The theme was present for the jam. Though for creativity-wise this would practically be asking for a lawsuit. UI and all. I see the shaders were used even can tell its the same ones balatro. The mechanics worked though due to the pixel art being rough on the symbols it was pretty hard to tell the hearts which would be negative for the player to get a good score. I felt I was punished for not correctly reading reading the bad pixels. Overall mechanics works and was smooth enough for a game to be played but I felt there needed to be more thinking outside the box on this one to continue. Also your own UI for individuality.
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To be honest, using Balatro game style is just a rust for the story hidden behind the numbers on the screen.
Though I do not enough time to excute on all of them.
I agreee there should be more personality, but all great game start from modifying a tiny bit of the original one, don't you agree?
Oh, sorry for the pixelated arts.