I kinda like this idea, but only if it's a completely separate game mode. I don't know if score makes much sense playing this way, and high score should actually be least balls used.

Good ideas, I like the timed mode idea of a set time limit.

Hopefully Scott is ok with this... I don't see any other code developer having this level of open communication with users. At some point, he's gotta call it done and move on to the next game : )

All I want is for Matt mandraws to draw a slick decal that can be aligned and placed/removed at the bottom of the playfield...something featuring our heroine to cover the logo. (for a fair fee, of course)

For as much as I like several of the concepts proposed by the OP, we couldn't ask TheNoTrashCougar for anything else - this guy has already blown all the competition away! (pun intended)

I want Scott to add a different sound each time you get a bonus multiplier.

It's a great game right now, why not just enjoy it for what it is, instead of trying to clutter it up with things it doesn't actually need? More isn't always better, it's a simple game, that's easy to pick up, and hard to master. If you're bored because you're blowing up 9 reactors every game post some videos, you must be pretty good!

You're excited, I'm sure you mean well, but the guy just created his vision, down to composing all the music, and your first request is "hey, let me take your music out and put in my own songs". That's kind of weird. "Thanks for making all this music Scott, how can I take it out?"

It doesn't need a timed mode, ball times aren't long. If you're not playing long enough, keep practicing, that's the point.

It's already a great multiplayer game.

Sorry man, you're just happy and I'm pissing on your thread, but I think it's okay to let a game be what it is.

Yes, it is a great game right now, and I agree that I would never even consider changing the music. I will admit that I'm not in love with that "total bonus" sound, though.

I'm certainly not bored and blowing up 9 reactors, which is why the infinite balls mode would be fun. I'd be able to play through the entire game, hearing all the music. I might even try setting the game to a high number of balls just to try this while the high scores on my game are still wiped out from the recent update. I keep thinking Contra with 30 lives. I played with 30 lives for a long time before I could make it through without the cheat.

Timed mode, I feel would promote flailing, so I'm not a fan of that idea. You can already increase the ball save timer.

I do think that sometimes it is difficult to make idea suggestions without sounding demanding and ungrateful.

$500 - $1000? I'll pass.

Sooo.... I set the game to 9 balls and played a bunch of games this weekend. I'm feeling very humbled since I didn't even come close to 9 reactors.

For me, the difficulty ramps up quickly once only one of the orbits is lit for getting into the upper reactor area. That, coupled with the spinner being devalued and the reactor temp slowly trickling back down in the new code, and I got my ass handed to me.

Mine is set at 6.7 degrees.

If I shoot the right orbit and let it hit a held left flipper, it will bounce up to the middle target in the bank, then down to either the right flipper or right slingshot. It's too risky to do very often due to the times it hits the slingshot.

If I shoot the left orbit and let it hit a held right flipper, it will very often end up in the scoop. I am probably more consistent hitting the scoop that way than a direct shot.

My best number of reactors is 4 when set on 3 ball.

The flippers seem pretty consistent on mine, though I did set the flipper hold boost (or whatever it's called) to 3. Once in a while, it felt like they were getting knocked back down when held.

I think Scott already has plenty of ideas that he's been continuously implementing through the several code updates we've already seen, and it' been only since November 2017 that machines started shipping? It's obvious that he's been very very very busy making this game as software stable, fun, and as error-free as possible. At the end of the day, he won't be able to make everyone happy, but he went in knowing that. He also didn't expect it to sell as many as it has, so he can find comfort in knowing that he has, indeed, made many people very happy. From all accounts, it seems pretty unanimous that people that have played it really enjoy it. Scott has done a fantastic job, and anything else he does with it icing on the top. I'm going to let the man work his genius and take whatever he comes up with.

There’s nothing stopping you from doing all these things yourself - the used P3-ROC boards and run SkeletonGame. All open source products and you could drop in your replacement code very easily.

