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Ben Heck leaving Spooky

By pin2d

6 years ago


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    #90 6 years ago
     
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    Quoted from tacshose:

    I guess I’m confused, why is Spooky not expanding? You gotta get it while the gettin is good... ramp up another production line and put Bens game in production. You gotta keep the talent busy

    A couple of problems with that ...

    1/ Bens pinball - the required licence couldn’t be obtained. Can’t make a machine with no licence. Unless you’re a pirate from Michigan.

    2/ Charlie wants to keep the operation manageable. He’s on the right track ...
    small, tight workforce, hands on management. Making more machines means more staff, more Factory space, more tools, more overheads ... not necessarily more profits.

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    #92 6 years ago
     
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    Quoted from tacshose:

    1) as Ben said the whitewood is done, so re-theme and move on, lots of good themes out there.
    2) I asked KT if I could place a deposit on Alice Cooper in July 2017, it is now Feb 2018 and game not even revealed. Spooky can move a little faster without too much worry I think.

    Whitewood would be about 50% of the work, I would guess. Needs:
    - theme
    - artwork
    - approvals
    - programming (the big one)
    - testing
    - final approvals

    Even if they started tomorrow, it may take 6 months. Ben has a movie to make in Texas, so he won’t be around.

    Spooky will be making 400-500 TNAs at the end of the day, plus 500 Alice Coopers. They have enough to do at the moment ... probably 2 years production right there.

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