<scoff> I only wear Levi’s, my good man.

I'm a big fan of the show (obviously, I agreed to jump in). I love the sci-fi concepts/stories. The send-up and/or takedowns of certain tropes. The completely unleashed creativity of it. Sure, sometimes the vulgarity can get a bit cringe-y in spots, but that's not worth dismissing the show over.

Baby Legs an interdimensional cable bit. They're improv scenes that the animators take and animate with little to no direction.

Just to clarify on this -- Yes, there is a memory issue with ACNC. It has nothing to do with the controller hardware; it's not a P-ROC issue in any way.

The issue is in the way the software handles video and it's being worked on. Nobody is happy with how long this has taken to squash, but it will get fixed.

The fang club lets you order whatever edition you would like - two weeks before they go on sale to non fang club members.

It's "Limited" to 750 units; not really a "Limited Edition" - there will only be 750 total games.

The Bloodsucker Edition is a version of the game with several nice upgrades rolled in, some of which are only available to members of the Fang Club.

Gonna be in the wild long before Texas unless something goes horribly wrong.

No, no; DO forget about me. It's fine.

Boy, have we got a bonus meltdown for you sir.

Not yet.

If the distributor is local, usually tech support if needed.

That's TNA.

Also the head around the PF. That's Scott's original proto game in the playboy cabinet.

If you're in the club, the distributor can verify that membership and place your order accordingly in the 2 week launch window, and for the fancy edition if you want.

It would, wouldn't it.

Check the key posts.

How about this one; it doesn't have A ramp.

Glued? How dare you, sir.

I'm sure all of these kinds of stories will come out in podcast interviews after everything is on the table.

I'll take the under.

What you're describing sounds like BKSOR.

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Behind the backboard, drops out into the right orbit above the upper flipper.

That’s the disjointed captive ball. Hit post, transfer energy, captive ball moves.

The game in the pictures is the first prototype. Lots of tweaks since then, including that.

Outside shot is an orbit that can either go through the house to the 'garage', or be diverted down to the spinner/inner-orbit.

Edit: totally blanked on the second part - the inside lane is a 180% loopback to the upper flipper.

The way the geometry in this one works, there is no benefit or detriment to a harder or softer plunge. Similar to many other games like The Shadow, World Cup Soccer, or No Fear, the start of a ball will deliver the ball to a flipper for a controlled skill-shot (or series of shots, if you can manage it).

The dimensions aren't explicitly defined in the callouts for the most part, but they can give you an idea. Then there's a line at the top of the score display that tells you the current dimension and anything that you may need to know about it.

Will be on the PF, just not quite in that spot.

It's not. Any game ordered in the 2 week window can be BSE if desired.

All options are picked later. When your build starts.

This is not a thing. Nobody that bought a standard is going to lose their game.

You can actually dial the filtering up and down; because why not. You could set it for 10% unfiltered, and every time it says a thing, you have a 1 in 10 shot of it being uncensored.

All credit to Bowen on that one. The idea amused him, so it's in there.

Says the guy with post #3645

Player controlled magnet 'Antigravity Device'

So who wants to come over and beta test?

Oh hey, i can finally post this picture.

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Can you do plasma in RGB? Because that sounds rad, but .. you know, single color won't do.

Fair warning, the POP is RGB, and we've already got a rule in place that uses the color.

There might have been some video in the release trailer that confirms this one.

Daydreaming too much about how you think it should be is just setting yourself up for disappointment if it doesn't exactly match what you're thinking.

I can tell you that there is a messeeks box - it's the target on the right side below the upper flipper. We're currently using the meeseeks as a value multiplier (aka, they help you get more points). When you spawn one, it appears on a shot and that shot is worth more. How much more depends on how many meeseeks are 'live'. Then if they stay alive for too long, they 'go bad' and change color, and now that shot is worth LESS, not more, because they're salty and just wanna die.

That's just where it's at right now. Everything subject to change of course, and there are some plans on paper for more to do with the meeseeks that haven't been implemented yet.

No. numeric display at the bottom is ball save like TNA. Numeric display at the top is used for adventures, in various ways.

Not aiming at co-op for launch. Given that it's a mode based game, it didn't seem as important to prioritize. Always a possibility later though.

Yeah, I'm not sure why the pile on. I'm the guy building the code. Design of things is a team effort, lead by Bowen, and I do the implementation.

Five.

That's the plan. Though, at least so far, the dimensions alter the game, but don't have a lot of interactive rules of their own.

There is a water world dimension, with an animated blue light show and it's own music -- but as mentioned, thus far, the dimensions aren't interactive (ie: shoot shots to stay alive)

Right now, the dimensions fall into three basic groups: Points increased somehow (Ramps 2x, Spinner 3x, etc), Game function affected (Pop bumper disabled, flipper function altered) and Feature/Fun dimensions that just do fun/silly things - like Water world.

All subject to change, of course.

There are already dimensions that alter flipper behavior - but they don't pile on all of this sadistic nonsense. Cripes. Are you doing ok? Can we help?

There was a small error in the original video so it had to be re-uploaded.

Shouldn't be a problem. Bowen actually already has this on the wish list, but it is not implemented yet - mostly because I don't have a production game with the right CPU in it to incorporate and test setting the time & date in the service menu.

tldr; That's the intent, but maybe not right at launch.

