balatro-mod-index/mods/janw4ld@typist/description.md

typist

typist is a fully keyboard-driven UX mod for Balatro.

video demo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2l6-RqTk1c

feature overview

• toggling hand cards with asdfgh... keys
• a complete implementation of every action in every game state, with
  • space being generally the "proceed" button:
    • it plays the selected hand
    • selects the upcoming blind
    • uses consumable cards
    • selects the highlighted pack item
    • starts a new run from the game over screen
  • tab being the dismiss button:
    • it discards the selected hand
    • moves from the shop to blind selection
    • sells consumable or joker cards
    • skips the current booster pack
    • closes any overlay menu
    • exits to main menu from the game over screen
  • the bottom row of the keyboard as the "control panel", for example:
    • in rounds:
      • hold z for the quick deck preview
      • press c to sort by suit
      • v to sort by rank
      • b to sort by enhancement+score, where glass cards are moved to the end, and lucky and mult cards to the beginning
    • in the shop:
      • c to buy an item or a pack or a voucher
      • v to buy and use an item, or buy a pack or a voucher
    • n to deselect all cards in a cardarea and m to invert card selection in rounds
    • x to view run info whenever it's available
    • & others (see ./mod/layout.lua) for dvorak and the full keymap
  • mnemonic keys for less frequent actions, like s to skip blinds, r to reroll the shop or boss, b in the cheat layer (accessed by holding p) to pick the best hand out the available cards, f in the cheat layer to fish for the best flush in hand, etc
• cardarea keybind layers for selecting, moving, selling & using cards. these apply globally for
  • consumables, accessed by holding '
  • jokers, accessed by holding [
  • pack cards, with no leader key
  • the shop, with no leader key
  • the hand, which is accessed
    • by holding / everywhere for selection and movement of a single card
    • by holding shift+/ for multiselect in booster packs
    • with no leader key for multiselect in rounds
• support for qwerty and dvorak keyboard layouts, where positional keys are kept consistent across both layouts and mnemonic keys aren't changed. (e.g. asdf to toggle the first four cards in qwerty translates to aoeu in dvorak, but r to reroll the shop or the boss blind stays r in both layouts)
• support for keybind overrides, so you can change the default keybinds to your liking
• any key to skip the splash screen and space to click any "play" or "continue" button, so a run can be started from game launch until the first blind with the space button only