Quoted from rosh:Ferret and I did the rules, so you know we work hard to have both breadth and depth and balance things so that there will be things in there for the casual/novice player, the enthusiast and the competitive player. The playfield art tells you a lot about game play. There are a series of battles against the enemy and there are a series of missions regarding Ice Cream ingredients, each leading to a mini-wizard mode. There are not surprisingly other things going on, such as the Alien Saucer trying to steal cows (moving target), Playfield Multiplier (targets in pop area), Meltdown (pop bumpers), advancing ranks (upper right lanes). There is also cow related mini-wizard mode as well, a final wizard mode (which I don't know details on since that and the final tank battle were not written/coded before I parted ways, although I did write some lines for both for the video sessions based on the ideas we were playing with).
As seen in the video, the tank, which I guess you can say is the major mech in the game, it uses a stepper motor to do two things, it shakes when hit, but it does something else, that has not yet been shown, but it does not shoot out balls. There is a three ball lock, which is an improved version of the one used in Oktoberfest that uses Optos, not membrane switches. There is the moving target/flying saucer, the player controlled diverter (although the game will divert for the player at times), three magnets (tank, saucer, catch/feed VUK) and you know AP games have fun with magnets, as the tank magnet is used a couple of ways.
The center up post is not 3d printed as someone has suggested, but it is a standard rubber, just being used differently. We actually had a drop target in that spot at first, like Scooby Doo and others, but Dennis felt it was not 'reliable' enough in stopping a ball, and did not want the player to think they had protection and get screwed.
A quick tip for those who will get to play it at TPF, collect methane via the main shots so you have the methane blaster charged before attacking a tank.