{"id":11556,"date":"2025-06-24T10:46:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T10:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/noxplay17507332172ZrwvAFrF3RRfgl1PRJxB"},"modified":"2025-06-24T10:46:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T10:46:58","slug":"noxplay17507332172ZrwvAFrF3RRfgl1PRJxB","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/noxplay17507332172ZrwvAFrF3RRfgl1PRJxB\/","title":{"rendered":"Balatro Creator Only Just Recently 100% Completed His Own Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While it might seem like a developer would have fully completed their own game <em>before<\/em> releasing it to the world, that isn&#8217;t always the case. <a data-ref-id=\"5000-589348\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:black;\">Balatro<\/a> developer LocalThunk, for instance, has only just reached 100% completion in the game, well over a year after it originally launched.<\/p>\n<p>LocalThunk posted on <a data-target=\"true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:black;\">Bluesky<\/a> recently about achieving this goal and unlocking the extremely rare Completionist++ achievement on Steam. Balatro&#8217;s extensive sets of jokers, decks, and in-game benchmarks for finishing various types of runs make Completionist++ very difficult to acquire; as LocalThunk&#8217;s screenshot proof shows, less than 0.1% of all Balatro players have been able to reach this point.<\/p>\n<div data-embed-type=\"tweet\" data-src=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LocalThunk\/status\/1936297331324076406\" data-has-image=\"true\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" style=\"width: 100%; margin: 10px auto; display: flex; max-width: 550px;\">  <iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 852px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=GameSpot&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1936297331324076406&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamespot.com%2Farticles%2Fbalatro-creator-only-just-recently-100-completed-his-own-game%2F1100-6532649%2F&amp;sessionId=220d3846c0c335adcbf10192ea112d741a7ae31c&amp;siteScreenName=GameSpot&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1936297331324076406\"><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<p>  <script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\" async charset=\"utf-8\" data-service-name=\"twitter\" id=\"twitter-embed-94015819\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>LocalThunk shared that chipping away at his own game had become a consistent part of his daily life; the process has also given him perspective on future development of the game. &#8220;It&#8217;s also equipped me to better design the 1.1 update,&#8221; he wrote, referring to a big gameplay and content overhaul that is scheduled for later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the upcoming content drop, which LocalThunk has been tight-lipped about, we don&#8217;t know much about the future of Balatro. Since its release in early 2024, <a data-ref-id=\"1100-6528912\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:black;\">the poker-style roguelike has been a wild success<\/a>, racking up awards and being a commercial hit. 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You can run NoxPlayer perfectly on commonly-used operating systems like Windows 7, 8, 10, 11, and iOS.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Visit our site to learn more about NoxPlayer : <a href=\"www.bignox.com\">www.bignox.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.bignox.com\/en\/download\/fullPackage?formal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13470 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/res09.bignox.com\/appcenter\/en\/gp-game-image\/fc69ed2b06f33aaf3d9ebe89e051f3d4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1104\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<section data-v-12600b54=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-12600b54=\"\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Source:Gamespot<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While it might seem like a developer would have fully c [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[291],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11556"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bignox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}