A demake of Balatro for the GBA
This project is a non-profit fan demake of Balatro for the Game Boy Advance, meant to recreate it as accurately as possible including all the visuals that make it satisfying to play. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Playstack or LocalThunk and it is not to be sold. This version is a minimal tech-demo, intended for those who already own and know the official game. Refer to the Balatro wiki below for descriptions of game mechanics and joker effects. All rights remain with the original holders.
See CONTRIBUTING.md for build instructions for Docker, Linux, MacOS, and Windows.
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(A: Pick Card / Make Selection)
(B: Deselect All Cards)
(L: Sell Joker / Play Hand)
(R: Discard Hand)
(Hold A + D-Pad: Move Cards and Jokers in Hand)
(Hold B: Display Joker Description Shop Only)
If you would like to contribute, please read CONTRIBUTING.md.
This GBA implementation is based on Balatro which is designed and created by LocalThunk and published by Playstack. See repository contributors list for code contribution credits to this GBA implementation.
Music arrangement is made by @cellos51 and @MeirGavish based on original Balatro soundtrack by LouisF and transcription by MrCrimit.
Sprites and backgrounds are based on original Balatro imagery created by LocalThunk. See Joker Art Discussion for full credits for each joker sprite.
For the mult and xmult sound effects: Toy records#06-E3-02.wav by poissonmort used under License: Attribution 4.0
All other sound effects were created by LocalThunk and are used under Creative Commons - CC0 license.
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