Samuel
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balatro should have a coulrophobia mode where it replaces all the jesters with spiders
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Rickfernello
After you enable it, there would be an arachnophobia mode, where it replaces all spiders with those disgusting tripophobia patterns. And then a tripophobia mode, which replaces th
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J.M. Brandt
Clown fear is the only thing that can save someone from a balatro addiction... or an allergy to trying to learn what poker hands are, like my wife.
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themagicman1 🔞
Do you? You take out one clown and suddenly a tiny car would pop up with hundreds. I once saw a clown kill another clown with a fake finger gun over a fake banana. Do you really think they would be merciful to you
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Alice Liddel
it's like exposure therapy lmao use the strength of the balatro addiction to fight your fear of spiders me personally nothing will ever get me off of that balatro drip feed
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Matthias Nagorski
I am relatively sure that these words, in this exact order, have some sort of meaning. I don't know what it is, but BlueSky must have thought I did.
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Paksarra
Balatro is a roguelike card game that features a lot of jokers, which often have clowns on them. Coulrophobia is a fear of clowns. A lot of games these days have an arachnophobia mode that replaces spiders with not-spiders. That should help!
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Paksarra
Not normally. I don't have arachnophobia so I've not used it, but I think Wow used crab models?
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Nezzi Nez
And yet, I was as terrified of the spider being just the word spider as before because you can still hear it scurrying toward you in the dark! 😯
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Guessingguy
It varies, and some games get creative. Clockwise from top left: Lethal Company, Grounded, World of Warcraft, Hogwarts Legacy.
A screenshot from video game Lethal Company. Red text saying "SPIDER" has replaced the model of the giant spider. It is standing behind a spiderweb.Screenshot from video game Grounded. It is the settings menu for "Arachnophobia Safe Mode," which reads: "When this is higher, Spiders look and sound less spiderlike. Gameplay and difficulty remain unchanged." The spider model is changed to look more like a lightly toasted marshmallowScreenshots from video game World of Warcraft. There are contrasting models of "Widow Arak'nal, The Weaver." One showcases its base model, which is a spider. The model is changed to that resembling a lobster with Arachnophobia mode.Screenshot from Hogwarts Legacy social media. It reads, "Patch Notes: Spooked by spiders? Try the new Arachnophobia Mode!" It displays the altered spider model, its thorax is bright red with dark red markings on its body. The rear of the body has 2 spikes resembling horns on top. There are no legs, but floating roller skates for feet.
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Ewok
Balatro should have an arachnophobia mode where it replaces all the spiders with Spider-Man.
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dolphincube.bsky.social
But what if there was a Deltarune/Undertale update as well? And Muffet would only appear if you enabled that mode? Replacing the jest that is most likely Jevil or Sans with his tromBONE? NGL It would have been funny to have the Jester card with trombone sans instead of Jevil. Toby make it happen.
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Tinselfire
Does anybody else have not exactly arachnophobia, but trypophobia for how large spiders kind of have a gap above the mandibles?
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MR PIZZA
Balatro should have a choochoocoulrophobia mode where it replaces all the jesters with choo-choo charles spider locamotives!
ALT: a picture of a spider with the word welcome on it
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Noah Wyche
That would be cool. It would also mean redoing almost all the art in the game which might be a little challenging
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darkmage 🏳️‍⚧️
dude, coulrophobia mode wouldn't just be a sprite swap, it'd require a ton of backend work and testing, not to mention textual and audio references. nice idea, but way more complex than you think