Love is blinds (Balatro Blind dating sim) (image is place holder of course)

[crystal crag]

One day i woke up in a cold sweat my heart pounding in my chest, almost throwing up when getting out of bed, I scrabbled for my computer skipping the usual breakfast i take to explore the internet in search of the idea that had jolted me awake minutes before, a balatro blind dating simulator, surely a mad man (or woman) had the idea before me right ? surely i would have my heart filled with joy after a few minutes of research, i sadly came back empty handed with my tail bewteen my legs, but then a light of hope shined throught my spirit "what if ? I do it MYSELF" but then i realized .... that im lying about that back story but now that i have you attention, i had a idea for well "Balatro Blind dating sim" i'll give more detail like character personality and mechanics later in this post, and if you are intrested in helping to draw or coding and what not feel free to reach out (note i wont be paying you cause i spend too much money on my own silly mod), see you >(:D)K

[atomic badge]

bro what

[crystal crag]

dont worry about it

[atomic badge]

I want to date the jokers

[crystal crag]

too many jokers bruh

anyways

[atomic badge]

I want to date diet cola 😍

[crystal crag]

For the artstyle i was thinking a mix between monster prom and helltaker
Voice acted maybe (that would be to much work maybe)
I was thinking for the gameplay every ante is a day and the small blind is the morning, the big blind is the lunch period , and then the boss blind is after school activities
Shops could be like class where you can learn how charm a blind or buy items or enery to do more thing within a day

Maybe teachers could be youtubers you know and love (Dateable option if there ok with it)

and now the characters ;)

the needle : strict girl, miss pauline X coral glasses from bbk ena game mix for her oufit, long skirt, hair in a bun, dead pan face, army stand, whole family was in the military, weak for one liners (get it because you only get one hand), hides mouth when laughting, will slap you across the face if provoked, likes you because she has been single for to long, green like her blinds colors

[mortal cosmos]

*will the pillar be in the game

[crystal crag]

the plant : vines and vegation shaped woman on a tree stamp, tsundere, hair on one eye, gets angry when you talk to other people (other faces), unknown origin, appears in the school's garden, has roots every where and hears you talking to people, not a student but some science expremante

[crystal crag]

they would all be at some point, it would be cruel if i didnt add it

[crystal crag]

for now i only have like "the pillar : cant let go of mistakes of the past " as personality

the wall : tall strong men, sport guy, dumb but gentle, gullible, tricked easly, supportive middle class parents, intrested as hell by your silly little hobbies (because all he knows is sport), respect the grind

i am going to keep on cooking on the side for my other mod punchline and i'll drop by with updated lore

[umbral pawn]

i will make ART, i will edit the TRAILER, i will do WHATEVER IS NECESSERY TO MAKE THIS REAL

[crystal crag]

aaaaah business is booming

[umbral pawn]

can i please

PLEASE

contribute

in any way

ill send you my portfolio

i can draw humans

[crystal crag]

yes you can

stop

calm down

breath in and breath out

[umbral pawn]

(im kidding its fine)

im calm my man its all good

[crystal crag]

send profolio

[umbral pawn]

here's some stuff

[crystal crag]

looks fantastic

[crystal crag]

idk how if i should make the game really ironic (its all i know😭 ) or semiromantic

[umbral pawn]

(im also a writer)

nah im kidding i wont go that far

[crystal crag]

maybe i should play date everything for "research"

[umbral pawn]

yes

yes you should

[crystal crag]

i guess in the meantime you could do a lil sketchy sketch of the needle or some other blind so could direct it

[crystal crag]

i was thinking maybe the flint could be like a rapper and maybe he knows he is in a video game and breaks the 4th wall sometime

[umbral kiln]

Might be peak

[crystal crag]

also maybe the house would be like a doctor (im kidding(no actually i should)) and he is shy at first but then becomes a yapper when you get to know him and he yaps about biology (i need someone to help me with ACCURATE biology info professionals have standards)

[umbral kiln]

You can always say that they aren't exactly humans and come up with bullshit fictional biology

They still can have lupus tho

[crystal crag]

yeah but its never lupus tho 😕

[umbral kiln]

Would be cool to have showdowns as finity cameos or smth

[crystal crag]

maybe the showdowns blind are like gods you can pray to and if you worship them enought you can get that showdownussy

[umbral kiln]

😭

Sounds like something that would fit old ass overcomplicated Japanese datesims

With stats and everything

Praying to specific showdown raises a stat😭

[crystal crag]

well i think a systeme where the buffer you are or smarter makes you socialize with some of the blinds easier

[umbral kiln]

Which blind can you date only if you are a dumbass weakling?

