Despite single-handedly making one of the most successful indie games of 2024 and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:sel𝕴ling more than five million ℱcopies, the𒁏 creator of roguelike poker sensation Balatro hasn't let success change his lifestyle much.
Talking to , the solo developer who goe🔯s by LocalThunk revealed he's been able to quit his job in IT and buy a house with his partner thanks to the success of Balatro, but, otherwise LocalThunk's life has been relatively unaffected by his newfound wealth.
"It's been a lot of stress, but very fulfilling, being able to walk on something that I love all day, every day, as lo𒁃ng as I want," LocalThunk said. "We'd been living below our means anyway when I had that IT job, so our life൲style hasn't changed all that much. I travel a little more so I can visit friends. I'm just trying to be responsible right now with anything. I still have a job to do."
Without a day job keeping him preoccupied, LocalThunk is able to 🐷dedicate his work day to making updates for ꦅBalatro. In the same Bloomberg interview, he revealed he's working on Balatro update 1.1, which will add new Jokers and a revamp of the confusing Matador Joker. That, he hopes, will be out sometime this year.
As for what's next for LocalThunk post-Balatro, he's not quite there yet, telling Bloomberg he gets "obsessed with something for a long time." Although he admitted he's had ideas for other games, he said🔯, every time his mind goes to new games, he thinks, "'you can't do that right now, you're in the middle of something else.'"
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