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In ancient Rome, a balatro was essentially a professional buffoon paid to jest.

Speaking in a recentpostwith a clip featuring Balatro’s old main menu, LocalThunk reveals as much.

Balatro Joker card

“One of the candidate titles/main menu designs before I chose ‘Balatro,'” the dev writes.

It looks incredibly satisfying indeed - a throwback to the fun, interactive menus many games used to include.

According to LocalThunk, “the entire past year has been a series of crazy events.”

Balatro Joker art

Balatro screenshot showing an assortment of joker cards

Balatro

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