><i>It’s now been over a year since launch and I am still playing Balatro almost daily. I play a couple runs before I go to bed</i><p>I think this is really important, especially for games. Play the game you make!<p>There's a fair number of games that I've played where the developer clearly has not sat down and played through the game <i>as a player would</i>. No skips, no custom developer-only starts or features, no rushing through sections "because I know what happens", etc. To be fair, though, these are often below $5 games on Steam, so I'm sure a chunk of them are cash grabs rather than an honest attempt at making a successful game.