Quoted from MrSanRamon:Just getting a young designer, on his or her own, will mean that they make all of the young designer mistakes.
I think what you really want is a designer, young or old, who can think out of the box. But I think some of the “new” ideas these days: color DMD, LCD screens, lots of toys on the playfield are not the kind of out of the box thinking I like; or that are actually meaningful for pinball.
I'd like to see a takeoff on pinball 2000 type platform. Make the machine longer and wider, so the shots are/can be more varied. That would be, in my opinion, something worth pursuing.
Robert
I am 25, have a bachelors in game design and working on a masters in cg. Sadly I wouldn't touch pinball with a 10 foot pole. Would it be cool to say I am a pinball designer, sure. On the other hand realistically speaking you would work for nothing. Your chances of having a job once you hit 40 are slim and right now you have two companies that make machines. Get let go from one and you need to find an entirely new career.
