where did the developer of this game go?

[FPHROG]

no updates or news or anything in months, the ♥♥♥♥

[malogoss]

Let's suppose you take the time to beat all 20 challenges. You'll likely be at 95+ hours played then. You are already over 70h.

You have around 260 games in your library. Balatro will be in your top 20 for the most playtime. So 92% of the games you own you'll have played less than Balatro. And you haven't beaten gold with a single deck, so there's plenty of content left. If you can't find a way to win with a wide range of jokers, fine, but don't blame the game. Strong players would never get winning streaks at gold if the winning combinations were so limited.

You seemed less angry in your previous post than you were before, fantastic.

The next step would be to see that you had fun with this game, for about a dime per hour played, even if you leave some content untouched. That's plenty of value for your dollar. When a game doesn't charge you a subscription fee of some sort, you should not expect infinite content from it.

Good luck and have fun with the challenges.

[snakeskip]

It's good to know that Balatro is mostly a product of a single developer. One person. Now that the game has sold well he can continue working on it, but I wouldn't expect a rapid pace of development or constant stream of news.

IMHO the game is more or less finished design-wise. Daily seeds and leaderboards would be a nice addition but from an economic standpoint it doesn't necessarily make any sense. Server resources are not free. I'd appreciate a Linux port but I wouldn't expect to get one.

Quite honestly I can't see any way to milk this cow for very long. It's a unique and fun small game which sold way more than what was expected. I kind of hope the developer moves on and surprises us with another unique and fun game.

[BaconX]

It is a finished game, the dev has no obligation to further add anything else unless he feels the need to, not because he has to.

People can choose to enjoy what's there or they can move on. That's how games work before this whole Early Access and live service of constant updates.

[strandd505]

FPHROG님이 먼저 게시:

First I want to say that this post was made in haste and frustration and definitely could have been worded better, but it isn't bait by any means, I want more content for this game. For what its worth, $10-$15 for this game is amazing, and a great deal. But God forbid I want more out of a game that has incredibly enjoyable and unique mechanics but not enough content to make it fun in the late stages of the game or after 50 hours of gameplay. For those commenting on my stake progression, yes, I haven't beaten the gold stake yet, and no, it isn't fun trying to find the same handful of jokers that would allow me to beat the higher stakes. Most of the jokers aren't strong enough or synergize enough to allow you to succeed under the conditions of the harder stakes. Those who mentioned the challenge runs, thanks, I genuinely didn't know about those and will be exploring those.