drowsy egret
it might just be me, but after spending many months playing balatro, I've amassed a pretty sizable list of random joker ideas. I figured it might be fun to turn some of them into a mod.
The mod is pretty empty at the moment with just 3 jokers, so I don't feel ready to publish it yet, but rather than spam the modding channel with updates I figured I might consolidate all of my thoughts and progress here in case anybody's interested. Expect lots of random disorganized thoughts and updates.
Here's the first three jokers finished. I plan to add at least 10 before posting the link for others to download, and potentially more if I feel like it.
In general, I'll try to keep the mod as vanilla feeling as possible, so balance and feedback is super important to me. If anybody has suggestions or ideas I'm all ears :)
Spoilers for the next few jokers I plan to add:
Dinner Party - ||If played hand contains 5 scoring face cards, create a seltzer||
Chef - ||When boss blind is defeated, create a random (vanilla) food joker||
Pawn Shop - ||Whenever a card is sold, gain mult equal to its sell price||
Cross-Eyed Craig - ||Gives mult equal to the average base mult of the last ten poker hands played||
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Next two joker reveal
Mean Gene - ||X0.5 mult. Disables all boss blinds.||
Face Down - ||1 in 10 chance to draw cards Face Down. If a Face Down card is played and scores, it scores X1.25 mult.||
I also updated Close-Up and Digital Joker's visuals
Cross-Eyed Craig will also be renamed Twisted Tom, effect will stay the same
drowsy egret
New art for Mean Gene, and its counterpart Sweet Pete
Mean Gene's effect will be changed to ||"X0.75 Mult, creates a Sweet Pete with [+5] Mult when sold or destroyed (Gains +5 Mult each round)"|| or something
drowsy egret
10 jokers finished!!!
Here's what they do, from left to right:
Close-Up: Gains X1 Mult for each blind skipped, resets when boss blind is defeated
Digital Joker: Scoring 10s score an additional +10 chips for each played 10
Cake: Gains +2 Mult and $2 of sell value at start of round
Dinner Party: If five face cards were scored, create a seltzer
Chef Joker: Creates a negative food themed joker when Boss Blind is defeated
Pawn Shop: When a card is sold, this joker gains Chips equal to that card's sell value
Twisted Tom: Gives Chips and Mult equal to the average Base Chips and Base Mult of the last 5 poker hands
Mean Gene: X0.5 Mult. When sold, creates a Sweet Pete with +0 Mult (Mult increases by +5 each round)
Sweet Pete: +0 Mult. Created when a Mean Gene is sold (Mult is determined by Mean Gene)
Flipped Joker: 1 in 10 chance to draw cards face down. If a face down card is played and scores, it gives X1.25 Mult
drowsy egret
Also experimenting with this idea. No art yet.
drowsy egret
Also experimenting with this idea. No art yet.
Kind of hated this joker in practice so it's going on the back burner
drowsy egret
dunno what this one will do yet
probably a rare, maybe it gives Xmult if you have more than one copy of a joker
Orrr maybe it gives some amount of chips for each joker on the left of it, some amount of mult for each joker on the right of it
drowsy egret
I think I've settled on the next few jokers:
Handshake - Lose $4 when a blind is selected, gains +1 hand size when the boss blind is defeated
Split Personality - Gives +40 chips for each joker on its left and +4 mult for each joker on its right
Mirror - X1 mult for every duplicate joker owned
Grapes - +24 mult, -2 every time a consumable is used
Archy - Copies the effect of a random joker in the game, changes each hand
Recycle Bin- 1 in 4 chance for played cards to go back into your deck after scoring
Numbers aren't set in stone until they're tested obviously
warm hound
Chef joker is pretty original.
Is it going to be mod compatible?
worthy vapor
Wtf is that in the top left😭✌️
drowsy egret
Chef joker is pretty original.
Is it going to be mod compatible?
if I can automatically tell which modded jokers are food jokers yes but as of right now i don't think there's a great way so I'll leave it vanilla jokers only
drowsy egret
Wtf is that in the top left😭✌️
don't mind that it's just for testing
warm hound
if I can automatically tell which modded jokers are food jokers yes but as of ri...
I see. Maybe you could take a look at reverie's mod? There is a Cine card that interacts with modded food jokers.
Anyway, great mod.
keen sable
Is this mod out yet?
drowsy egret
it's been on hiatus for a while since I got distracted by other projects :P
I figure it doesn't introduce anything groundbreaking or exciting enough to justify rushing it. I'll work on it whenever I get my next balatro phase
keen sable
What you currently working on
drowsy egret
What you currently working on
My music mostly! I've started posting on youtube and soundcloud
I have my custom balatro soundtrack up on yt but I'm making other music too
keen sable
Wow that dope ass hell, I am going to listen to it soon
drowsy egret
okay fine I'll release this like I promised
putting WIP jokers on hold for now just to get the mod in a release worthy state, I'll add them later
so right now the lineup consists of the following:
Values may or may not need to be tweaked and there may be some lingering bugs, so I'll start playtesting
Twisted tom also sucks rn so I'll see what I can do about that
I was also told that close-up is too similar to throwback, so I might change that as well
