoring
wow
issue acknowledged
Is that wheat lay
Gahd dayum
moron
Nom nom nom
Card
why do i feel so weird on the tarot image quallity
development doesn’t restart til monday

I like this one more
packed ice
development update: skong (this does not affect the mod’s development at all)
so i dont forget: gradual black deck every 2 antes for void
artistic is -1 handsize -1 joker slot gain 1 handsize after every anye
oh yeah astro how do you feel about turning cards into spades instead
smthing like "if played hand is a flush convert all scoring cards into spades"
yes?
U always send that one image
I hate it because of how much it sucks to work with
That's actually getting removed as soon as I finish the update i'm working on as well
Rn i need it for like. one joker
Anyways I downloaded everything liked in the description. So I can judge the mod at its full potential
I also erased UT/DR for this mod pack
im gonna call it a mod pack cuz you linked
so many
mods
was that from judgement(talking about the ones with opposites)
are you the owner of ts mod ?
you drew so much in ts XD
are you a kind of love drawing ?
Ok im bored so im gonna do something funny
Im gonna speedrun getting @neat mauve. i feel like Deck of Hundreds + Green Sleeve should be the best setup for this.
Well the speedrun is on pause for now.
Seems like LuckyRabbit’s Civic Secretary is broken
I read this as autistic sleeve 😭
What would an Autistic deck even do
start with autism creature
Astro that art is kinda gay
Im making a joke
it's too small
oh yeah quick progress update: full gameset update likely by monday then ill be taking a small break from balala modding
kirbys fault
it;s done
is there a joker list?
ingame collection
yo
the funny part is this still sucks ass
because sell values are half of the buy price
swashbuckler
yeah this might be an smods thing
astro can you make art for these two
that would be good to fit as an uncommon
then i can split the prestigious into separate jokers
so hearts and spades arent fucked on unfiltered
the family's fighting again
The family’s fighting again.
i think itd be funnier if it was specifically depressed tenna
wait actually nvm i have a different joker idea that depressed tenna would fit on
The Family's Fighting Again: Gain x0.2 mult if played hand does not contain a Pair
does not score if hand contains a pair
might need a slight nerf
i do also want it to be rare though and it doesn't fit the rare level complexity
If hand contains a 4 of a kind, destroy 3 of the cards.
peak
slight tweak to "all but one scored card"
astro how do you want your two different jokers to be distinguished name-wise
also im going to modify the background of my joker slightly since it feels kinda empty
The family's haunted again.
It's not my joker 😭
The mod badge below Rare will tell you whos it is
i jsut saw blu tag and went here
In that case that's Nxkoo's Tangents
📉
new release just dropped
🔥
Who got into mod?
eris and pokeren
the other two jokers were splitting two preexisting jokers into two each (balanced version and powerful version)
issue has been fixed
progress updates:
- development paused for the next week. hot potato
- idea cards are being scrapped because they don't feel different enough from other consumables
- vouchers maybe. idk
Add 1 to the variable before it's displayed.
looking into it
psi update delay again. im busy
yuri
i dont fuck with that part of the ui its probably cartomancers fault
also cant believe you would say yuri isnt important smh
yeah side effect of the method i used to do it
this will be fixed whenever i have time to make another update
(this being the upscale thing)
this is probably true i can now replicate the bug without cartomancer
progress 👀
exams?
gl
yeah so that didnt happen
i prommy its still being worked on
at this point most of the framework is done though
is three part plan meant to be wheatley
if only these can fuse...
Purple card
Purple Card. Combined effects of Red and Blue cards
"missing dependencies! steammodded >= 1.*"
are you using a dev build of smods?
