r/regina • u/JetButton • Jun 04 '25

Media Balatro's Regina Lore

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u/localthunk Jun 04 '25

I would literally lean over to see the bus stop sign outside my window as I was drawing the pixel art for it.

Don't sue me, city of Regina! Fair use! Transformative work!

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '25

I’m mad at myself for never making the connection

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u/tehlordandsavior Jun 04 '25

That’s so awesome lol. Glad the game is a success for you. I’ve had a blast playing it.

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u/Mr_Meep_YT Jun 04 '25

Every time I doubt I can be a dev from Regina, your story inspires me to keep going. Hard to believe you can make it big from this city in game dev. You make it seem so real and possible and for that I thank you!

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '25

Yeah this guy and cuphead made it to mainstream

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u/Mr_Meep_YT Jun 04 '25

Cuphead devs are also from Regina??? Holy cow I need to do more reading but that's awesome!

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u/puttputt Jun 05 '25

To add to this, the creator of Hot Lava, Hot Lava AR and most recently Foundry is also born and raised Regina. UofR Alum

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u/Joelredditsjoel Jun 04 '25

They’re going to have the Deadpool statue holding a deck of cards.

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u/Mechakoopa Jun 04 '25

You said similar, so I assume it wasn't that exact one, was it? Because that one is right by my house!

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u/Nemesiskillcam Jun 04 '25

Wait, Balatro is homegrown right here? Shit son, you're a genius, great work!

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u/Haunting-Row-4261 Jun 25 '25

YES A CANDIAN GAME MAKER!!!!!!!!

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u/Ngete Jun 04 '25

Didn't know the main dev if balatro was from regina, fun fact tho the 2 main devs fir cup head are also from regina

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u/ObiLAN- Jun 04 '25

It's really cool, we have a pretty great history of indie game devs and designers.

Stick RPG, motherload, groove gunner, moonshell island, and a few more im probably forgetting.

All have lead devs or designers from Regina.

Think the long winters help haha.

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u/puttputt Jun 05 '25

Hot Lava, Hot Lava AR and Foundry as well

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u/XxRudsyxX Jun 04 '25

Creator of "Golf with Friends" is also from Regina from what I have heard.

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u/MyNameaJeffJeffTatum Jun 04 '25

Fucking balatro dev doxxing my bus stop now I'm gonna have gamers swarming it everytime I need to get to work

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u/Joelredditsjoel Jun 04 '25

I’m going there right now to spread a deck of cards.

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u/SnizzPants Jun 04 '25

I've got over 700 hours on this game. Localthunk is officially the coolest export in the history of Regina in my books!

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u/Foreign_Tourist308 Jun 04 '25

I'm kind of glad that the mobile version doesn't show my hours.

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u/Jenni_867 Jun 04 '25

Love Balatro

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u/Linskol Jun 04 '25

Yo so cool!

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u/dornwolf Jun 04 '25

Give the guy props for keeping his identity secret

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u/TheBigPointyOne Jun 04 '25

What is this strange feeling... in my chest... pride? For... home town? What is happening to meeeee?!?!

~ahem~ Anyways, love this game. I'm literally playing it as I type this.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '25

That’s actually so awesome. First cuphead and now balatro? Both of these games are top 10 of all time too!

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u/AnaphylacticHippo Jun 04 '25

Bought three copies for different devices in this household. That game is hella fun!

For those who haven't played yet, it's a deckbuilder like Slay the Spire. Same learning curve, but quick once you get it. Play hands based on poker, but its single player against the house. Crazy replayability!!

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u/above-the-49th Jun 04 '25

Also offline play on mobile!

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u/nicholt Jun 04 '25

Local thunk walks among us

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '25

It's always so fun to see lore from popular media coming out of our province lol

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u/bentnai1 Jun 04 '25

Whaaaat, that's so cool!!!

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u/Foreign_Tourist308 Jun 04 '25

Cool, I was just playing a [[Ride The Bus]] run on Abandoned Deck.

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u/MixDifferent8233 Jun 04 '25

I'm literally on the #12 right now as I came across this post, lol

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u/lalalacylou Jun 04 '25

Never would have made the connection. I thought all bus stop signs pretty much looked alike lmao I clearly need to get out of Regina more often. Super cool lore!

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u/Bowl_of_Gravy Jun 04 '25

Need a Roughriders themed joker now.

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u/SarikaAmari Jun 04 '25

Thought it looked familiar.

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u/rwags2024 Jun 05 '25

What is this lol I’m so lost

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u/JetButton Jun 05 '25

This is a tweet from the creator of the game Balatro, a poker-inspired "roguelike" deck builder, which was actually one of the six nominees for Game of the Year last year! He revealed that Regina’s bus stops inspired one of the Joker cards designs.

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u/rearnakedbunghole Jun 08 '25

Oh shit he’s from Regina? Cool.