A wide body edition of Houdini could be awesome.

Everything is already developed and this would fix the problem with the super tight shots.

I’d buy one. I think the theme is great, the look is awesome but I’m way not in the skill league required to have fun with it unfortunately.

Oh, apologies if I contributed to this rumor.

I played your Houdini game at TPF. I absolutely love the design and the whole vibe of the theme. It also feels high end but as has been mentioned in many reviews, a lot of shots are super tight and I’m one of those players who aren’t skilled enough nor dedicated enough to improve to the level required to have fun with a super difficult game like Houdini.

So I was just musing that a wide body version may allow for wider ramps etc, making this a must have pin for someone like me. I totally understand that AP may not ever want to consider that but I would love to have a “fun” Houdini that isn’t so punishing. I have zero knowledge how difficult it is to build a slightly wider version but it seemed like a missed opportunity if y’all already have all the mechs, design, code, electronics and all that’s necessary to evolve this into a super fun game is slightly wider dimensions.

I was shopping for one more pinball machine this year for my future gameroom. Houdini looks super nice but I decided against it because it takes pinball too literally. It’s got way too many obstacles because there are too many ball paths for a non widebody playfield and therefore I mostly hit posts (“pins”) with the steel ball.

Now some like this challenge but I don’t enjoy it. This is one of the reasons why I also rarely play my IJTPA. The ramps are a bit too narrow and I hit posts 70% of the time.

With Houdini 90% of my shots hit a post. I neither have the skills nor the talent nor the patience to improve this. Almost every path is super narrow. So I buy a machine that has non frustrating shots and still isn’t too easy. This was the reason I wait for a GZ Premium over just buying a Houdini.

Yes, it’s targets that feel like posts/pins to me.

I just tried to say that for me, there’s “fun” difficult (e.g. having to shoot an orbit or a ramp multiple times in a row to achieve a goal, where the ball gets faster and faster) or “frustrating” difficult where I hit some pin/post/target to start a mode and then I have a few seconds to shoot some ramp/orbit combo but this, to me, is suuuuuuuuuuper difficult because I keep hitting the targets that guard the 1” or so wide ramp or orbit entrance and only hit the ramp or orbit perfectly enough on a day where I also hit the powerball jackpot in the lottery.