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A game dev shows their hand.

If you’re obsessed with deck-building roguelike Balatro (as we are), you’ll dig this deep interview with the game’s anonymous designer LocalThunk on the podcast Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games.

Bringing all the brilliant mechanics together involved making tough trade offs, taking a few risks, and giving into a little luck — which sounds not unlike playing Balatro itself.

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