The Making of Balatro (feat. LocalThunk) - Dear Dwyery #01

[@_hellogan]

A documentary, but for your ears? Sign me up, bro.

[@Sevarro]

EGG MENTIONED

[@aiksi5605]

timestamp please

[@qw3rtypounc3s]

@@aiksi5605 4:48

[@StKildaFan]

His comment about being a perfectionist with the game juice makes a lot of sense. The game is really absurdly simple but it’s so satisfying to interact with and is a great example of what a difference design makes

[@GardinerAlan]

Noclip x Balatro x NorthernLion - doesn't get much better than that. Hearing he built the UI without ever having seen video poker is hilarious!

[@MomirsLabTech]

Huge +2

[@Tuto1902]

Listen to The Making of Balatro while playing Balatro. Perfection!

[@retinas2001]

I think his background with programming simulations of things explains why balatro is the way it is: You combine a bunch of different rules together - jokers, playing card enhancements, etc. - then you press play and watch all of their complex interactions get resolved.

[@SallyMangos]

Seriously, one of the best games ever made! The generosity and good-natured feel of the game is just incredible.

[@johnnyexponential7229]

This dude is almost unrelatably smart and reasonable. Makes for a great interviewee, and evidently a great game designer.I'm glad for his success even more now I've heard the doc.

[@Icaromus]

Hi, big fan of Noclip and really vibing with this new audio doc format! One small(?) constructive criticism, I think it would still be useful to have KZbin time stamps just for going back or skipping to any parts. Looking forward to more!

[@SpaceChicken]

No surprise he’s a low level guy. The game is absolutely rock solid through and through, and the perfectionism shows. What a delightful interview, thanks for it!

[@shotoutgames8823]

Dude was more excited about the Zamboni. Great talk

[@Dino_Valentino]

The audio effects that signal a transition in segments is next level. Easy to listen to.

[@gybzen]

I love that I was in the middle of watching old Noclip docs when this dropped

[@SallyMangos]

I was in the middle of playing a round of balatro lol

[@tonydanza44]

Every time the talking pauses mid-sentence for the music to kick in, it feels like the next logical thing that will happen is Antonio Banderas saying "...but that is a tale for another day."

[@TehPwnographer]

Thumbnail is giving me “A D’wyer Darkly” vibes

[@daavpuke]

Love that art. What a nice, relaxed chat 👌

[@SerpC]

This is a great interview. Thank you for capturing this look into the creation of this game.

[@Rubl05]

Another series of more Noclip content! 🎉🎉🎉

[@TheLeftHandedGuy]

Cool interview! So funny to hear NL clips, truly the goat

[@Kevin_850]

Love the content and format! Looking forward to more.

[@bross92]

This turned out REALLY well, I'm excited for all of these coming up! Most of my available media time is auditory only so I'm extra appreciating more stuff from you guys in this format!

[@dorianmajsto]

Wonderful addition to the noclip content family!

[@Gnomable]

This really feels like a documentary in audio form. Fantastic stuff!

[@DarkDax]

Brilliant format. Audio design is brilliant. Can literally see the video in my head.

[@blackestbill7454]

Great Interview!! LocalThunk is quite the genius, their story and their game are a massive inspiration towards my own game development pursuits

[@pimvda]

Great format. A nice chunky size with very welcome voiceovers, tying the whole thing together!

[@AdeelTariq0]

As a hobbyist game dev myself, I'm pleasantly surprised how many of my question were asked and answered in this interview.

[@DensetsuVII]

Another piercing look into the human behind a game of almost inhumane intricacy - thanks for another great work guys, definitely support more of this!

[@morkmon]

Very cool interview, love learning about the Balatro lore. I do find that the background music at around 4:00 going through the voices makes it very hard for me to focus on the words, especially combined with the light echo on LocalThunk's voice.

[@DonChups]

This was realluy really interesting. What a great converstaion. Thanks a lot for your work.

