牌序 · PAIXU
A free, open-source browser poker roguelike that the developer says imitates Balatro's play style and was implemented with Codex.
Official site paixu-web.bobo20241113.workers.dev, verified Nov 3, 2026. Linked as the play address in the developer's own V2EX post.
Rights holder / original work: Balatro (LocalThunk / Playstack); DAVE THE DIVER
The developer describes the game as imitating Balatro's (小丑牌) play style, prompted by a card minigame in DAVE THE DIVER. It uses Balatro-style jokers, planet, tarot and voucher cards, and the in-game term 小丑牌 (Joker cards). The project's NOTICE says it is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by those games' rights holders and has not obtained their permission to use protected content or marks; the README says it contains no images, audio or program files extracted from the original games, and that the MIT licence covers only content the contributors are entitled to license. (GitHub (jiangbo202))
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- Play free — official siteBrowserReleasedFree
Runs in a desktop or mobile browser. No download.
Browser (no download) · Mobile · Official link verified Nov 3, 2026.
- View on GitHubGitHubReleased · Source code (MIT licence); self-hostable with Node.js, Docker or Cloudflare WorkersFree
Download from the GitHub releases page.
Desktop · Official link verified Nov 3, 2026.
About 牌序 · PAIXU
A poker-hand deckbuilding roguelike that runs in the browser on desktop and phone. You play and discard poker hands to reach score targets, and between rounds buy jokers, planet, tarot and voucher cards in a shop to build stronger combinations. The README lists three modes (Classic, Quick Run and Six-seat), each with four difficulties from Easy to Nightmare, a skippable tutorial, swipe to select several cards, synthesized music and sound effects, and optional leaderboards where the server deals and scores ranked games under a generated guest name, with no registration. The developer, posting as hahajing2019 on V2EX, says it imitates the play style of Balatro (小丑牌) and was implemented with Codex, using up one week of gpt-6.1-sol quota. The idea came from a card minigame in DAVE THE DIVER that the developer wanted to play at any time, including offline. Written in plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript, it is open source under the MIT licence and can be self-hosted on Cloudflare Workers or with Docker. Chinese and English interface.
How it was built
VerifiedThe developer's V2EX post says the game imitates Balatro's play style and was implemented with Codex (通过 codex 实现) as a pure front-end project, using up one week of gpt-6.1-sol quota, and that it is not a reverse-engineered implementation. No code share is given. The README and NOTICE do not mention AI; the README says the card illustrations are the project's own CSS/SVG drawings and the music and sounds are synthesized in code, without saying whether AI was involved.
Implemented with Codex, by the developer's account, on one week of gpt-6.1-sol quota. Per the README it is written in plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript with no third-party runtime npm packages; the rules code (engine, rules and modes) is shared between the browser and an optional server, which deals and scores ranked games and stores leaderboards. It runs locally with Node.js and SQLite, in Docker, or on Cloudflare Workers with D1, and offline practice saves stay in the browser.
- Engine / framework
- None (HTML, CSS and JavaScript)
- Languages
- JavaScript, HTML, CSS
- Team size
- Not disclosed
- Development time
- Not disclosed
- Development cost
- Not disclosed
- AI-written code
- Not disclosed
“仿小丑牌玩法, 通过 codex 实现, 纯前端实现”Verification notes: The AI tool, the gpt-6.1-sol quota and the motivation come from the developer's V2EX post (23 Oct 2026, 17:08 China time), which links both the play address and the GitHub repository. The V2EX account (hahajing2019), the GitHub account (jiangbo202) and the Workers subdomain (bobo20241113) are tied only by that post. Modes, features, the shared rules code, deployment options, the MIT licence and the rights statements come from the README, its English version and NOTICE.md; none of them mentions AI. We opened the game page (titled 牌序 PAIXU · 扑克构筑, page language zh-CN); its script includes a switch between Chinese and English. The post calls it a pure front-end implementation, while the README also describes an optional server that deals and scores ranked games. The README calls it a personal, non-profit project, but no source states the team size. The repository's commit history could not be read from our environment, so no first-commit date is recorded, and the release date is left open. The V2EX view count is not recorded.
Development history
The developer shares the game on V2EX with its play address and open-source repository.
DeveloperV2EX (hahajing2019)
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Sources
| Source | Type | Published | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 摸鱼小游戏-牌序(PAIXU), 仿[小丑牌]玩法 V2EX (hahajing2019) · Chinese (Simplified) | Social post | Oct 23, 2026 | Nov 3, 2026 |
| jiangbo202/paixu — README GitHub (jiangbo202) · Chinese (Simplified) | Repository | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
| jiangbo202/paixu — NOTICE.md (References and third-party names) GitHub (jiangbo202) | Repository | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
| 牌序 PAIXU · 扑克构筑 (game page) jiangbo202 (Cloudflare Workers) · Chinese (Simplified) | Official site | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
