The developer of Balatro said that he made the game out of boredom on vacation – UNIAN
Balatro has already received two awards at the prestigious awards.
One-man's indie card roguelike Balatro won Indie of the Year and Breakthrough of the Year awards at the Golden Joystick Awards.
A lone developer under the nickname LocalThunk, who made Balatro, said on his social networks that he started making the game simply out of boredom. The developer had a few free weeks before the end of his vacation and decided to try to implement his unusual idea for the game:
“Almost 3 years ago I started making a weird card game on my laptop because I had a few weeks off and thought it would be a fun little project for me and my friends.”
Now that his pet project has received several prestigious awards, LocalThunk feels the surrealism of the situation: “I don’t know how to describe…
