GamesRoguelikeBalatro"Looks like we found out who the real joker is": Balatro dev reveals one Joker card has been hiding a revolutionary secret all along, because they “thought it was pretty funny"When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
GamesRoguelikeBalatro"Looks like we found out who the real joker is”: Balatro dev reveals one Joker card has been hiding a revolutionary secret all along, because they “thought it was pretty funny"When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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Balatro fans are currently in shambles as it’s been revealed that one of the less exciting Joker cards has been hiding a helpful Easter egg this whole time, that’s only been spotted after one player went searching through the game’s code.
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Balatro’s solo dev LocalThunkwas quick to respond to this, initiallyteasing on Twitterlast night: “Step 1. Put little Misprint secret in code. Step 2. Bury it under 18000 IF statements. Step 3. ?????. Step 4. PROFIT.” Now though, they’ve actually explained themselves.
“So years ago I added Misprint as one of the first ~15 Jokers in the game. From day one it had this Easter egg, I did it as a joke for a friend and we thought it was pretty funny at the time,“LocalThunk reveals. “Looks like we found out who the real joker is.”
Just in case this revelation wasn’t enough, BelenosBear also noticed that, yup, the Easter egg is even present in Balatro’s demo, so it’s been right under our noses all along. We’ll just have to wait and see how genius players might use it to their advantage – it’s no doubt things like this that make Balatro one of thebest roguelike gamesfor some.
Roguelike hit Balatro can’t be sold to any gambling companies or casinos even after its creator dies, because its solo dev is so against that idea they’ve written it into their will.
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