Not sure if anyone saw this yet, but it's a clever little kickstarter.
Quoted from wayout440:Clever, yes. Will it get my money? No.
I'm on board with the "Will it get my money? No." part.
I'm one of the creators of this game.
Not fishing for Kickstarter support here, but I just want to chime in for all the players who have kids or young friends who want to get into the hobby of pinball. (and maybe less tap/swipe touchscreen gaming) This is a great gift for emerging pinball enthusiasts to begin tinkering and crafting and getting excited about the medium of pinball. Its a fun project for parents and kids together. We've gotten great response from pinball designers and pro players, who are pleasantly surprised by the action on our PinBox 3000. Its an open platform, and we're inspired by users creating hundreds of themes. Think about this: If you were in grade school and your teacher said that you were going to spend the next week building and designing custom pinball machines...
This project may not be for all pinball players, but it is for the entire pinball community. Our goal is to get more people interested in making pinball games. I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts and feedback on how we could improve on this project. I can tell you this much, we are having a blast thinking of new games. Thanks everyone!
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I just got one delivered to me today!
I know this sounds cheesy but I'd love to make a custom game featuring me and my future wife for our wedding reception this year! Something for the guests to do along with our other fun-based activities (yes we're nerds haha)
Any ideas please respond I've been vigorously watching all the Cardboard Teck videos and getting ideas
My daughter got me one for Christmas. I have to say that when I opened it I thought it was kinda of dumb. However I've had fun with it. As you design your little cardboard playfield, it really teaches you about shot geometry and what works and what doesn't. Obviously, not quite like the real thing but it is amazing how well a cardboard flipper can flip and imitate the real thing. Very fun and perhaps will inspire some future pinball designers.
I can't touch her artistic flair or bubbly personality but I messed around with Pinbox 3000 a few years ago to encourage others to try.
The first effort was to build something that anyone could build at home. It's basically a cardboard drop target: https://www.funwithpinball.com/learn/cardboard-pinball-pop-target
Soon after I built a game with electronic scoring and sounds and some micro switches from a Hyperball. The idea was to minimize the cost: https://www.funwithpinball.com/learn/cardboard-pinball-scoring-and-sound
/Mark
the Pinbox 3000 looks like fun, i really like the idea of it. I wouldn't buy one just because i would build it myself from scratch. But i can see that a lot of people/kids would love the Pinbox 3000, because you don't have to solve all the problems and get a working pin. And then just do the funpart of designing and trying out cool stuff.
this is my take of a non electronics pinball, i wanted to add an arduindo later but instead built a homebrew.
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