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Balatro’s developer may be one and done.

In an interview with British GQ, the game’s developer LocalThunk, said his next game may never see the light of day.

If I were to make another game after Balatro, which I’m not really thinking about right now, it would be really cathartic to make it and not show anyone. Put it in a folder on my desktop and leave it there. Just for me.

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