Hey all, Lucas walked me through the Ball Search issue with Frank.. The back story is every time I locked a ball in Frank the machine would not launch a ball and go into constant ball search. Little bend of the switch behind Frank fixed the problem..

Thanks Charlie!

Sounds great!

Sorry if my post sounded a little "stern"...

I've looked at pictures on Pinside and I've seen 2 different speaker covers.

One looks like a skull, and another an eye (?) with a spider in the middle (which I like much better).

Is the skull an aftermarket mod?

Thanks!

BobC

So here's the story on that... I made both! Lol. I was at a loss as to what to do for a cool speaker cover metal upgrade, and out of desperation close to TPF last year, I made the vampire skull thing. I was thinking of Alice's side band (Hollywood Vampires) at the time.

Then like 2 days later we went to a show. I looked up, and thought... well, THAT WORKS MUCH BETTER!!!

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So do I have to contact KT if I want the Spider in the Eye ones?

Alternate translite? Nice job!!

Yep... [email protected] or [email protected]

Just tell them you want the lighted speaker kit.

Hey Charlie, just straight up, more to come isn't ever going to be more songs right? I just want to know not to set the hopes bar too high.

Edit Disclaimer: on heavy pain meds right now. Not trying to sound harsh in any way.

I'm pretty sure I already have it as part of my build, so I'm guessing the eyes are the default then?

Excited to say I’m in on 148! I’m so excited to get this game. I know the butter abs just got in, but where were we before that?

I have the same question bob c- is the rgb Kit the spider in the eye?

Thank you spooky for making such a cool game.

Anyone looking to sell their spot (under #250) shoot me a pm.

The eyes are the upgrade kit. The skulls were discontinued and not available.

There are 16 songs total with the 10 Alice and 6 by Matt (Piggy D)... there won't be any licensed songs added unless Alice requests them personally.

Installed new code yesterday. Have had Igor start before I get to him. Triggered crypt multiball with no ball locked. Went into ball search today on ball 2 when I had drained my last ball. 4 in trough. Not sure if anyone else having these issues or maybe I installed wrong.

Let's head over to wherever he is reading and all request more of his tunes!

Well, they aren’t to 147, because that’s me.

Yes, as I've been playing the new code I've noticed that the scoring has changed. So goodbye old scores...here's to some bigger ones in the future!

I interpreted the "Advance to Mummy" as a joke / reference to Monster Bash. Sort of like "Tilt Next Player" (or however it was phrased) was a joke Mystery option. I believe there was a callout reference to Monster Bash in the last code too (werewolf)?

I see - so you're saying the ball is in our court now? I know someone who knows Alice's manager Shep Gordon....

Well looks like the 6.7 is working well, got the ball search problem squared away and now the game playing very well. The shots are definitely tight, I find myself struggle on those orbit shots. Not sure if this is a bug but every mystery shot is to advance to monster, any thoughts as to why that would be the case or is that another code tweak needing to be done?

This is an intended change.

First shot lights mystery till you hit the left scoop or the ball drains

Next one lights mystery (after collecting the first one) for 25 seconds or so. once you collect, the next mystery lights for 20 seconds.. then 15, 10, 5

That would be awesome! I would be willing to purchase songs if that is what it would take. I hate to open that door but I would like more tunes

The first mystery award in every game is Advance to Monster. After that, it's randomized, but it is possible for later mystery awards to also be Advance to Monster, or for other awards (Advance 2 Rooms) to award progress that gives the monster.

I personally think it would be neat if we could change it to be truly random in the settings (or pseudo random, so it looks more random).
Alternatively, if we had a way to specify Easy, Normal, Hard, Insane difficulty we could change it.

Easy - Always to go Advance Monster, modes are counted regardless of completion, modes do not time out, etc..al
Normal - As current
Hard - Random mystery award + other stuff?
Insane - Never give Advance to Monster, modes end after song ends, only count if you complete it, etc...

I've always liked how video games give you easy, normal, hard modes. Pinballs have things like Tournament Mode, but would be awesome if we could make the game much harder if we wanted to. Some folks are masochists.