The thing is, pinball is hard. I’m not sure you appreciate how difficult a task you’re asking for here - that’s like half a year’s development work for some features that very few people want.

If you really want it, go for it - the platform is totally open although the original code isn’t.

We should band together and buy Scott a moog, I want the next pin to be prog rock

Except that we're talking about playing TNA with slightly different rulesets rather than writing a completely different software load from scratch.

If Scott decides to implement any of these ideas, great. If not, that's his decision to make.

Never going to agree for implementing paid DLC into the equation.

How about after reactor 9 is complete, the game restarts and all subsequent scoring is doubled (like completing SuperHero on Spider-Man).

Otherwise it seems damn good out of the box with the latest code.

Very eager to get one in the UK (March at TILT, Birmingham) then maybe later in the year for potential purchase.

It’s like you guys don’t even understand the game at all.

Reminds me of Hollywood executives telling directors how to “punch up” their scripts.

“Hey, I love everything you’ve done here, it’s great. But how about you change everything about it?”

AMEN!

I agree. Only thing I would like to see is some sort of the rumored team/co-operative mode capability.

Still think it would be really neat to be able to play 2 people working as a team to try and blow up the reactors. Have both people save the progress to kill meltdown the same set of 9 reactors. I pretty regularly can do 4 and think that seems like the most common threshold for good (but not great) players. Working together as a team possibly we could save the 80s

Set the game to 6 balls and take turns. No software changes required.

that is lame and not the idea.

It's the exact same result, only difference is a single score. Oh, and only 2 extra balls possible instead of 4 I guess.

If it's to "dream and share ideas", maybe you want to change the title to something other than "Requests", because frankly that sounds like a lot of entitlement and demanding as opposed to maybe "Ideas" or "Dreams", but hey maybe that's just me.

Oh, and my TNA is on a truck on it's way across the country to me right now.

Don’t let anyone crush your dreams

I wouldn't mind this being the tune for the last reactor.

Well, it's certainly more open than a Stern or JJP game in that regard. There is literally nothing stopping you from implementing your ideas yourself.

I think if you destroy reactor 9 the main board on the game should completely fry itself and self destruct . Giving you a difficult choice , complete your mission and make your game unplayable untill you replace the board . Much like the hero of this game knowing that completing her mission will also end her life .

Granted, he would have the SkeletonGame framework to start from, but without Scott's code, it is not possible to implement his ideas. He was asking about TNA with some modifications. He was not asking about new code to run on TNA hardware.

Has Scott voiced his thoughts on people modifying his game for their own use? I think I've read that he doesn't want to make it open source, and the code update packages are encrypted.

Love how grimnim got downvoted but one of his suggestions is now a reality. Probably the only good idea and maybe it was planned before but still funny.

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I like #2 as well. Maybe you should give it a try. If you can Annihilate in 9 balls, you're better than I am.

Versus option for multiplayer where every reactor you destroy with a mutiplier takes points away from your opponents.

I just noticed FalconPunch and grimnim are both from Melbourne. Do you guys know each other?

Sweet!

There's near that many people in northern Virginia, and I'd say I know a large proportion of the pinball owners. On another forum, I agree, it would have been a stupid question, but here...

Slightly better than average odds .

I shared the idea long before you started the thread, but that was the whole joke.

Scott thought of it long before any of us

My only suggestion is to be able to adjust how many credits are given when someone makes it onto the high-score or gc spot. On our machines out in the world I like to set gc scores at like 5-6 credits so the knocker terrifies everyone and you know something is going down!

The only thing I can think of would be to add achievements across multiple games. It doesn't even need to add points, just sound the knocker and flash something across the screen, when 100, 500, 1000 reactors have been destroyed, 100, 500, 1000 RADs completed. Stuff like that: combos, spinner spins, etc. Have a list in the menu so users can work to complete those goals. I just know those achievements are very popular on video games and I'm surprised they haven't made their way to pinball, given the shift to the home market.

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