Balatro solo developer LocalThunk clearly takes his responsibility as the defacto champion of the indie genre seriously; his response to his own game receiving five nominations at The Game Awards is to simply point you toward other indies.
LocalThunk has in numerous instances used his considerable platform to prop up what he views as underappreciated indie games. When Balatro was nominated for three Golden Joystick awards, he used that moment to promote the indie RPG Arco, which has excellent Steam reviews but hasn't reached anywhere near the success of Balatro. And during last month's Steam Next Fest demo blitz, he spotlighted the indie roguelike Ballionaire and the deckbuilding tactics game StarVaders.