Due to some design decisions, it can't re-stage un-attended like Star Trek does. Instead, should the portal ever become empty for any reason, the next time a ball enters the portal it is held and a fresh one is immediately launched via the shooter lane. Portals man. Sometimes they lead to a place you weren't expecting. Then you have to recalibrate your gun.

It still has to be able to correct if it's ever empty. When most people set up their game, they're just going to dump the balls in the main trough, regardless of how many should be where.

In general use, it shouldn't end up un-staged unless something goes wrong.

If only we had some stuff recorded about 'adjusting my balls'. Oh wait.

Bruh; Wubba lubba dub club

The first cut of the teaser was done without any voice over and you could really hear the music. It gets a little lost among all the callouts. Which is good and bad I guess.

I can't either, and I'm the one that would have to build the logic to make that happen.

Three in the lock is not as much of a problem, but to get to 4 we'd have to have 3 on one side for at least some amount of time and then the game wouldn't know where that ball is, which is always bad.

So, yeah, there are 4 detectable ball positions in the thing; but filling all of them would be problematic. Sorry Scott.

Can’t really comment on licensing; but there is a purge ‘adventure’

When Scott needed a wooden box to put his whitewood in, Charlie printed an amusing sticker to put on it. The end.

Circling back to this one; This is all in the code now.

There's a quick toggle on the front page of the service menu (Enter service menu and hold the launch button and it will swap between your current setting and "off")

AND

There's also a time based option you can turn on and then set a START and END time. In between START and END, the swearing is forced to OFF, outside of that, it goes to whatever your current setting is for the filter.

Ah, but you WILL want to.

They are not.

No. And Pickle Rick isn’t going far; just not exactly where he is on that prototype.

It can’t auto-stage. If there is ever a point where the stage ball is missing, the next ball in the portal will get held and a new one is launched. Shouldn’t be a common occurance.

The groove at the top is just a gutter to help balls not stall/get stuck.

Actually he doesn’t. He always asked first but was not legally obligated to do so.

BURGERTIME!

Oh they’ve already been collected.

No, sorry. The time based override only handles changing it from your chosen setting to "OFF"; it doesn't toggle back and forth between 2 custom settings.

When somebody has a game.

Wait .. I have a game.

It's the janky whitewood; but it's a game!

Seems reasonable.

Solid 'Meeseeks blue' for a fresh meeseeks, Purple-ish for an "old" meeseeks that wants to die.

Megaseeds flash an orange-ish color, over the top of a meeseeks if necessary; but megaseeds can also be on other things without a dedicated insert (targets, pop bumper).

This is the key point. It's a smooth, round thing. Not a flat/sharp edge.

This guy maths.

Imagine how much it's going to suck if you tilt during a really good ball if you're that high on seeds.

That was only when I had to keep it secret (we host a local casual league). It's in the basement with the rest of the pins now.

It is an option.

Both of those pictures are of the prototype game - the logo is a bit lower on the final cabinets.

There is.

No. That won’t happen.

Tom and Jeremy came over and played the white wood, not the production prototype. Calling it a prototype is unfair to the actual prototype.

That guy doesn't have one yet.

Seems like you might be able to mod this into a pretty sweet cup-holder somehow.

"Adventures" and "Dimensions" are independent. You could be on a single adventure and change dimensions multiple times.

In general, the Adventures are like standard pinball modes - rules/shots to accomplish, and Dimensions change details about the game as a whole (this worth more points, that worth less points, etc).

I prefer the monochrome dimension to the Strobe dimension.

I look forward to that guy starting his own company so he can right these terrible injustices.

Um ... it’s compiling?

Anybody wanna come over and bug hunt? I’m kinda burnt.

The janky white wood wouldn’t survive the move, probably.

Random on topic something:

My favorite callout in the game so far: "Nice, a pair of Mortys. I could carve each of you out and make shoes."

Favorite dimension ... SO FAR ... Underwater Dimension.

/Back to work

No, it happens during active gameplay, no time to stop and pick one. I'm guessing for 'tournament' settings will be handled differently, but we haven't hammered that out yet.

They so very much already started building.

I wonder how often this comes up on the line.

Very much a fan of the show looooong before this project was a thing, it's true. Scott had been saying for some time (started during TNA production) that he didn't want to program his next game and I should do it. It was always very much a "ha ha, yeah, right, sure" -- then when there actually was a next game, and I found out what it was going to be, there was no keeping me away from it. I HAD to do everything I could to help the game come out the best it can.

5 years ago the current game wasn't even a thing, how the hell would I be talking about the one after that? heh.

That one that isn't lit has a "your upgrade is complete, remove the USB and restart your game" screen on it - so, they might be in there and off.

Hmmmm......

Nailed it.

Edit: Also, there's a "portal" lightshow in attract mode on the PF and the topper runs during that (optional).

Drew also played the whitewood, like Jeremy and Tom who've checked in previously. It's a bit rough, naturally, but still fun. The production playfields shoot better than the thing I have.

#firstworldproblems

Just so you’re not rewriting history, the debut of the ‘sharpie art prototype’ was at expo in Chicago. That’s where it caught attention; that’s where the spooky deal started. Jack did not stream it before those things happened.

I'm surprised you posted it without any mention of where it came from. Jeff Parsons of the Pinball Players podcast is the narrator for "Roy: A Life Well Lived".

Nope.

Negatory.

No sir.

This.

But then what if you had x15? or x23?

Yes, unfortunately. But A+ for effort.

There we go.