I made Balatro in real life so you don't have to!

This was simultaneously so much fun and excruciatingly tedious. I never want to do this again, but I am so proud that I did it. Manual Balatro is an idea that one would assume would be an awful time. However, I no longer have to assume, I know for a fact it is an awful time. Come along my journey of playing this game potentially the worst way possible, enjoy my descent to madness!

[@dsfsdad4727]

Most sane balatro player

[@OmegaF.]

Us man us

[@notEphim]

Least addicted balatro player

[@ninthfloor]

Doing a naneinf run on this setup and the table collapses

[@davialves5264]

300 steel kings vs one wooden table

[@krokanjer]

maybe the wheel in this version is actually a 1 in 4

[@Idi0tperson1]

Nope, 0 in 1 chance still

[@brianavner4186]

Now you just need to hire a Jazz band

[@sylnz97]

I have the soundtrack playing in the background while watching it

[@mlggamer6943]

This is so damn cool. Can't wait to see the updated showman version where you have several copies of every joker ready and waiting to go 👍

[@EulerAlert]

And every planet! And every tarot card! And-

[@KhAnTlol]

"Mom! can we get Balatro??"
"We have Balatro at home."
Balatro at home:

[@digiorniboy]

I have to imagine real life Balatro would get into magic territory where people start yelling at each other over what their jokers do

[@bennettcox1857]

We need multiplayer balatro

[@EulerAlert]

​@@bennettcox1857We need multiplier balatro

[@TranslationHell]

Excruciating to watch and I'm probably going to end up sitting through all of it, excellent work. I'm a big fan of the sort by rank and suit buttons that can't possibly do anything

[@cursedfruitsalad2792]

I am so glad we can suffer together

[@pradyumnarout8402]

At ante 39 when he needs to make as many chips as there are atoms in the observable universe. He plays a polychrome red seal glass king, triggering the 19 jokers he have, making enough chips to collapse the entirety of the observable universe in on itself, finally ending his run on Naneinf. And then he moves on to Ante 40, drifting through true nothingness..

[@WackoMcGoose]

Inscryption IRL players: "Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!"

[@thatvillainjay]

Localthunk needs to see this

[@brianiskey4531]

This is ridiculous honestly, just making me realize how much it is a game and not just cards.

[@cursedfruitsalad2792]

A realisation I also made, but too late to back down from what I started.

[@ploxyzero]

"Mom, can you buy me Balatro?"
"No honey, we already have Balatro at home"
Balatro at home:

[@Manabender]

So I wanna preface this by saying that this is incredible, and you clearly put a lot of thought into replicating the game mechanics, including those that aren't easily visible (like the distribution of boosters, which, while your dice don't replicate *perfectly* , is still as close as you can get with common dice).
But I also want to point out the The Plant (your ante 1 boss) cannot be a boss blind for the first three antes. Furthermore, you forgot to *apply* The Plant. Your jacks should have been debuffed, which would make the hand not win.
I still VERY MUCH respect the effort, and am not at all surprised to see an error like this. I definitely would have made them myself.

[@NottNott]

You're a legend, can't wait to see completionist+

[@fartgarfunkeljr]

Mad respect for this. I wanted to try and do a way cut down version of this as soon as i started playing last year. The way you mark affected cards is VERY practical and smart. its so much to keep track of, but if one was able to build small implements (clickers that would count up and reset) you really could DM balatro for someone. and i think that would be insanely cool to see. Thanks for doing something cool

[@EulerAlert]

Honestly, to run it smoothly you might need multiple people handling the upkeep.
...if anyone does this, I volunteer for one of the upkeep roles.

[@fartgarfunkeljr]

@EulerAlert yes, you're absolutely right. A group could definitely streamline the process. With a little practice, it would be great to observe

[@Veisyla]

"i'm not addicted; i can quit at any time!"

[@borisstankov6450]

This version is glitched. You got the lucky cat without any lucky cards...

[@lolsadboi3895]

🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@cursedfruitsalad2792]

@@borisstankov6450it is the first of many glaring issues with the game. I will claim it's a feature not a bug, but honestly I just forgot about that being a thing

[@rlx-4481]

yoo thats insane!! just ended watching the video and huge props for the work. eveer since I saw an image of what balatro would look like in real life, I wondered if this would ever be possible. Amazing!!

[@danielreed5199]

This looks like such a cool game, I am going to make a video game version of it.

[@wolfiewonder2749]

Absolute Cinema

[@anarchistpoops161]

I was doing the same but meticulously drawing each sprite by hand with acrylic markers. i got to 30 jokers and then I remembered I technically have a life (currently learning unity, making music and a game)

[@lolsadboi3895]

here before 10,000 views

[@cursedfruitsalad2792]

@@lolsadboi3895 here before 1000 likes

[@sansugranes]

I searched a couple days ago if anyone was insane enough to do this and you got recommended on my feed today, that's crazy. Anyways, crazy work. I enjoyed all 50 minutes and 28 seconds from it. I hope this video gets recommended further and that we get a more optimized way of playing this IRL!

[@decastar2819]

this is gonna be painful to play manually, but damn the sounds while you do play tingles me a bit it's relaxing

[@hoonfox]

bruh

[@IvanSN]

it's perfect unintentional asmr!!!

