The poker roguelite Balatro has constructed a powerful and constant group of gamers because of the numerous other ways the sport can shock you throughout a run. Right now–on the identical day the sport launched on cellular devices–developer LocalThunk has seemingly confirmed a characteristic that appears like a glitch, however is as an alternative working as supposed.
This exploit, which was delivered to gentle in a YouTube video by BelenosBear, entails the Misprint joker card, and extra particularly, it facilities across the seemingly random textual content that flashes within the Misprint’s means textual content.
Principally, for those who pause throughout a Balatro run, go to your assortment of playing cards within the pause menu, after which go to Misprint, from time to time random numbers, letters, and symbols will flash within the means textual content. Because it seems, these sequences aren’t random, and so they truly inform you the highest card of your deck by the numbers and letters that seem; in BelenosBear’s video, for instance, a sequence that ends in “4S” produces the 4 of spades on the subsequent draw, whereas “9H” produces the 9 of hearts.
BelenosBear posted their video to X, and the official Balatro account acknowledged not solely that the exploit exists, but additionally that it’s been part of the sport since launch. The account first posted a GIF of the sport’s mascot Joker smiling, earlier than following that up with the publish beneath:
Balatro is accessible now on Xbox Collection X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Change, and PC. The cellular variations on each iOS and Android–along with a particular Balatro+ model for Apple Arcade subscribers–launched earlier right now.