Quoted from aobrien5:I don't know how you are able to keep adding more stuff to this game! Can we get an under side pic to see how crammed it is?
Here you go.
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Highland, IN
1 week later
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Thank you Douglas for stories that are for ever relevant.
Lately this comes to mind:
President of the Imperial Galactic Government:
The President is very much a figurehead - he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it.
. . . and why doesn't this game have something for the third arm/hand to do?
---your fan, the Big Z
2 weeks later
END OF BALL
Painful but now working.
VIDEO DISPLAY OF BONUS AND BONUS X
Bonus count
As bonus counts....
progression increases the multiplier.
When the ball ends bonus count is reset
but the multiplier stays intact.
It is therefore possible to have 400x multiplier
and only 1 bonus point.
2 months later
STATUS MONITOR ( the Guide )
a,will constantly revert back to a different guide entry when idle
b,display all scores above standard play
c,display updates of progress thru features
d,show bonus advances / end of ball / player up
oh yeah and this....
1 month later
I want to play that so much. Not only because I 100% love the theme, but it looks spectacular. The craftsmanship is impressive, way to go!
Survived Pinfest.
2 stuck balls had the glass off.
Otherwise all good, the game powered through
the 4 sessions of play.
I had " dumbed down the game" for the event so more of the features of the game would activate but this didn't help a lot festival attendees.
I'll post a proper video very soon showing all... standard play,modes,multiballs,challenges and wizard
If you want see someone nailing the spinner over and over for no points...
here you go.
or this
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https://www.facebook.com/100010442866941/videos/504883129869778/
Shepparton
I enjoyed playing even though I was not good enough for the dumbed down version 
I was very nervous trying not to drain with you kindly instructing. Thanks for having it at Pinfest, Kress, my fav game to not only have the privilege of watching the beautiful build progress, but get to play as well.
I love the double screens and how the top one can act as a static backglass, but also be used to convey stuff like "Don't Panic". Brilliant!
1 year later
THHGTTG 2019 FINAL RE-BUILD
Restarting the build today with some slight modifications
This is a year long project to rebuild the playfield and consolidate the Electronics
and the rule set.
More on the video projection later for now
A Little teaser of whats coming...
The monitor isn't placed correctly
...and I'm just mucking around here.
But its pretty obvious this is gunna be fun.
1 week later
Spent a couple of days formatting how the Head on this game is going to sit / function / service / transport.
The Structure and aspect of the screen are good.
I put some paint on it for the photos and mocked the location of the Backglass area.
IMG_20191006_170850 (resized).jpgIMG_20191006_170704 (resized).jpgIMG_20191006_170812 (resized).jpgIMG_20191006_172411376 (resized).jpgIMG_20191006_172413471 (resized).jpg- So it might be time to explain myself here -
This has been a long project , 5 years so far , 3 years on / 2 years off .
I have had to take regular breaks from this project , if I didn't I would have fallen out of
love with the THHGTTG itself and I didn't want that ( hats off to designers who have to work on a theme they don't like to start with ).
I made some other games in those yearly breaks - Lawman & Airplane! some very popular games with players especially Lawman
...a simple game ,with simple objectives but a long winded game that's not stingy with Multiball.
THHGTTG when standing in a room next to Lawman didn't get the #1vote
Anyone who's tried knows "Making a Pinball is hard" and making it fun is even harder.
For three years this Pin went to Aus Pinfest and I learnt - what people liked - and did - and looked at - when they played the game.
For a start THEY DONT LOOK UP !!! The rear Backglass Monitor is a FAIL .
I found even with a ball locked in sight players would look into the
trough rather than look at the animation on the rear screen.
The rules were great for a Pinball however not great for this Pinball , I had lost sight of telling the Story - Just tell the story!
The Playfield is -toast- it suffered a major structural fracture and whilst it has been repaired I cant live with it.
There is also the matter of the flipper and sling geometry that I've never been completely content with.
So Bear with me...hopefully we shall see the completion for Pinfest 2020 in September
and a USA visit 2021 
IMG_20191007_075806076 (resized).jpgYep Still going...Long weekend in Oz today
First crack at stop frame animation today.
Here's the result of my first go @Marvin
This is a true thing of beauty, you zarkin' frood. You must really know where your towel is. I've really enjoyed following this and hope someday I might be able to see/play it in person!
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Quoted from aobrien5:How many balls do you have in this thing that it needs 2 troughs?!
It will have 8 balls but all the balls wont be used in general.
In some MULTIBALLS the balls may only return on the left for example
or a flipper hit will change which side the ball returns.
There will need to be spares in the trough to accommodate this as major shots
in the game drop into a subway and return to the trough (I should have a video posted in a day or 2)
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