Purposefully avoid getting better lol

[crystal crag]

maybe the mark since he is a lil bully loser who hangs around campus all day

also the club likes to party (get it (the club))

also the polycouple of the club ,the goad, the window, the head

it would be like the hanks in date everything

[umbral kiln]

Imagine the first time you talk to The House your dialogues option are blank lol

[crystal crag]

just stare him down in his eyes

[brazen dragon]

IM WHEEZING

yo

[crystal crag]

ya

[brazen dragon]

will the blinds be waifus

[crystal crag]

a mix of waifus and husbandos

[brazen dragon]

i am genuinely so into this it's insane LMAO

we just need an art team

and finding one in this kinda server is pain </3

[crystal crag]

there one person how did ask

in this chat

[brazen dragon]

will the legendary jokers be rizzable

[umbral kiln]

Jokers aren't blinds😭

[crystal crag]

no but what about the teachers are streamers AND dateable

[brazen dragon]

pluh

i cant see perkeo dunking down a gallon jug of wine 😭

[crystal crag]

he sells alcohol to the students

[brazen dragon]

💀

[crystal crag]

"hey kid want some wine"

[brazen dragon]

so this canonically takes place in balatro university huh

[crystal crag]

i guess

jimbo is the principal that introduce you to the school

[brazen dragon]

uhhhhh

we're gonna need a lore doc for THIS lmao

[crystal crag]

i love lore making

[brazen dragon]

so do i

[crystal crag]

mattypatty

[crystal crag]

we have the same hour

[brazen dragon]

(this is the length of the character sheet i made for meenah peixes)

[brazen dragon]

🤨🇪🇸?

[crystal crag]

france 🤮

[brazen dragon]

aw damn

so close 😭

[crystal crag]

anyway Northernlion is a gym teacher

[brazen dragon]

is murphy the cool janitor

[umbral kiln]

Who is the sport dude out of the blinds then

Give them horse ears

[crystal crag]

roffle the english teacher with a apple in his hands

[crystal crag]

the wall

[umbral kiln]

Ah yeah

[crystal crag]

i got the lore in my head

[brazen dragon]

write it down before we forget it!!!

[crystal crag]

i did

[crystal crag]

the goat i mean the horse i mean the egg

what would local thunk be ? super god ?

[umbral kiln]

A giant The Fool tarot from heavens

[brazen dragon]

true

[crystal crag]

maybe we get isekaied into the universe "that time i died and got reincarnated as a student in a balatro blind university word"

maybe there name isnt like "the wall" maybe its a normal name like "walliam willon wilson the third " so "the flint" his is rap name cause he got fire bars

[brazen dragon]

oh

damn

not bad

rapper definitely fits the flint

[crystal crag]

took me hours

also the psychic : tarrot reading and crystal believer, likes you because you have same start sign

[brazen dragon]

(he's actually a libra </3)

[crystal crag]

i should go as deep as making blood types

the size shoes there wearing

[brazen dragon]

/‍me doesn't know about those

[crystal crag]

shoe sizes?

[brazen dragon]

the former lol

[gleaming wyvern]

Im scared

[umbral kiln]

The tower KNOWS who you talking to

[umbral kiln]

What

Who tf is the tower

The Pillar

[crystal crag]

i tought you meant the tarot card

[umbral pawn]

No, chicot is the principal, he can disable them all

Also, I can draw wifus as well as men don't worry

OK ok I just read through all of this

[quiet hare]

god has forsaken us (im quite hyped for this)

[umbral pawn]

Is there a doc with each of the blinds personalities so I can start cooking the concept art?

[umbral pawn]

This is a fun idea

[umbral pawn]

ITS ME

IM THE ART TEAM

RRAAHHH

I'll draw the flint today just to start getting thr style across, see if we like what we see

[hushed mountain]

What is this 😭

[crystal crag]

alright so i woke up with an other idea showdown blinds are
celebrities (that where at the school once) and some of them have boss blinds looking up to them exemple violet vessel greatest athlete ever the goat if you will is the icon of the wall (maybe the violet vessel has his name in a shelf with trophies inside the school) the wall could also be like "one day when i was 7 i met in real life and he high fived me so that why i never washed my left hand since" "how do i go swiming then ? well its easy you jump in the water and ... wait you right that mean i dont have his mark anymore noooooooo"

