Ever surprise how far you possibly can go in Balatro when you get previous these first eight antes and enter infinite mode? Positive you could have. What about when you hit ante 16 and enter the wild reaches of untracked infinite mode? Much less seemingly, however you may need made it on the market a few times. Even fewer could be those that have hit an integer so excessive their sport simply bugs out and explodes in a giant ol’ glitched-white-card-spewing crash.
Nicely, as confirmed and considered broadly by streamer Nandre, you possibly can in truth hit Ante 39 and simply straight up explode the videogame to win as a result of 1.8e308, the very best quantity it would monitor in your machine within the sport’s code, is not excessive sufficient to win the rating requirement of that ante. Which is… additionally greater than the very best quantity your machine will monitor, so it simply shows as “nan”—programmer converse for “not a quantity.”
Celebrated the Balatro win at The Sport Awards by beating ante 39, the place the required rating is so excessive it crashes the sport.The true ending of Balatro has been claimed. Now I can relaxation… https://t.co/byh4S2Yyq1 pic.twitter.com/P8tU7kRK4iDecember 13, 2024
Nandre reached the objective to rejoice everybody’s favourite Roguelike successful at The Sport Awards 2024.
This places Balatro within the distinguished firm of different arcade-style video games you possibly can’t truly hit the “finish” of when enjoying an infinite mode as a result of the rating simply retains occurring. Tetris, maybe most famously, is a case of this sort of highest-possible-scoring through breaking the sport. The Basic Tetris World Championship retains an archive of winners for the NES model.
May you go greater nonetheless? Sure, truly you possibly can, as a result of—similar to with Tetris ROM hacks—you would mod the sport to deal with ever-absurdly-higher integers with what I can solely assume could be ever-more-absurdly-game-breaking penalties.
Gotta say, although, this makes me desire a Balatro championship alongside the identical strains with each play utilizing a hard and fast seed. Are we doing that but? Can we try this? We must always all try this.
Anyway, in the event you’re right here you in all probability love Balatro as a lot as I do and may undoubtedly see these relatively unhinged outtakes from the dwell motion Balatro trailer.
