Astartes Ante

Choose a Chainsword, Power Sword, or Thunder Hammer Joker and fight through Hormagaunt Swarm, Tyranid Warrior, and Carnifex blinds in a short solo Balatro operation.

Each launch reads weapon damage and enemy size directly from your installed Space Marine 2. That damage powers bonuses for Pair, Straight, or Flush; enemy size changes score targets and Carnifex armor. Swarms require at least three cards, and Warriors reject High Card hands. Balatro's shops, cards, and scoring remain part of the run.

Requires your own installed copies of Balatro and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 on Windows. Melty installs Lovely and the mod. Space Marine 2 does not need to run. Choose a weapon with 1/2/3 or the menu buttons, then press F6 to begin. Progress uses a separate save profile. This version is single player.

Original code and design by the creator with Codex assistance, licensed MIT; remixes welcome. Lovely by Ethan Green and contributors (MIT). Universal Modder by rehan-remade and contributors was used during development. Balatro and Space Marine 2 belong to their respective owners; no game or community content is redistributed. Weapon/enemy data stays in each player's own game folders.

Version 0.1.0 passed two automated Melty install and gameplay runs on this PC, with runtime checks for companion data, weapon scoring, enemy armor, and operation victory. Melty's automatic code/window detection could not verify those probes; gameplay was verified through the mod's runtime checks and screenshots captured directly by the running game. Tested with Balatro 1.0.1o and Space Marine 2 Steam build 25799387.