[brazen dragon]

gl

[crystal crag]

the Cerulean Bell is a pop singer that the flint secretly loves but is a shame to say it as she makes more like girly songs and he makes rap about getting bitches and you found this out because he sings it thinking he is alone and turns to you like "talk about to no one capeesh ? "

he goes to concerts with black out glasses and big coat to not be seen

he is part of the #standbell army

Verdant Leaf is a politican that the needle loves, Verdant Leaf always gets her way with nothing but words no violence she ones of the most trusted advisor of this country with many peace treaty under her belt , the needle know the Verdant Leaf's speeches by heart and even as a speech ready when she would met Verdant Leaf , the needle just smiles looking at Verdant Leaf's debats , the needle quotes Verdant Leaf when making arguments

[hushed mountain]

And the acorn

[crystal crag]

idk yet

[brazen dragon]

might brainstorm some shit up

[crystal crag]

crismon heart is a popular doctor/talk show host

[brazen dragon]

hmmmm cool

what are ch's pronouns

[crystal crag]

very carsimatic guy

the house wishes he had that type of confidence

[crystal crag]

to bound with the flint you write a erbh so its like "EPIC RAP BATTLE OF HISTORY THE FLINT VS YOUUUUR NAAAAAME BEGIN!"

[umbral pawn]

She calls her fanbase "The Ringers"

This is all absolutely amazing

And I'm already coming up with designs in my head

[crystal crag]

lol

[umbral pawn]

I like the idea that it's actually a woman

Super muscly

Widest smile youve ever seen

Bell being a pop singer is fantastic aswell

Again, do you have a Google doc where you're organising all of this?

That would be super useful

[crystal crag]

i should make a google docky

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1szdAHWznZ8cRbKn0pfnaccBBgQq2p5roNwzHygZ_A4M/edit?hl=fr&tab=t.0

[umbral pawn]

Thanks

[brazen dragon]

🔥

[crystal crag]

i should make you co author of the paper so you can write if things are done or you a suggestion

[umbral pawn]

Sure, sounds good

I'm involved

I just requested edit access

[crystal crag]

i dont know how to co author hold on

there we go

[brazen dragon]

gl yall

[crystal crag]

what if Chicot is a security guard because he can disable them

what if the Water... is genderfluid

[umbral pawn]

Absolute cinema

[crystal crag]

the tooth is a cook with a sweet TOOTH

the manacle has a disability because -1 hand size

[crystal crag]

the wall has this image in his room when he is working out but its a bunch of violent vessel pics

[brazen dragon]

literally my wallpaper lmao

[crystal crag]

stupid idea: ortalab compatibility with ortalab blinds coming to the school as a school championship opponent

the water is a fireboy and watergirl enjoyer

based

also a gamer

needed a nerd

[hushed mountain]

Oh god

Flint and steel boutta be friends

[hushed mountain]

No wonder the 0 discard

Can't discard any games

[brazen dragon]

is silver sword chronologically deceased

[crystal crag]

i dont know the ortalab blinds let me see then hold on

The Reed is an ai

[hushed mountain]

The steel likes to steal

[brazen dragon]

also

will the blinds be anthro

or...?

[crystal crag]

human

i mean i have 0 design idea

[brazen dragon]

mfw i dont know the difference between anthro and human

[hushed mountain]

m

[brazen dragon]

n

[hushed mountain]

Imagine cryptid blinds too

Help me

[crystal crag]

the blind's nightmare

[brazen dragon]

a bit too early for that

i just had a brutal idea

yall know the ancestors

from homestuck

[crystal crag]

no

[hushed mountain]

I'm so obsessed with blinds and I do not know why
I've made 36 already

[hushed mountain]

no

🙂‍↔️

Discoveries

[brazen dragon]

well basically

https://balatromods.miraheze.org/wiki/UNIK's_mod/Blinds

check these mfs out

[hushed mountain]

Not the epic blinds

Aaaaaaaa

One time I used to be a fan of how they looked and I legit wasted the opportunity to play balala and made stupid epic blinds instead

[brazen dragon]

fuckin epic blinds amirite

the bane of any pwx player

[hushed mountain]

I already know about them :cool_sunglasses_emoji:

Unik showed me them before the mod was public in the cryptid other mods channel

[brazen dragon]

incredible

(i left cryptidcord for hopefully obvious reasons)

[crystal crag]

what happend im not familiar

[hushed mountain]

Me to

[brazen dragon]

long story but tldr

people are massive assholes

[crystal crag]

ah

[brazen dragon]

i started developing fallout for this exact reason

[hushed mountain]

No wonder glitchkat said he won't be active there

[brazen dragon]

yeah

the cryptid old guard is dead </3

hopefully jen is recovering from the troubles with his pc and having fun doing nZS

[hushed mountain]

There was an announcement that said he's falling apart and possibly removing the server because of the uhh
Drama

Yeah anyways uhh

What more bosses are there

Psychic? Mark?

