Most of you probably know about the 7drl gamejam that takes place every year but you might not have knows that THIS year yours truly submitted a game!
From the 1st of march to the 7th I slaved away and in 1 week made Bal@trogue! My semi-jokey/semi-cynical attempt at actually creating what Balatro claims it is: "the poker roguelike".
So instead of drawing cards, you draw items, and if you have a good hand like two scrolls and three wands you get a bonus and can blast away enemies and get some neuron activation when they explode into damage numbers and little particles.
There's a little more to it than that but it's a pretty simple little game, and some stuff had to be cut to make the 1 week deadline. Anyway, if you want to give it a try here's the link:
https://juraxgames.itch.io/balatrogue
And here's a link to the 7drl submissions page so you can check out some of the others if you want:
https://itch.io/jam/7drl-challenge-2025/entries
Ive only played a handful but Scope Creep is weird, Rogue Monster Theolodorus seems to achieve the vibe it was going for, and Archipelago of Monsters is just a good little game.
Though remember that these games were all made in a week so expect a few bugs.
As for ROGUE-FP I'll have a small update out in probably around a week or so. It will be small since the jam took a week of my time and then I had surgery on the inside of my nose on the 24th so I've been slowed down a bit from rough sleep. But anyway, things will pick up.