Balatro solo dev LocalThunk has given a bit more insight into the inspirations behind his hit "poker roguelike," which he says, it could be argued, is "technically a solitaire game."
In the first post on LocalThunk's newly created blog, he explains that solitaire – specifically, its most common variant, Klondike – would be "right in the middle" of a Balatro vision board, had he actually made one. It's arguably "the most important" inspiration behind the game, the dev adds, noting that he wanted Balatro to "bring the old feeling of solitaire into a game with modern design bells and whistles, creating something new and yet familiar."