Most likely not a good idea going to Alice's manager without getting any approval from Charlie / Spooky Pinball. They work really hard at getting licensing and content. I just think if you went to Alice or Shep about the pinball without discussing anything with Charlie you are asking for trouble.

Just my 2cents

Magicchiz

I made a pinball topper but didn't sell any of them, and made sure Charlie had one.

Anyone else notice the ball save magnet and upper playfield flipper seem weaker after the update?

Up the coil power in the menu. Just opened mine. Had to do it out of the box. Too weak to hit frank lock

hahah! Yes, I agree - I was just being a bit silly - I'm sure Shep has a million more important things to do than fuss about with licencing requests from random pinheads.

Agreed. I am only showing support for whatever options might ever come about.

Yeah, went from 13 (stock) to 15. Funny thing it’s been fine until the update, no issues hitting the ramp at all.

I picked up #108 last Saturday and got a nice tour of the factory and chatted for a while with Charlie and Kayte. Super friendly and down to earth people. I was very impressed with their facility and how much work is going on. These guys are working hard to get games out the door, and the build quality looks really good.

I had never played the game before getting mine home, so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I’m happy to report that the game is awesome! It feels super solid and the sounds, music, artwork, and animations really draw you into the game.

Great job Spooky, and thanks again for being so welcoming. Keep up the good work!

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Shouldn’t Huey, Dewey and Louie be sporting some heavy black makeup around the eyes if they’re going to be sitting on top of the pin?

Hahaha! I suppose they should. It’s just a temporary home for them, Scrooge and Webby while I move some stuff around in this game room. Just part of the tons and tons of oddball stuff I collect. Ducktales was a great cartoon!

I made final payment for #141 today. It’s been quite a wait and I’m so looking forward to finally having this in my house. How long should I now expect until delivery? Two weeks?

I wasn’t going to peek... but I peeked after the code drop.

I’m a little surprised there hasn’t been. But more raving about exciting new things in the latest code revision?

What say you players?

Co-op mode is super cool . Had some people over on Friday night to make it to the end of this game but I think we all drank a bit too much because I’ve gotten closer on my own .

And cool major additions to rules/modes or fallouts that bump the game In the interest dept?

Jealous right now. Trying to stay patient.

Questions

Is it mandatory to deal with each and every monster to get to the Wizard mode, or just some of them (as for example a real castle might have muliple ways to travel through it)?

Do you have to defeat (kill) the monster to progress, or merely battle them (enough to wound them, get past them, lock the door behind you I might imagine)?

I'll watch a tutorial, but they seem to be about 2 hours long on YouTube and I'm not quite up to that at the moment...

While I haven't reached the wizard mode myself, I believe you only need to start each monster to get to the wizard mode--no need to actually kill each monster, but it was a nice touch having the monsters killed counter at the end of the score

EDIT: As the post below notes, this may very well be incorrect and you do need to defeat all the monsters. Perhaps the items that may get added later will make this more feasible to those of us that aren't BK?

It is my understanding that you must defeat all the monsters . At least that is what it says on the playfield. I have defeated 5 by myself, it will have to be a pretty stellar game by me to make it there , but with co-op mode I’m sure some friends and I will be able to get there together. I keep my games on factory settings , the game can be made easier in the settings .

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I'd trust that over my post...in which case, I haven't gotten nearly as close to the wizard mode as I thought :p

Loving the new code though

I’ve made it to the wizard mode once and while I played all the monster modes, I only beat some of them. I don’t think it’s possible to restart a monster mode other than the Frankenstein multiball mode in the current code.

You only need to start all nine monster modes to start Billion Dollar Babies. However, only two of the monsters you can drain and not finish without losing the ball (frank and ethyl).

Good luck.

Did you get a butter cabinet?

Well I guess I have been closer to the wizard mode than I thought . I just assumed you need to defeat them since that is what the playfield says on it .

It's late and I'm tired. But can that second sentence be rephrased? For some reason it's confusing to me...

Thanks!

Joined the club on Monday #118. Just downloaded new code, loading tomorrow and planning a big session on it. I’ve only completed 3 monsters thus far. I have a long way to go to get to wizard mode if I ever do, but am going to have a fun time trying.

Thanks Charlie and Kayte for the new AMH backglass, greatly appreciate from the land down under. Cheers Gav

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