Stern just posted a photo on their FB page annoucing they've hired John Trudeau
Stern really is filling back up after laying all those people off. I guess the tiered model approach is really working for them.
For those not familar.. John was an engineer and game designer from Gotlieb days and eventually williams too
Vacation America is at the top of his list. woot! woot! 
Does have some nice titles to his credit. I loved his art on my JD.
NFW, this is awesome. I am so happy to see all the great designers back to work! Pinball is booming!
Pinballgeek: Maybe Circe was his idea, and he went when they crapped on it. 100% speculation, but it makes me happy to think that they had the help of an experienced designer and crapped on an awesome unique theme and lost that assitance to work on yet another retarded "motorsports" theme. 
Yay! John certainly knows how to think outside the pinball box and push possibilities. My favorite designer. Can't wait to see what he does with Stern.
Quoted from Frax:Pinballgeek: Maybe Circe was his idea, and he went when they crapped on it. 100% speculation, but it makes me happy to think that they had the help of an experienced designer and crapped on an awesome unique theme and lost that assitance to work on yet another retarded "motorsports" theme.
Well I'm glad that he now works for stern now we have more people who worked for bally/Williams or gotlieb from the past working for stern
Quoted from Toasterdog:Vacation America is at the top of his list. woot! woot!
Does have some nice titles to his credit. I loved his art on my JD.
http://pinside.com/pinball/archive/john-trudeau
Thanks for posting the link for the listing of games he's been involved in. Great bunch of games! Looking forward to seeing what he works on in the near future.
Is he an addition or a replacement? Maybe Gomez is stepping away from design to concentrate on other responsibilities.
Quoted from jtaudio:Move your car!!
No doubt! "Send backup unit's"
Great designer, just yesterday I was wondering where he ended up.
Nice!
Quoted from Frax:Pinballgeek: Maybe Circe was his idea, and he went when they crapped on it. 100% speculation, but it makes me happy to think that they had the help of an experienced designer and crapped on an awesome unique theme and lost that assitance to work on yet another retarded "motorsports" theme.
Trudeau was announced as a designer of future Heighway Pinball projects after the first game was changed.
Quoted from Fliptastic:Is he an addition or a replacement? Maybe Gomez is stepping away from design to concentrate on other responsibilities.
he's already said previously he is trying to be more management and less hands-on game designer
Has there ever been any other pinball with flippers like Trudeau's Q*Bert? And can someone somewhere please put one out so I can try it?
Quoted from westofrome:Has there ever been any other pinball with flippers like Trudeau's Q*Bert? And can someone somewhere please put one out so I can try it?
I played the one at PHOF and can honestly say I am glad it was never really put into production. Really would have been an utter fail.
Great! Trudeau always did something totally different for each of his pins, which is something Stern needs.
Quoted from accidental:Great! Trudeau always did something totally different for each of his pins, which is something Stern needs.
Not a huge fan of his game other than CFTBL, but you are absolutley correct. Get some brand new ideas in there!
Do I smell a Judge Dredd sequel pin based on the new(er) movie??? No, oh well. Would be cool though.
OMG wish you had not posted this link.
CftBL i knew, and love it!
But also Genesis ??? That i did not know, and i wish i didn't 
Quoted from DrJoe:John is a talented designer and has made some really unique playfield designs over the years. He's a hell of a nice guy too! Congrats to Stern and John!!!
That about sums it up for me too!
I had the privilege to talk to John in person a few times. You will never meet such a super nice down to earth guy. I think he has designed some REALLY great games and wasn't afraid to take on challenges. I for one am looking forward to seeing what he does at Stern.
Congrats to you John!!!! You get to design pinball machines again!!!! Your passion.
Quoted from flynnibus:Stern just posted a photo on their FB page annoucing they've hired John Trudeau
Stern really is filling back up after laying all those people off. I guess the tiered model approach is really working for them.
For those not familar.. John was an engineer and game designer from Gotlieb days and eventually williams too
That's F'ing AWESOME !
John is a great guy, and was very nice to talk with during my whitewood Tx-Sector project !
This is the very BEST Stern news i have ever heard !
Bar none 
Great news!!! Looks like he will fill the design need left if in fact Gomez decides to stick to VP duties. I love John's designs. He seems to have a way to keep his designs feeling new and not recycled. Can't wait to see what you have in store for us Mr. Trudeau!!
Quoted from snyper2099:I played the one at PHOF and can honestly say I am glad it was never really put into production. Really would have been an utter fail.
Qbert was in production. Fun quirky 80a
I'd love to see one of John Trudeau's whitewood layouts come to life. "Big Top" looks especially cool.
Quoted from vid1900:Like Dr Who, it would be fun to have all 6 actors portrayed (hopefully a single studio owns all the rights)
Great fracking idea!
Quoted from swampfire:I'd love to see one of John Trudeau's whitewood layouts come to life. "Big Top" looks especially cool.
I have the final version Whitewood that John built for Tx-Sector...
Some of you may have seen the game at York 2011 and Chicago's Expo 2011..
I love that game..
Quoted from Squeakman:John created the best pinball machine ever made.... CONGO!!! A-lister all the way.
His Gottlieb titles were very interesting, satisfying, and fun players...
Its a shame that some of the themes are so cheasy that the tables themselves never got a fair shake...
I have many of his works of art in my collection..
I agree Gerry. Congo has gotten a bad rap for years because of its Cheesy b list movie theme. People are just now starting to realize that game is great. I haven't played any of his Gottlieb titles, I don;t know too many people that collect them.
Quoted from Squeakman:I haven't played any of his Gottlieb titles, I don;t know too many people that collect them.
I do....
And they are SOOOOOO much fun !
TX is just awesome. It and Congo are easily my two favorite games.
Spirit is a great game.
Owned Q*bert's Quest for a short while but, while it was very unique with great sound and art, I found the gameplay objective was a bit too simple. If I had room for 25 pins, I would have kept it for the novelty. Sadly, I don't.
I'd love to own Robo-War.
Haven't tried Genesis yet either but looking forward to it one day.
... and Raven too. Every games deserves a fair chance despite theme/art.
Wanna join the discussion? Please sign in to reply to this topic.
Great to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!
This page was printed from https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-hires-john-trudeau and we tried optimising it for printing. Some page elements may have been deliberately hidden.
Scan the QR code on the left to jump to the URL this document was printed from.
Louisville, KY
Enfield, NS
London
Upper Hutt
Breda
Sana'a