Pinside Test Machine
Pinside Pinball Inc., 2002
The Nightmare Before Christmas
MarkInc, 2019Quoted from MarkInc:Yes, Frank. That's the plan. As rough as it is - it's a good reference point before the art's done.
I'll be in the FAST booth.
"Everyone loves a box of lights!"
LOL. I'll have a pretty box of covered in art. Let's see if we can get some lights in it too!
Aaron
FAST Pinball
Quoted from toyotaboy:I have a silly question, where's the space to mount front bezel speakers? Or are you only doing lower cabinet speakers? Love that you're bringing it to expo.
I'm putting speakers up there. No back glass art. I want the title silhouette cut in metal. and some animated figures in the orange 'T' section.backbox.jpg
Quoted from MarkInc:I'm putting speakers up there. No back glass art. I want the title silhouette cut in metal. and some animated figures in the orange 'T'
Interesting. That would be next level of animated backglasses - animated backboxes!
Looking forward to playing your creation at EXPO.
Wow! Trade for my AFM? 
Keeps getting better!!! Wish I was going to Expo to see it in person...
I know this is a taboo question for a lot of people, but any idea how much you've spent so far? Or is this one of those projects where you don't keep track of costs on purpose?!
This would be a perfect candidate for a "kit"-type of offering... Sorta like what's being mentioned in the WOOLY thread.
Quoted from dtowndobe:I know this is a taboo question for a lot of people, but any idea how much you've spent so far? Or is this one of those projects where you don't keep track of costs on purpose?!
Rough guess...
cab 350 (based on TZ)
trim 400 (trim kit - legs, rails, door, hinges, etc.)
pc 100 (refurb)
display 50 (used Dell)
ps 150 (70/24, 12/5)
wood 200 (playfield, misc)
alum 50 (guides)
wire 200 (several colours, 18, 20)
fast 1000 (3208X2, 1616, Nano, LEDs, fuse, servo)
parts 1500 (flippers, trough, inserts, posts, etc.)
art ??
Time 20000 (~4 hrs/day X 8 months X 30 Days X $20)
Don't ask me to add that up!
Quoted from MarkInc:Don't ask me to add that up!
About $4000 not counting your time. 
Quoted from Shenanigander:Shit in that case ill trade you my Dr Who instead
I doubt he would trade for your Dr Who and AFM 
When you spend this much time on a creative project it's worth way more than the sum of its parts.
Quoted from Methos:What does this all include? Is this all the electronics and programing?
Yes, the PC runs mission pinball framework software (free) which talks to the controller board (Nano) which communicates with the driver/switch boards (3208s, 1616, and servo boards) Those boards connect to the coils, motors, switches and LEDs.)
Those other components I listed under 'parts' - (flippers, VUK, Scoop, magnet, targets, opto switches, diverters, buttons, etc.)
The game rules are on top of the framework. My friend Gemini fleshed out a rough set of game ideas I had into a huge document with tons of modes and cool ideas. I'm in the process of coding them using MPF and Python while trying to finish the physical construction. This is a bit much for a one man show.
Maybe I should have built a cloning machine first.
Quoted from MarkInc:You missed a couple zeros on the end there Mike!
Dr Who00
Quoted from MarkInc:Maybe I should have built a cloning machine first.
Put down for a cloning machine!
Aaron
FAST Pinball
Quoted from fastpinball:Put down for a cloning machine!
Aaron
FAST Pinball
Quoted from MagicMako:This is all amazing. Was thinking of trying to start a game myself. What was your background or how much design/pinball "know-how" did you have before you started?
Um, let's see, I played pinball before this.
Background: some electronics, lots of game programming, very basic tools skills.
what the hell. I had to go to beat traffic. I would have loved to have played this before the lines start.
One of the main reasons I'm depressed about missing expo. I really wanted to check this out, it looks amazing. I showed the project to my wife (who's a HUGE Nightmare fan) and she was excited to say the least. Can't wait to see more on this project!
Quoted from animesuperj:One of the main reasons I'm depressed about missing expo. I really wanted to check this out, it looks amazing. I showed the project to my wife (who's a HUGE Nightmare fan) and she was excited to say the least. Can't wait to see more on this project!
My feelings exactly (well, except sub "fiancé" in for "wife").
Great to meet you and talk about your build process, Mark! The game was awesome. Looking forward to future progress in this thread!
I got to play it too. Great flow (other than the left orbit needs to be tweaked so it doesn't drain from the shooter lane, but he knows it). Really dug the ramps, the ball lock, and the 3-bank drop targets (very AMH-ish, with the added magnet to pull it into the hole. Can't wait to see how this progresses with rules and artwork.
Great to meet you Mark. Was really impressed with your enthusiasm about the project. By the time I caught up with you, I'm sure you'd spoken to well over 100 people. But, you'd think I was the first based on how positive you were and patient with my questions. Thanks for making the effort to not only get the machine to the show, but also to spend so many hours in the vendor hall sharing your experience. Looking forward to your continued progress.
Looking forward to seeing the artwork that you make for the table. Good work, I would love to have a Nightmare Before Christmas pin, if only Stern or JJP would get their act together. Unless you were thinking of mass production 
Quoted from stooped:I thought he was some blind guy.
Hmm, the sunglasses as the Spooky talk make sense now.
Had a great time talking to you Mark and love what you've done so far, I loved playing it and it's got great flow so far. Looking forward to the game as progress continues. This was such a bonus for me flying out from the west coast. Thanks again.
Joe(Acejedi)
Agreed!
Mark's a trooper. He's still going strong in the vendor hall at 3:22AM Chicago time!
I really liked shooting it for the first time with you there Mark.
I can tell you have the passion to see it all the way through and I'm glad Fast has your back to help you with any future hurdles.
It will be a spectacular addition to the pin-verse when it's all finished!
Congrats on all the hard work up till now!
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