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Was anyone ever able to get new plastics produced for the machine ?
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Alien (Heighway Pinball)
Heighway Pinball, 2017
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Quoted from MK6PIN:Truly a depressing front on community support with this one...
The reality is that out of the many complex alien parts this is the lowest tech part and one of the easiest to have recreated. The work many have done to recreate leds and sensors and other parts is truly amazing.
Is there a plan for io boards once current stock runs dry ?
Quoted from MK6PIN:Completely agree. Mike and others have done unbelievable work getting electronics sorted, and available at ridiculously low prices. Genius...
W acrylic plastics, they will ( are) breaking which will eventually chew up PF surfaces w the pieces. I shared .AI files months ago, given to me with the quote " share as you see fit to help the community"...Crickets....
These will be a key component in keeping the games alive.... hoping somebody does the right thing....
What I would love to have seen at this point is the source code for the game released. It would be awesome if the community could have this and expand the game. Not to say the game is limited in any way but then the community can not only expand on the parts support but also the actual game support.
Quoted from MK6PIN:Joe and others have hinted at a revisit at some point down the road....The game certainly isn't limited ( quite the opposite), and am on board to help fund the original coding team to persuade them.
Their product is stellar, and am sure they would be most knowledgeable of what areas could be enhanced...suspect a freelance approach would have to be taken, of course, as perhaps FOX owns the code...
Fox doesn’t own the code. They own the licensed video and audio assets. The code is owned by Heighway or whatever became of it.
Quoted from bcd:Pinball Brothers holds the rights to the code now. It is very unlikely that the code will be open sourced.
As ferret has moved on to work for American, any code updates would have to be done by me with the blessing of PB. I have already expressed an interest in releasing one more Alien code update, as I have been collecting a list of bugs and minor feature updates. I'm happy to take suggestions too - just send me a PM here if you know of anything that is broken. Note that I am not interested in drastically changing the game from the original concept of the design team. There won't be any new modes or major rule changes. I just want to finish it properly.
I can't promise this will happen as we are in the very early stages of talking about this.
What is the complication with getting this done ? Is it a monetary issue ? Why would they not be for it ?
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