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Balatro creator intentionally avoided roguelikes but did eventually play and "steal from" Slay the Spire anyway: "Holy s***. Now that is a game"
News "This is from Slay the Spire (see? Told you I’d steal from it)"
Before selling millions of copies, Vampire Survivors creator says he'd "given up on the idea of success," and he's not interested in making something just to be successful
News "I don't want to start having to look around in order to try to maintain the success"
"I was in super crunch mode": Balatro creator opens up on the toll the stress of indie development took on his "physical and mental health"
News "I really struggled with my physical and mental health"
Balatro creator was "shocked" at his poker roguelike's high review scores: "I don’t think I would have rated Balatro higher than an 8 and I made the damn thing"
News No need to be modest
Balatro's first few hours generated over $600,000, "far more money" than the roguelike's creator had ever made: "It is the most surreal day of my life"
News Its launch was 10-20 times bigger than LocalThunk thought it would be
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Vampire Survivors creator admits his success was “lucky” amid a wave of cheap mobile knock-offs: “For everyone else, they have to stand out among the hundreds"
"Players noticed me before any vulture could notice the ascension in sales."
This roguelike city-builder casts you as a benevolent Lord of the Rings villain, and its Steam Next Fest demo accidentally consumed my entire evening
News The King is Watching is filled with a host of lazy citizens