[@Revalence123]

It is taking everything I have not to pick this game up now. Great first episode can't wait for more

[@Shutticus986]

excellent content Danny! adding this to my core listening.

[@martynlocker]

I've been holding off buying this as I've heard how addictive it can be. I might finally have to cave after listening to this. Great episode!

[@accountnamewithheld]

Buy it. Unless you value your spare time

[@Thebazilly19]

This is really cool! It's so crazy that LocalThunk accidentally stumbled into channeling video poker for the game's aesthetic. Such a great game - perfect way to make a few hours disappear.

[@SamFreelancePolice]

Holy shit he never even saw a video poker machine before? I thought for sure it was a deliberate design choice when I played the game for the first time. AND he never played a roguelike deck builder before. What a legend

[@emospacemonkey]

Sounds a very talented individual. Great podcast

[@Birbface]

Oh dwear, so much Noclip content!

[@Tihan]

Amazing episode!

[@jokerCraz3d]

Cool thumbnail, who did the art?

[@NoclipPodcast]

Jeff Delgado - he's done a bunch of cool stuff for us over the years including some do thumbnails

[@jokerCraz3d]

@@NoclipPodcast awesome, thanks! Been looking forward to this new podcast

[@totlyepic]

2 views, 31 seconds ago. We GAMIN'.

[@Heavyshadowsound]

Absolutely loved this, more!!

[@Heavyshadowsound]

I just heard New Blood and I'm SO down for this. Episode 2 plsss

[@isaacauguste3600]

Love the show

[@noizy514]

when you announced this i wondered if you'd build a Joker puppet for this interview

[@buggy89]

Nice interview

[@username4570]

That illustration of Danny looks like Mark Harmon

[@DamagePerHour]

this is fantastic

[@TheHashtagonist]

Good stuff Danny! Good luck with this series! Always feel free to hit me up if you ever want to chat with our devs.

[@Spenerico]

Loving to listen but I had to hide the video because it's so bright and harsh on the eyes

[@MechabitGames]

[@Zettabyte7]

The fact that LocalThunk avoided playing or learning about other similar games seems so unusual to me.

[@okcoolmax]

great interview but for me personally the amount of background music was very distracting.

[@rguitar78]

das gut!

[@grabush77]

Tried to look for this on Google Podcast and could not wind it there ...? But maybe understandable since Google Podcasts is getting sunset by Google. ...Related - any podcast app recommendations please? :D

[@eldonhill4840]

Try Podcast Addict, it’s great. Has a lot of really useful features I haven’t seen on other podcast apps.

[@thatJoshieJosh]

Podcast Addict has been my replacement that has been everything I ever wanted in a podcast player, my friend. I have Patreon and non-Patreon supports that play well with it.

[@lydierayn]

Honestly, I keep calling it Baltaro

[@TankorSmash]

I don't think I liked all the musical audio clips between sections. I'd rather just have brief cuts.

[@ojhat]

whatever I'm hearing after the beginning of the podcast of the game title sounds horribly wrong to my ears; the first pronunciation of Balatro in the podcast is correct; it has to be. I refuse to believe otherwise.

[@icecream-z1v]

This is Daniel Mullins. I called it.

[@sfbsfb]

Not sure about that, but Mullins is definitely a great game designer. Inscryption was quite the experience.

[@qwaffles_]

wish this didnt have music

[@lyghters]

There's really no need for adding music to your podcasts/interview, if anything, it don't allow your viewers to listen just to voices or mix it with the music they want to. This is especially annoying for the given length of 40+ minutes. For me the magic of podcasts is that it is raw and unedited.

[@ausmiku]

Only fools and noobs think this is a good game. It's rubbish, just a lottery. You need constant grinding restarts until you get good "multiplying" winning jokers. The others are garbage time fillers. There is no proper card playing skills needed at all. The devs have conned all the mugs and fanboys.