Nice Gerry! I cannot wait to see this at Expo. The P3 is definitely bringing a lot of innovation to the table!
--Scott

Bummed I won't be making the trip to TPF this year (spent too much money on pins, doh!) to see the much more feature rich version.

One of the bigger feature's that I love about the P3 (aside from the fact that it's still physical pinball using appropriate/modern mechanicals) and seems to have been down-played up to this point, is the fact that the first two games, Lexy Lightspeed - Galaxy Girl and Cosmic Cart Racing, will be utilizing the Unity game engine.

Not only is this great news for players, who'll be experiencing the richest truly interactive playfield artwork in the industry, this is also great news for developers! In pinball, the same game can change from ball to ball or shot to shot, so why shouldn't the playfield artwork? No longer do we have to give the player pre-rendered, looping videos, instead let's actually allow them change the course of the pinball universe with contextually interactive relevance!

Rory

With 7 pins in my basement and another in a friend's, you could say I ran out of space (and my wife's patience) a long time ago - very excited to see a pinball platform where I could potentially have dozens of different real pinball tables ready to swap out of one cabinet. Nice blend between the real deal and my VP cab.

The biggest -- and still best one -- is not the interactive "artwork," but the interactive shots you can hit on the playfield screen that move, change, and/or disappear. And that the playfield registers exactly where the ball is.

Seriously, everyone try to check this game out at TFP. It is no longer a cool tech demo, It's now a pretty awesome game. The modes they have implemented are actually really creative and put the screen to great use. It's by far the best "Light Show" I've ever seen when you hit jackpots and lock balls, as the on screen animations are really cool. The 8 ball physical lock is awesome, and The blackout mode is really cool. And the score window right below the flippers if pretty awesome too for keeping track of your progress, as long as you remember to look at it, because quite frankly there is a lot of cool stuff going on all over the playfield. The screen is definitely not a gimmick, it enhances the game in every way.

I also had Gerry demonstrate how quick it was to swap the artwork and to pull out the upper playfield module as well as the lower playfield parts. This game is going to be incredibly easy to service, change up, and modify. The idea of having my own custom artwork easily created and slapped on my machine without devaluing it's resale value is really exciting. I can have my own Silvercade artwork created for the magnetic cabinet art and translite, and then if I need to later sell the machine, I can just slap the original artwork on there and keep mine for wall art. I wish I could do that with my mame cabinet that easily!

This is the first version of the game that truly shows you the full potential of the platform, and you really owe it to yourself to see how far they have come.

"Open source code"

This is what excites me... Being able to go in and write my own code... or tweak game play. No more wishing (insert Manufacturer here) would release an update.

My tastes have certainly moved from the "prepackaged" to the make it your own project.

PROC and hopefully P3 will be the platforms more and more people do their own projects on. Already happened... and soon maybe we'll all get to participate in this longer term development media.

This is by far the best technological step forward for pinball since DMD. To me DMD or LCD, doesn't matter, if it is up in the backbox it doesn't really matter that much for the player since you have to literally stop tracking the ball to even glance. The potential for user created or modified games is massive with the P3. I might just make the drive to TPF for P3 alone. Super excited about what lies ahead for the P3!

Exciting stuff, Gerry.... Looking forward to the future updates.

making room in my arcade for this one.
finally an evolutionary leap for pins
imagine how amazing Tron would be if it had only been built on this platform.

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just a question. Since the code is open sourced does this mean that all games will be original? I am not an expert but it is my understanding the most license holders have pretty strict quality control over the license.

Just another comment about Gerry and team: when you have a good idea, they listen. Not saying they're going to cater to everyone's whims and wishes, but it speaks to their willingness to listen to the voice of the customer and implement if it makes sense.

This is the only game made that has any innovative advancements moving pinball into the next generation. P3 is the shit.

Thinking outside the box on so many areas. Fantastic.

It's true.

The plasticity that open source projects offer would allow for offshoots of full (open source) games or even certain modes/portions of a game. Combine that with a freely accessed marketplace of user created projects and the potential for this machine bringing you limitless gameplay is astounding. Not to mention the fact that developers can opt to use pre-existing upper playfield modules integrated into their own games, therefore even further lowering the overhead which game development tends to have.

As such, at the other end of the spectrum, the P3 most likely will offer the ability for developers to not share in whole or part their games and/or playfield modules. This option of course will help keep the marketplace viable for pay-to-play hardcore developers who do this for a living. Although it's always encouraged to share and share alike.

Rory

I'll be a beta/alpha tester!
Licensed pinball themes being closed source makes some degree of sense and would understand the need to do it. However, I'd think that the code itself wouldn't need to be closed source... just the art / media files.

Awesome, thank you for your replies. I am very excited for the pin

You know what would be awesome and innovative?

An HD video of the game being played.

you could always do the crappy cell phone video like Stern

For those of us not able to stare at the P3 all the time, yeah a live webstream would be AWESOME!

Rory

How far away is this game from production?

I'd say a lot of the P-ROC and P3-ROC games are innovating whether it be Multimprphoc, CC Contimued, Predator, WOOLY or my own Forbidden Planet (but more of that at a later date when I can publish photos & details).

There's a teaser video on the Multimorphic site now - http://www.multimorphic.com/index.php/p3-pinball-platform

can't wait to see more - it's amazing how good it looks - and that 8-ball locking mechanism is brilliant!

Nice video, thanks for letting us know.

Awesome video.

lol...that ball lock is awesome. CAn't wait to try and fill that thing at TPF.

Wow!! This video is fantastic! Accurately captures the gameplay I experienced when I play-tested it at the Multimorphic open house.

Gerry & team: great job on the video!!
Looking forward to playing it again at TPF this weekend.

I'd suggest changing the title of this thread to include the word "video" in it and post the video link in your initial post, so that more people open the thread and can easily click on the video.

Nice polish on the video Gerry! Loved the way the music interacted with what was happening on the playfield - it was really cool when those scoops all came popping across the playfield followed by the gates. It's amazing the number of unique and controllable devices you have in your game. Awesome.

WOW!!!!! I cannot wait to spend quality time on this at TPF! Truly the first hHUGE leap in pinball technology in many many years.

I thought the P-ROC was a sweet piece of hardware, with equally sweet software.. this sort of leaves it in the dust. Pretty cool they got Nordman on board I don't think i have played a layout of his that isn't just plain fun.

Gerry/Multimorphic just posted a sexy teaser on facebook, with a little bit of a history lesson:

love the video. does anyone know what a kidney is going for these days? so many great looking games that i want to own (P3, Wooly, The Hobbit, etc) that i need to find a new source of money. might as well sell my kidney now before they figure out how to 3d print them and the value drops.

Two thumbs.....WAY UP.

I've always been impressed with P3 and always excited to see it's progress. P3 is the ONLY true innovative pinball development since P2k.

Great video. Love how the music was synced especially the drops and spinner.

Looking forward to checking this out at expo

cool vid

That's really cool to hear. Kudos to you for thinking about this!

You're awesome!

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Rob Anthony
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Gerry.... your welcome.

Could the machine be setup to accept payment via digital cash, using a customer's phone and a QR code on the screen? It could work with an arcade's own payment app, or with blockchain networks like Ethereum or Bitcoin.

Once the architecture is in place, we could do clever things like running a local league as a smart contract, automatically rewarding the top scorers with cryptocurrency prize money directly into their wallets. Ethereum tokens could be used to track top scores, game credits, and in-game achievements. You could make a meta-game out of it - the gamification of pinball!