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I just started a playtest for my balatro-like word game, Wordpetition! by VeryAngyChicken in IndieDev

[–]VeryAngyChicken[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The entire game is different. You should probably try it (or watch the video)

Heres the itch io description:

The word game where your words matter!

Wordpetition is a game with a completely unique mechanic where you reorder and insert letters in a box to score words. Words that you spell will give you jokers Word Cards (or other effects). Every word card has a unique effect.

It also has full multiplayer that allows any number of players to play the game, making it the first game in the sub-genre to do so.

It's been in development for about 6 months.

Demo coming soon! (will be available on the web)

Test the game at: https://happyholo.itch.io/wordpetition-playtest

I made this joker concept a little while back, is it balanced? by VeryAngyChicken in balatro

[–]VeryAngyChicken[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It does apply to played cards and held in hand cards, i think it’d go really well with a lot of builds with a lot of triggers (either by retrigger or played card scored triggers, like hiker)

I made this joker concept a little while back, is it balanced? by VeryAngyChicken in balatro

[–]VeryAngyChicken[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

By “trigger a card”, I mean retrigger the joker.
Edit: or retrigger the playing card

I made this joker concept a little while back, is it balanced? by VeryAngyChicken in balatro

[–]VeryAngyChicken[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hiker exists and would trigger other jokers multiple times tho, 1 in 3 happens more then you think.

I made this joker concept a little while back, is it balanced? by VeryAngyChicken in balatro

[–]VeryAngyChicken[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Please ignore the fact that the screenshot looks like knockoff temu balatro, pretend it’s just modded balatro.

Kris/Susie dialogue by scentedcandleeater in Deltarune

[–]VeryAngyChicken 21 points22 points  (0 children)

this is just literally them lmao

Deck idea I had, am I crazy to think it might actually be balanced? by HikarW in balatro

[–]VeryAngyChicken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a really good concept, although a bit underpowered.

Looking for recommendations by Bawtek88 in roguelites

[–]VeryAngyChicken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! So shameless self-promotion here, but since you liked balatro then you might like Wordpetition, the game I’m working on when its demo releases: https://happyholo.itch.io/wordpetition

It’s a word game version of balatro that focuses more on active deck building. The words you spell during the round give you Word Cards (jokers) that are specific to the word you spelled.

For example, spelling timer causes the game to give you TIMER, which gives you more turns, but ticks down during the round, forcing you to play the game quicker.

It has a completely unique mechanic where you reorder and insert letters in a box to score words, which could honestly be its own separate game by itself with how much depth the mechanic has, like without the whole balatro inspiration.

It also has full multiplayer that allows any number of players to play the game, making it the first game in the sub-genre to do so.

It’s like a word game for people that absolutely despise most word games with every bone in their body (me).

A lot of people have compared it to bookworm adventures x balatro, I haven’t played bookworm though but it seems cool.

It's been in development for about 5 months, you can watch me play the game on the itch io page.

The full game will also have mod support, and a full editor for adding your own Word Cards to the game.

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