Balatro
A poker-based roguelike deckbuilder that inspired many later games.
Where Balatro comes up1 episode or test
- 1DominionSlay the Spire draws on it
- 2Slay the SpireLuck Be a Landlord came from it
- 3Luck Be a LandlordInspired Balatro
- 4BalatroPoker-based roguelike deckbuilder
- 5Word PlayLists Balatro as a main influence
From Mark Brown's video on Word Play
What was said about Balatro
Balatro was built on a chain of earlier games' ideas. Balatro was inspired by Luck Be a Landlord, which came from Slay the Spire, which draws on Dominion. Mark Brown cites this lineage to show that games are built on other games.
He argues that a mix of influences filtered through a designer's own ideas is far harder to call a copy than a straight reskin. Word Play, the game he is discussing, lists Balatro as one of its own main influences.
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Is one of Word Play's main influences, and itself came from Luck Be a Landlord, then Slay the Spire and Dominion.
Balatro was built on a chain of earlier games' ideas. Balatro was inspired by Luck Be a Landlord, which came from Slay the Spire, which draws on Dominion. Mark Brown cites this lineage to show that games are built on other games.
He argues that a mix of influences filtered through a designer's own ideas is far harder to call a copy than a straight reskin. Word Play, the game he is discussing, lists Balatro as one of its own main influences.
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