Hey everyone,
Unfortunately, I have to take down this project. The team at Playstack reached out to me in a very polite and professional manner, requesting its removal, and I fully respect their wishes.
Thank you all for your support and enthusiasm for this version—I truly appreciate it!
Stay tuned for more retro projects in the future.
Cheers,
Ko-Ko
What a shame. There was a physical release planned and music made and everything. The dev could have been a little more clear this was a fanmade thing and not an officially licensed shootoff but to just kill it instead of working out a deal is a huge waste of potential. Nintendo ass bullshit.
Between this, the three consecutive ‘friends of jimbo’ updates that I suspect are paid sponsored crossovers, and the merch push… all im saying is the next major content update better win back some good faith.
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They used Balatro name.
yeah i dunno what they expected
Was it going to be paid or free?
Quote from an earlier version of the itch page:
Balatro for the C64 is planned to be an official release, including a physical version by PleasureBytes Games. I have already contacted the original developer (Localthunk) and publisher (Playstack).
They released a free live web browser demo on the itch page. Since there was a physical release planned and that usually involves production/distribution cost maybe they thought they could strike a deal with LocalThunk for for a slice of the pie and sell it for 5$ published through playstack? I don’t know their wording was ambiguous and they may not have fully understood how copyright laws/game publishing work. Its a little strange how they said “already contacted” Being charitable maybe they interpreted silence as a green light?
