07/11/2024
Balatro creator unveils a few slick signposting strategies
In a recent thread on X, developer LocalThunk shared some of his signposting methods for Balatro, and how they helped players learn the ins and outs of his roguelike deckbuilder.
In the months since the game's launch, LocalThunk has opened up more on Balatro's influences and its original iterations. By his own admission, signposting is a part of general game design, but he wanted to reveal some of the "fun strategies" he employed.
Pointing to the Joker card "Four Fingers," he noted how its inclusion in the demo provided a "huge teachable moment." In seeing streamers' reactions to the card while playing the game, he called it "the first moment people really understood Balatro's hook."
