And it worked. So I guess why try to do anything different.

So funny as well, given yooka laylee's original anti-corporate-slop aesthetic.

I guess I shouldn't pick on yooka laylee - you can still play the original so it's whatever. The thing that depresses me is that they tried to fix every complaint they ever received about the game. They improved controls (good, valid) and also switched genre entirely to be mario odyssey (bad, dull)

say hi if you see me ^^

Low bar, but still

Love thaaaat, love sequentially downloading the same 30GB patch on all of my devices via my ailing stuttering internet connection, love stopping piracy in its tracks by having a terrible experience downloading literally anything

you can also use the helipack long jump in midair - which is considered a glitch, even though it makes a lot more sense than a helicopter that only goes up if you're on the ground.

game's all over the place!

Also a lot of you said very nice things about the art, which was a joint effort between @shamu.bsky.social and she's very delighted to hear people like it ^^

this bitch and his cat make me fucking cryyyyy

you really captured a tenderness in them both here 😭

I'm sure they must be statistically right if they've run the numbers and I haven't? But just... practically speaking, the advice seems wrong ime.

Oh you're absolutely right about that. I still prefer *not* playing flushes late game if I can help it - but they are very easy to boostrap.

What I'm disputing though is the "always play flushes in round 1" argument - as per the recent Balatro U video, and Autumn Li's.

(Also I realised just too late - when I said "Round 1" and "Round 2" that's a bit misleading. This does not mean Balatro rounds - they were always Balatro round 1. I just mean a round of me trying things.)

When I'm done with my current project, I might write a simulator just to try to prove or disprove my point here, because I'm so convinced. Flushes are bad. Stop playing flushes.

But subjectively, it's so much more frustrating to get a flush that loses (every fucking time!) than just to restart a *slim* percentage of the time.

ALSO if you're discarding for full houses, you stumble across 4oak fairly often too.