[brazen dragon]

fuck

psychic and mark are already described

[hushed mountain]

Ox.

[brazen dragon]

bump

[hushed mountain]

Oh my pc finally got out of the update sleep

I can finally play bala after a 3 day timeout

No fish :(

[crystal crag]

you know what that means

FISH

[hushed mountain]

🐟

🐠

[crystal crag]

no arm no hook no serpent

[umbral pawn]

Yes

They're gonna be human

I'm already working on the flint

I have design ideas for almost all of them

[crystal crag]

make sure to add a lil sign that shows what blind they are , like even a lil thing on there clothes or lines in there hair

suddle things

[umbral pawn]

Oh dw you'll know

I'm cooking, don't stress

Ill make it good

[brazen dragon]

🔥

[crystal crag]

the chef has spoken

i want to make april fools day updates in the future like ever drawing is badly drawn or everything is voice acted but by totally different people and in differente languages or it becomes a normal balatro mod

[hushed mountain]

Absolute peak

[crystal crag]

i love april fools day

april fools day update where you go into a therapy session question on why you wanted to play this game and then you take a happy pill and walk in an empty field finaly free

or in the story you wake up from a coma and thats the ending but you think its bs so write an email to me telling me how much it sucks

[crystal crag]

this image but its the Flint at a Cerulean Bell's concert

[brazen dragon]

absolute

cinema

[crystal crag]

trolled

[hushed mountain]

If water is a gamer then where is the headphone dent /hj

[hushed mountain]

😭

[umbral pawn]

i will remake this with the actual designs when they're made

mark (haha) my words

[crystal crag]

no canon

[brazen dragon]

hmmmmm

[umbral kiln]

Dude wtf spoilerss

[crystal crag]

april fools idea again every blind is a picture of what there name is
The fish gameplay

[hushed mountain]

The needle

The water

[crystal crag]

just looking at a glass of water like "so you come here often"

[hushed mountain]

😭

The house

Imagine dating a house

[crystal crag]

"HEY WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY HOUSE IM CALLING THE COPS"

[umbral kiln]

LiBs X Date Everything crossover episode

[hushed mountain]

I found another funny one

The serpent

[crystal crag]

we getting ban from the zoo with this one🗣️

the hook would be some k*nky stuff

(you cant say ki nky on discord for some reason)

[hushed mountain]

Stinky

[crystal crag]

what if at the start of the game you go to jimbo's office (the principal of this school) and he gives a almost bogus story about how the word is at stake if you dont date one of the blinds and ofcourse you dont fully believe him but you have no choice and have no idea of what world you stamble in so you go along with what he says

and maybe you just refuse and get trown in the street and become homeless

[brazen dragon]

hmmmmm

[crystal crag]

i was thinking of putting easter eggs from other dating games in the dialogue but all i can think of is "i gently open the door"😭

[brazen dragon]

pluh

i suck at writing as well

@w@

proof

[crystal crag]

why is it the v.0.7.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2 version 😭 ?

[brazen dragon]

it's a hotfix

plus my version names are a bit wonky

[crystal crag]

maybe because the water is a stinky gamer they make some epic gamer reference like "be careful you only got ONESHOT at this" "life is ROBLOX" "i dont do it because i want it i just have the CALL OF DUTY you know what im saying" "is it some kind of Cthulhu Saves the World: Super Hyper Enhanced Championship Edition Alpha Diamond DX Plus Alpha FES HD – Premium Enhanced Game of the Year Collector’s Edition (without Avatars!)?"

[crystal crag]

"looks like there is an impostor among us"

[brazen dragon]

btw

is there any blind with ollie's quirk </3

[brazen dragon]

bump btw

[crystal crag]

ollie? like the vtuber? the poppy play time character? the brawlstars character? the duck from the children's book series of the same name written by Ollie Dunrea ? the skateboarding trick? a nervous but wise pig, and a supporting character in Disney's 2004 animated film, Home on the Range?

[brazen dragon]

the oc lol

woah ive been sleeping a while

brb

[crystal crag]

who's oc ?

[brazen dragon]

mine lol

[brazen dragon]

check this second image

[umbral pawn]

Yall ready?

