That's a shame, try and reach out to the developer rather than his over-zealous publisher if possible. The guy's made ten million plus from this game out of nowhere so I'm sure this is no threat to his livelihood or the publisher's profits.
I have permission to convert a couple of equally popular PC games, I just mailed the developers directly.
Viewing post in Balatro for the Commodore 64 / C64 (work in progress) comments
Thanks a lot for the tip! I actually started by reaching out to the developer, but he remains completely anonymous—no one really knows who he is. I tried contacting him via Twitter, but I didn’t get a response. I’ll give it another shot and see if there’s any other platform where he might be reachable.