I remember watching the YouTuber Northernlion play this game and you could immediately tell that Balatro was special. The mechanics, the logic, the graphics, everything just worked.<p>Balatro is an absolute indie darling and one of the greatest games of this decade. I still think it <i>not</i> getting the GOTY was a miss, this should be a wake-up moment for the industry. Gameplay talks. Not micro transactions, not ultra realistic graphic, gameplay. If your game is fun, people will play it.<p>Hope many more games like this will come out in the upcoming years, if the industry learned anything.