@crystal crag

Ahem

[crystal crag]

YYYEESSS

[umbral pawn]

Introducing: THE FLINT

[crystal crag]

DAMN OK

and the belt has the logo

[umbral pawn]

Tried to keep the "wannabe Eminem" vibe of baggy clothing while keeping the design sharp

The Japanese on his pants says "furinto", and the little bit on his shirt says "rock"

[crystal crag]

wow

[umbral pawn]

Anyway I'll take that as a "we like it"

If there's anything you want changed, tell me

[crystal crag]

maybe more human head? like date everything (no idea on what he would like facially (i guess he could look like enimem))

[umbral pawn]

I actually made the head a ball on purpose, since I'm turning all their logos into their faces, the actual blind will be the head

Ill brainstorm(haha) all of their heads and faces

(Also keeping the heads as balls is easier for me I suck at drawing people)

[crystal crag]

well i hope you can come up with a blueprint for the head by turning the wheels in your brain Joker Stencil

[umbral pawn]

I'll make it work, you just saw I can

Also I specifically tired to stray away from the obvious inspiration of date everything, by making them not really be human

Like

They ARE the blinds

Not people who are supposes to kinda make you think of the blind and share a name

Yk?

[crystal crag]

i guess

[crystal crag]

i put him in the doc

[umbral pawn]

Nice

Also I just realised he's bald

So I might fix that for an optional $29.99 DLC the player can purchase

[crystal crag]

hair dlc

i like it

bethesda

actual art of the character dlc coming next

[crystal crag]

im going to forward this in the gay little jester on my phone group in the fanart channel

im sure they would be thrilled

matter of factly i think we should always forward drawings there

[umbral pawn]

Oh?

[crystal crag]

yeah so people can see your drawings and shit

https://discord.com/channels/1116389027176787968/1370250740467105892

[umbral pawn]

actually

Wait

Dont

It doesn't have my watermark

I'll be home in like.an hour I'll post it

[crystal crag]

can i just slap a "bird but bread" watermark on it ?

[umbral pawn]

Nah I have a specific thing

I'll do it dw

[crystal crag]

okie dokie

[brazen dragon]

OHHHH SHIT

this whole LIBs project is going LIVEEE yoooo

[crystal crag]

we need to perform human cloning on Bird but Bread to double productivity

[crystal crag]

and this is why i dont make art for this mod 😭

[crystal crag]

oh btw what other blind do you plan on making next?

[umbral pawn]

I think the needle, I'll make her hot and whatever

[crystal crag]

fire🔥

[crystal crag]

and when i say army stand its this

btw

[umbral pawn]

https://www.reddit.com/r/okbuddyjimbo/s/XaeRD0o8nF

[brazen dragon]

literally LIBs

[crystal crag]

goddamn libs🤬

[crystal crag]

wouldn't it be funny if the water couldn't swim

[hushed mountain]

The seprent is afraid of snakes

[shy gyro]

why is this a thing

not hating on it

just confused

[hushed mountain]

Funny

[crystal crag]

its funny and also like imagine the content for youtubers and the thrill of answering the fondamantal questions of story telling by playing a game for the player, the imagination and creativity that had to be poured into it in order to come up with those characters and there personality in a era often ruled by Ai generated slop polluting both our planet and our mind, the premise almost sounding like a joke but baffling by its tangible existance attracts us into giving it a try, truly a modern masterpiece

[hushed mountain]

Premise almost sounding like a joke
Then why did you specifically choose blinds

[crystal crag]

"who would make a dating game about the blinds, the jokers are human sure but the fucking blinds why??" that the reaction i want

[gray light]

finity enjoyers just nod knowingly

[shy gyro]

do skip tags next

wait no

boosters

[crystal crag]

stickers

[shy gyro]

mega celestial pack 2 my beloved

[crystal crag]

space looking woman with galaxy clothings

and she is tall

old mature woman

yeah

hear me out
poker hands

full house ❤️

gold stake 😋

wild cards😈

Negative

blast off challenge deck🤷‍♂️

[hushed mountain]

hear me out
decks

ui buttons would work too

[crystal crag]

game speed

high contrast cards

mult sound effect

balatro black

the swirl effect

the text

[hushed mountain]

the font

foil shader

[crystal crag]

the shadow

wave effect

the effect that plays to switch from scenes to scenes

[crystal crag]

this is what i imagine

[shy gyro]

what if the plant was r*cist

[crystal crag]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1szdAHWznZ8cRbKn0pfnaccBBgQq2p5roNwzHygZ_A4M/edit?hl=fr&tab=t.0

here are the personality

[versed geyser]

absolute cinema

[crystal crag]

erm

this project is still alive i swear

[brazen dragon]

got it

[atomic badge]

I haven't seen this since it started, what happened?

[crystal crag]

nothin

[hearty eagle]

Good to know :3

[crystal crag]

hey @umbral pawn wyd

[lost oyster]

this will never come out