Provided enough time, all things will inevitably become a roguelike. It is the way of things, a truth of the universal mathematics revealed in countless Steam listings. Everything inevitably becomes Balatro. Slot machines are a Balatro. Mahjong is a Balatro. Chess is a Balatro.

And now, thanks to a prototype game from solo developer BadIdeasDigital, the bouncing DVD logo screensaver of our youth is a Balatro, too.

By the grace of the international DVD Consortium, the early 2000s were blessed with the bouncing DVD logo, a screensaver that could be found in countless American living rooms where entranced viewers were compelled by the hypnotic promise of watching the logo bounce perfectly into one of the screen’s corners—perhaps so perfectly that it might at last end its interminable ricochet and thus grant us a singular peace.

In DVD Bounce World, the iconic logo’s bounces contribute to an escalating score threshold that players must meet within a certain number of turns. After every successful round, players can choose between offerings that add passive effects, such as spawning a smaller logo to continue bouncing. The game offers powerful synergies to amplify scores.

While still in prototype, DVD Bounce World is generating interest, and BadIdeasDigital is eager for feedback to potentially continue its development. Play DVD Bounce World here.