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Translite looks pretty good. Who are the guys on the sign and what are they doing?
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Domino's Spectacular Pinball Adventure
Spooky Pinball, 2016
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Quoted from T-800:Thank you to everyone with the positive comments. Working with Adam, Charlie (and his whole team) and Blake has been a great experience. Everyone has really put a lot of time into this project and I'm amazed at what we were all able to bring together so quickly.
As for the man-boobs, should we get him a "bro" or a "manssiere?" Kidding aside, for those of you who don't work out, he technically has pectoral muscles as we were going for a strong, muscular superhero type Domino's delivery guy who (is a cartoon BTW) wasn't supposed to necessarily look like a normal person... Obviously some people think they may have been over done, but that's why we call it ART and not photoshopped pics.
I like the art, especially how the inserts are integrated into it. Is there a lot of back and forth between you and the designers to get the art and inserts to line up?
Quoted from T-800:Not too much back and forth. Adam had a really good idea ahead of time on what inserts he wanted where. Charlie roughed them in on his layout/database. I brought them in and changed a few around based on the final art concept and then kicked the changes back over to Charlie. There may have been one more iteration based on some of the mechs that were underneath but it was minor. We may have one more iteration left after the prototype as well. Always helps having previous experience with the work I did on WOOLY and LL-EFE for the P3.
Interesting. Thanks.
Quoted from adamgacek:Unfortunately no video stream. The Logitech webcam just isn't working as it should so we ended up using my iphone to project onto the TV which did not allow easy recording. I will try my best to get some awful handheld iphone video of it in action tomorrow but this may have to wait until Charlie and KT get back to Benton.
Great day for the game at Rally though, tons of plays and we sold a bunch more machines to our franchisees and a couple executives. Patrick Doyle, CEO of the company, stopped by and played multiple games and ended up buying two machines, one for his house and one to donate to St. Jude Hospital. He's the guy in the maroon golf shirt who is discussing the rules with Charlie in one of the pics.
High score by anyone but Charlie or me went to a 9 or 10 year old French kid who was a good player. There was a bit of a language barrier between us but I believe his dad thought he would win the prototype machine by his son getting the high score. Funny stuff.
Pictures included.
I mostly want to hear the game myself. I hope the music and callouts are good.
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The game looked great on stream. The only suggestion I would make is the standard font of the score and info that scrolls across the screen is pretty weak and out of place. I know it's the same font on other Spooky games but it still looks off. Maybe someday they can improve it for future games.
I watched the beginning of the Dead Flip stream and that left kickout was brutal. Very rarely it would shoot it at the right flipper but most times it was straight down the middle. It might be something owners have to adjust rather than Spooky. Maybe strength of the kickout is the problem.
Just watched the Bro stream and it seemed the lady (sorry, I can't remember names very well) had figured out that left scoop. She would hold the left flipper and it would deflect and miss the drain. Also I was disappointed when I first heard the music because I imagined a Jazz style soundtrack for a mellow experience but that main music is so catchy and I vote to keep it.
Quoted from emkay:It seemed apparent that there were sound and dots that still needed to be finished but the game looks fantastic overall. I'm really sorry that production is likely to end before my NIB bucket is sufficiently replenished but this can only be a harbinger of awesome things to come.
Have they said when they will quit making them? I thought it was an open ended production.
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Quoted from EvanDickson:I wonder how I can even get in touch with the owner of the local Domino's franchise to encourage him/her to get one of these and place it in their location.
I never thought about that. Maybe I should do the same.
Quoted from hardware:Go to the local Dominoes and ask for the franchisee contact info. I already have the info for mine, but this one is setup for pickup only (I believe all of them are?) so I'm not sure they want people hanging out playing pinball.
Mine's actually pretty nice. It's not in a strip mall but has it's own building. I'm not sure how much room it has though.
Quoted from adamgacek:The U.S.-based variance process to get a game in a store is going to be a lot tougher than international store variances. Canada is actually getting at least two games in stores that I know of so far.
I think folks are generally pretty worried about setup, maintenance and upkeep so if they know there are people that want and can help with these processes (even if it is for money or free pizza), it may help them over the hump to order a game.
We are hoping to produce a video after the launch that will be sent to all franchisees to solicit orders before the deadline for ordering at the end of the year. I'll try to post that here when it is done.
Maybe I can volunteer to help with maintenance for some free games and pizza. 
Quoted from EvanDickson:Yeah, the one here is pickup only, but they have a nice large new space. I think a pin would round it out nicely and entertain people (well, certainly me), while they wait.
If I knew they had a pin, I would actually go there a lot more.
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