[@eliasthememelord]

I was literally thinking about making balatro cards irl for the past few days, this is awesome

[@KieranBlade]

it's oddly satisfying having the money be actual coins that you drop in to make the sound

[@yaqootmirza7389]

This is the coolest nerds have ever been. Hats off man.

[@antekkowalski8697]

you can see the background light getting darker as the vido goes on, this is ridiculus i love it

[@hoveringvan9961]

Damn you're nuts, but respect for the dedication.

[@isisflores977]

My hero

[@socrative9810]

I hope this amazing video goes viral. Godspeed you fellow balatroop o7

[@limeee8775]

incredibly cool

[@006anwarsaidpintrandhita3]

Gigachad setup, mad respect

[@minerman60101]

I don't know what's more concerningly tedious: Torch only Rykard in Elden Ring, or this.

[@Dourb-A-Tron]

unironically, thats insane dedication

[@abigaildallon8740]

this is so sick man! keep up makeing the cool projects 👍

[@Glatier]

Glad I invested early, this video bouta blow up big time

[@dilexxxxx]

That’s actually really impressive man. Good job!

[@bigoafboulderbrain_]

balatro for when the nukes drop

[@OmegaF.]

Balatro has officially consumed our life😊

[@starup4960]

Showman would go hard on this

[@erinmuldoon522]

Such a cool idea way to stick it out! I just got into Balatro and I absolutely love it

[@blue_birb]

lucky cat only shows up if you have triggered a lucky card in the run, so you could have made a pile for the conditional show-up jokers which you add to as time goes on

[@SomeGamerDoesGaming]

This is crazy

[@bakoj2314]

I've theorized about how I would do this, and it involves having a camera look at the playing field and automatically calculating your score

[@the_prophecyyy]

Bummer it isn’t more practical but I respect it bro. Good job😎

[@winterflan]

this is amazing. now I'm just thinking of attempting it with the Cryptid mod lmao

[@spieleflo8543]

Wow! This is crazy, great job 😀

[@EmoSquirrel781]

This is peak energy vampire shit

[@hasibulhossain3452]

Now I definitely have to make this at home

[@rrrrog]

Me when the solar flare finally hits

[@tuxat_]

the gives 3d fnaf mod or 3d among us vibes

[@tuxat_]

amazing creation! looks like alot of effort was used to make this, and it's so cool to watch

[@mendyleitner1195]

Still less complicated than twilight Imperium
This is so cool btw

[@bee-uc2fm]

this looks amazing

[@Glatier]

this... genuinely looks pretty fun 😭😭
tho I'm kinda surprised you don't have an actual deck of Major Arcana on your hands knowing how much effort you put into this

[@horf8712]

this is so f*cking adorable

[@iweerd]

Incredible work my friend

[@mygills3050]

what we’d be doing if society collapses within the next ~2 years:

[@TanManVEVO]

This is absolutely ridiculous thank you

[@nature_fps673]

This is so cool man i cant imagine how much time it took to make all the cards

[@djhehowiex]

this is me after playing balatro for a week straight. wait.... straight? im going insane.

[@w_OHw]

10/10 peak
قمة القمة

[@zookerooni1821]

I saw this on the sub Reddit and now it's in my recommended lol

[@kaylajohnson6856]

put me in front of this and you won't see me for days

[@suli0wik641]

me after internet goes out for ½ hour

[@drewsul]

holy hell this is amazing

[@900n1]

too much hallucination jokers

[@dylank9377]

Super cool!!!

[@haiya123456789]

High quality video mate

[@jack.hodkinson]

I cannot believe what I am watching

[@mikebrocki9556]

Cones of dunshire vibes

[@Vandlie]

you have to show this to Roffle!

[@talhabhatti6075]

I'm watching this with music in the other tab for better immersion lmao

[@Descenacre]

this is insanity

[@aurusallos]

now you need a live band to play the music in the next room for the proper ambience

[@montyvr6772]

This would make a cool videogame. You should put the prices of the jokers on the jokers.

[@what628]

I love this

[@nickspringer5755]

So fun!

[@muhamadsofianilhamzhetia1880]

Me while learning math:

[@FloreyXE]

here before this blows up

[@Leamm]

Nice job

[@horf8712]

gold stake naneinf will be crazy

[@Melissanoma]

really cool. could you take a photo of all the jokers? Some of your artwork was clever. I liked cartomancer.

[@original_pandus]

Now do a naneinf run

[@fernleafie]

This is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Michael-lt3zb]

Dude nice

[@mrjellyfish2]

here before this blows up lol

[@_sam]

Oh my goodness

[@Eyan17]

I thought of doing this before!

[@mentalyunstable2872]

Love the idea and great video so far. But question, didn’t you say the first boss blind was the plant? Do you wouldn’t have gotten to roll the lucky card the first time you played it. I know it didn’t trigger so it didn’t affect anything but still

[@kmazit]

that’s cool

[@phanepw]

holy shit dude

[@EXswing]

This looks cool as shit

[@sylnz97]

would this be considered a demake? 🤔

[@PhaTs00p]

You struggle the whole way through

[@HazelSkies]

when does the multiplayer mod drop

[@onik1487]

I would cheat like crazy mane

[@ExplizitDuester]

wow manualatro

[@squirll4828]

here before 458 likes and 3401 views