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actor/improviser, writer & essayist, urban planner, computer scientist, amateur media scholar, Chicago lover, tupperware container for multitudes, #1 fleabag fan

it was an honor to be here, cohost <3

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inscrutable fact of the day: the Balatro soundtrack is all slowed WAY down in-game, and the base files are basically nightcore

i have no idea why this is the case, and no idea why this COULD be the case. anyways check this out if you wanna feel like you're doing turbo business

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file size is definitely one good bet, but I also have another pretty solid theory on this I think

call me a dork, but I always really like reading the credits and dedications for games, especially indie games. In Balatro's, I happened to notice LocalThunk [the dev] credits some other source with the music (can't remember who off the top of my head, I'm typing this at work), but mentions the score is "modified with permission," or something like that.

so it could just be that the original song was composed at that speed, and LocalThunk wanted something a little slower and vibier for the game, and that's why it's slowed during your actual gameplay. several folks in the comments were also mentioning file size as a reason, and I could totally see that as the case, too. Balatro takes a really tiny amount of memory to play, especially in 2024.

anyway, no matter the reason, I'm just stoked to see so much of cohost enjoying Balatro!! it truly is a phenomenal roguelike and I highly encourage everyone who hasn't to check it out

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Codarobo
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My guess is filesize, since a shorter song is typically a smaller file. Doing this of course reduces the end quality from what it would be if you just recorded it at the right speed.

I haven’t actually examined the game files in any way and don’t know how much space it takes up and have played it literally once so i might be talking out of my ass here but this would be a genuinely practical reason to do this i guess.

I thought of it because a similar technique is used by some musicians to sneak longer audio samples onto hardware sequencers/samplers that have a filesize or length limit for samples

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caro
@caro

ohhhhhhhhh. "balatro" and the card game with the pseudo splatoon font my friends have been sending screenshots of intermittently... are the same game. ive learned so much

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