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The Balatro Timeline - A detailed timeline of how Balatro was made (localthunk.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by dungeonman@discuss.online to c/gamedev@programming.dev

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It’s been approximately 3 years since I began work on Balatro - and in that time I have personally documented almost nothing about the journey. This is something that has bothered me since the game launched. I am constantly forgetting major moments in development or milestones. It’s about time I start writing down what happened, I say better late than never!

This is an account of everything related to Balatro development in chronological order, up to and including the launch day. This should tell the story but more importantly it will serve as a source of truth for me when I look back on this time in a few years to recall the details correctly. I already notice talking to friends, players, and media that I contradict myself on some of the details from time to time. I’ll try and keep this up to date as I remember more about what happened.

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[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

I love reading about indie devs getting a hit. Hopefully, he'll post an update about what it was like day-to-day over the next year.

It's like an author who writes a surprise bestseller. It's always illuminating reading about them continuing on the reading circuit, then coming up with a sequel.