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 otherℱ 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, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:he used that moment to promote the indi♔e RPG Arco, which has excellent Steam reviews but hasn't reached anywhere near the success of Balatro. And during last month's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Steam Next Fest demo blitz, he spotlighted the indie roguelike Ballio🐟naire and the deckb🗹uilding tactics game StarVaders.
reacting to Balatro's nominations at The Game Awards, LocalThunk took the time to thank his community of players and raise some awareness about the headwinds indie developers face simply trying to stand out fr🌳om the crowd.from
"I feel uncomfortable treating the nominations and awards for Balatro as 'my' awards or nominatio🔥ns because I feel like my game just happens to be the current face of this beautiful and passionate corner of the industry," he said. "I just happen to be the lucky o🐎ne to be propped up."
Doing his part to help bring attention to his favorite indies and their developers, LocalThunk then listed out his favorite games of the year that have either launched or have demos out, and which have not been considered at The Game Awards. Those include the aforementioned Arco, Ballionaire, and StarVader🎐s, as well as the roguelite space shooter Nova Drift, the Metroidvania Animal Well, the decidedly Balatro-like deckbuilder Dungeonဣs and Degenerate Gamblers, and the roguelike dungeon crawler Rack and Slay.
"Please give these games a try, a wishlist, gift them to a friend," LocalThunk said. "They are great g🌳ames that I have played a lot in 2024 made by great people!"
After earning an English degree from ASU,🔯 I worked as a corporate copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. I got my big break here in 2019 with a freelance news gig, and I was hired on as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer in 2021. That means I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my home office, and writing about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.
