How to enable debug (cheat) mode for Balatro on a Mac

Billxx

Hi,

If you want to enable debug mode for Balatro on a Mac follow these instructions:

1. In Finder go to the "Applications" folder, locate the Balatro app and "Show Package Contents".
2. Navigate to the path: "Contents\Resources\Game\Engine".
3. In this folder you will find a file called "Controller.lua".
4. Copy this file to the desktop.
5. Take another copy this file as a backup, in case it goes wrong.
6. Edit the file "Controller.lua" file on the desktop with text editor.
7. Search for the string "if not _RELEASE_MODE then". Edit this and remove the "not" and surrounding spaces.
8. Save and quit text editor.
9. Copy the edited version of the "Controller.lua" over the original.
10. That's it.  To bring up the debug mode simply press and hold the tab key while playing.

Good luck and enjoy.

Regards,

Bill

staled89345

I did all the steps and then compressed the balatro game folder into a zip then renamed it back to .love format but I get an error

Billxx

staled89345 said:

I did all the steps and then compressed the balatro game folder into a zip then renamed it back to .love format but I get an error

Interesting.  I did not need to unzip the controller.lua or zip it back up.  I just copied it, edited it, and copied back the edited file.