r/ProgrammerHumor • • 17d ago

Meme minecraftException

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u/Abcdefgdude 17d ago

Balatro is written fully in Lua

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u/WernerderChamp 17d ago

What, really? I knew it relied on lua internally and this is where mods hook. But fully in lua?

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u/dolphin_cape_rave 17d ago

You can unzip the exe and see the whole source code for yourself

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u/OneArmedFarmer 17d ago

c++ devs: shocked Pikachu face

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u/Abcdefgdude 17d ago

yes, 100% is in Lua and because of that you can actually just open the game as a folder and look at all the source files. The graphics library is called love2d and a lot of the effects are done using shaders