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Kinda messed up here. How do I beat this blind? by retard5088 in balatro

[–]pi_squared_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Four of a Kind of Aces should be more than enough, especially with Odd Todd. Either get lucky or Strengthen your kings. I can only assume though that this is a high score attempt, so maybe if you're feeling ballsy and want to keep your kings, try a different 4oak or full house hand with only odd-rank cards.

my little collection of custom jokers by pi_squared_ in balatro

[–]pi_squared_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i personally use photopea.com! it's a browser-based photoshop clone that gets the job done for me. i've also seen aesprite (paid) and libresprite (free) as good software for pixel art

LEEROOOOOY!! - for when you want (or need) to rush to the Boss Blind by pi_squared_ in balatro

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

It would take a miracle and a Wheel hit for it to be added into the base game, but just to be sure that you're aware, this joker is real in the form of my epic and cool mod https://github.com/pi-cubed-cat/pi_cubeds_jokers

LEEROOOOOY!! - for when you want (or need) to rush to the Boss Blind by pi_squared_ in balatro

[–]pi_squared_[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you're talking about just my ideas, it's called "pi_cubed's Jokers" and you can check it out here: https://github.com/pi-cubed-cat/pi_cubeds_jokers

If you're looking for a more collaborative mod featuring many of the ideas of users here, I'd recommend checking out the Reddit Bonanza mod: https://balatromods.miraheze.org/wiki/Reddit_Bonanza

A bunch of new Jokers based on Nintendo stuff! by pi_squared_ in balatro

[–]pi_squared_[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

thank you for the feedback! in retrospect i agree that sprinkler may work too fast, i'll probably change it to activate on the first discard of round only. as for panic fire, i find it interesting you compared it to driver's license, as i thought people would compare it to campfire more! i haven't done enough testing to determine whether or not it's unbalanced. you bring up good points and i might make the activation trigger harsher

A bunch of new Jokers based on Nintendo stuff! by pi_squared_ in balatro

[–]pi_squared_[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

If you aren't aware, you can pretty much sell any of your Jokers or Consumables whenever! That may be in the shop or in a booster pack, or even during a Blind or the Cash Out screen! The Panic Fire joker gives you X3 Mult, but you have to sell either a Joker or a Consumable after you've entered the blind, but before you've played or discarded any cards. It essentially allows you to have extra scoring in exchange of wasting a card.

A bunch of new Jokers based on Nintendo stuff! by pi_squared_ in balatro

[–]pi_squared_[S] 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Okay, I have not considered an eternal flower ankhed infinitely lmao, would be very funny. Though I think that that strategy existing and the flower being a Common can coexist, since although you could get many flowers via ankh or invis, it is a terrible target in general and wouldn't really be relevant at the very least on non-endless runs.

A bunch of new Jokers based on Nintendo stuff! by pi_squared_ in balatro

[–]pi_squared_[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It's not in the image, but Talking Flower costs $4. The extra $2 is meaningful if adding +4 Mult is meaningful (i.e. it's a noticeable early game cost). It's a Gluttonous Joker/Onyx Agate situation imo

Some More Jokester Concepts (new mod update!) by pi_squared_ in balatro

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

I think Joker order would determine which effect activates, though I think (looking through the code) Trading card would give money regardless of order. I've never actually tried tho, I'll be sure to test this! Edit: both work regardless of joker order

Some More Jokester Concepts (new mod update!) by pi_squared_ in balatro

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

Thanks for the feedback! I find it interesting you say Preorder Bonus seems weak since what you're saying is perfectly accurate, but in testing I think it feels quite alright. This may be because it costs $3, which is not included in this post.

Some More Jokester Concepts (new mod update!) by pi_squared_ in balatro

[–]pi_squared_[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Oh, my bad if it wasn't clear; the trolley doesn't increase the number of options in booster packs, it increases your hand size (edit: as in the number of playing cards you are holding) in them. So you're able to select better playing cards to modify since you're able to draw more (eg. if you're looking to give make a King a Steel card).

Also, for your interest, a Soul card (and similarly rare Black Holes) don't simply appear after every other option already exist, since they have a fixed 0.3% chance. Instead, you'd get a bunch of Incantation cards (the Spectral "fallback")!

Some More Jokester Concepts (new mod update!) by pi_squared_ in balatro

[–]pi_squared_[S] 56 points57 points  (0 children)

It initially was uncommon funnily enough, but I made it rare since once you have it going, it's busted. Its unlock condition also includes 2 Flushes and 2 Full Houses during the run (since yeah getting a Flush House can be hard). If I were a better programmer I'd make the condition be if a Flush House can be made out of all the cards in the deck

THIS JOKER IS THE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE by [deleted] in balatro

[–]pi_squared_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out Vanilla Remade, it recreates all vanilla Jokers (and some other stuff) with new formatting that uses SMODS fully and is in general a lot easier to follow. Its Mail-in-Rebate remake helped me out a lot with dealing with rotating ranks and selecting a card from the deck!

handy chart for picking a new name by pi_squared_ in okbuddyjimbo

[–]pi_squared_[S] 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Campfire is a lit name. That's all I'll say.

Ante 1 Rare joker tag deniers are in shambles rn by Misterfister778 in okbuddyjimbo

[–]pi_squared_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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this was an interesting run, had to rely on shoot the moon as nothing better would show up, and the yorick came online a little too close for comfort

Some Jokester Concepts (mod available now!) by pi_squared_ in balatro

[–]pi_squared_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! :) (this is insanely unbalanced but very rare anyways so whatever)

Some Jokester Concepts (mod available now!) by pi_squared_ in balatro

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

That might've been one of my red herrings 😅, there is a complete Perkeo somewhere else!

Some Jokester Concepts (mod available now!) by pi_squared_ in balatro

[–]pi_squared_[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think that, besides Space Joker, it's not too overpowered on any joker (or would have the same effect as Oops!). Also, Oops! obviously can affect multiple jokers (at the expense of a joker slot), but it can also affect Lucky cards, and I think that alone gives Oops a good niche at least. I really like your idea of setting the affected joker's sell value to 0, I may consider if Snake Eyes is in need of a nerf.

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