I expect this game development cycle to revert to the ~71 days of RitR. To be fair, I won't make this retroactive to when you started plotting things out with your family.

Welcome to Day 1 - GO!

First off, as one of the biggest RitR fans EVAR, I'm super stoked that you're doing this Nick. And to be honest, I'm pretty pumped that you're doing a single-level game. I have a row of early Ballys (and TNA) and generally feel that single-level games don't get enough credit these days. Ramps don't inherently make the game. And, all this talk of mechs in addition to the single level has me really intrigued. Crossing my fingers for some sweet inline drops.

Congrats on getting this far; I'm really excited to follow along the journey (and eventually buy this of course)!

Oh, and try not to pick a license for this game that ends up ghosting you. I'd like to actually play this creation.

This is your game development and your thread documenting it. You do you brother!

It takes a lot of time just to document the journey, not even speaking of the actual journey itself. Taking pictures, transferring them, uploading to the thread, and then typing out all the details you've undertaken is a PIA! I know you like doing this, but it's time-consuming and a courtesy to us that want to follow along.

I welcome ALL the tidbits, any damn way you want to provide them.

Black, white, and red on a single-level, huh? If the theme / art is anything like Centaur... Good Move Human!

I've always thought floating lower-playfield components were a cool idea for the P3, but I've started to wonder what the impact on game swap time will be. As I view my own habits, I notice that the playfield swap, while quick and painless, still creates more of a barrier than Gerry's "Nintendo" analogy. I find myself more likely to play a secondary game on the currently installed playfield, or moving to another machine, than I am to swap a playfield in the middle of a play session.

Do you have a feel yet for what will be involved in adding/removing your floating component? I'm guessing it's connected similar to the habitrail returns, although your component will need power.

I know it's reasonably easy to remove the habitrail returns, but if I needed to connect/disconnect those to swap in a game because someone added some crazy ramp returns, it would just be another (minor) hurdle. I'm all for added playfield variety, I'm just curious if you've figured out what the impact will be on game swaps.

Can't wait to see what you're building.

Old school Castlevania-esque music. Very cool!