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Meant to post this alittle while back. A new screen was added in the attract mode as per the notes in v0.2.12. Same thought and process that i added to the RFM code updates to

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Please read if you are interested in this 7 year project:

Some people have got in touch to tell me there may be confusion over whether this project is an officially licenced product from the Williams rights holders. I want to make clear that this project is NOT YET officially licenced. It is an original product.

In the aid of transparency and to avoid any confusion please see the following points regarding the project:

1) My hardware board is 100% original using my own electronic designs & firmware.
2) The game code is 100% original and uses 0% of the original Williams 6809 code base ('rom code')
3) There is no way with my hardware to run the original Williams Whirlwind game or any other original 'rom code'
4) The game is a DMD game not an alphanumeric game and uses newly created graphic frames, all redrawn and coloured by myself. No raw WMS DMD assets are in use
5) The speaker panel plastic artwork created to use with our dmd panels contains no williams logos and only standard wording. All art is original.

As the system runs on owners own Whirlwind games there was (previously) a re-creation of the whirlwind & williams logo present in dmd form for 1 slide each on the attract mode, which have since been REMOVED, in compliance with information received and as a show of good faith. I have created a new original logo and game name for this product instead , 'Storm Blasters' which i will share below. (UKCS Registration Number: 284745765)

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Latest update notes on software WIP. Been fixing a few bugs and also adding quite a few new all ORIGINAL graphic assets to various modes and features

v0.3.0
Multiball - Added restart functionality at the cellar for cellar multiball 2 ball
System - Added assets for cellar multiball , mb restart
Compass - Expanded compass arrows sequences for even more variety. Different from original game to make more challenging and interesting
Left Ramp - Changed cellar lite timer to no timeout, was set at 20 secs
Cellar - Added Setting for Enter The Cellar Timer. values of 1 to 60 secs, defaulted to 3
Tornado - Added Setting for Tornado Time (Top Drop Timer) values of 1 to 60 secs, defaulted to 10
Skyway - Added setting for Double Tolls Timer values of 1 to 60 secs, defaulted to 5
Multiball - Added new animated graphics for jackpot score value
Multiball - Added Setting for Max Million Plus. values of 5 to 20, defaulted to 10
Multiball - fixed some scoring problems with million plus, jackpot was not increasing 1 mil automatically after each jackpot
Multiball - Added settings to allow million plus to be built/added to, or fixed for each jackpot million level during mb play
Multiball- added extra logic to check for a successful left lock kickback eject at multiball start. Now tries 10 times before marking coil as broken
Outer Loops - Added new animation and rules for outer loops. ‘Welcome to Kansas’ Bonus. 10K per loop, totalled up.

Happy Easter Whirlwind Pinheads! v0.3 is released for your enjoyment

Final release notes for this version v0.3 are:

System - New Project Title and Graphics - Storm Blasters
System - Removal of Williams Logo & Whirlwind Logo, See PPS For details..
Multiball - Added restart functionality at the cellar for cellar multiball 2 ball
System - Added assets for cellar multiball , mb restart
Compass - Expanded compass arrows sequences for even more variety. Different from original game to make more challenging and interesting
Left Ramp - Changed cellar lite timer to no timeout, was set at 20 secs
Cellar - Added Setting for Enter The Cellar Timer. values of 1 to 60 secs, defaulted to 3
Tornado - Added Setting for Tornado Time (Top Drop Timer) values of 1 to 60 secs, defaulted to 10
Skyway - Added setting for Double Tolls Timer values of 1 to 60 secs, defaulted to 5
Multiball - Added new animated graphics for jackpot score value
Multiball - Added Setting for Max Million Plus. values of 5 to 20, defaulted to 10
Multiball - fixed some scoring problems with million plus, jackpot was not increasing 1 mil automatically after each jackpot
Multiball - Added settings to allow million plus to be built/added to, or fixed for each jackpot million level during mb play
Multiball- Added extra logic to check for a successful left lock kickback eject at multiball start. Now tries 10 times before marking coil as broken and will kickout balls during multiball if they somehow end up back in the lane from airballs etc.
Outer Loops - Added new animation and rules for outer loops. ‘Welcome to Kansas’ Bonus. 10K per loop, totalled up.
Compass - Added extra logic to ignore left lock switches being activated when in multiball
Match - Added preliminary new background for upcoming animation.

If you used the links for the display panels in the self build instructions I provide then the panels should be fine like mine and other peoples games. I’ve only seen a hand full of dim display panels when using cheaper Chinese suppliers. I can supply known good display panel units if that’s the easiest option rather then trying to order other ones, but that won’t be the cheapest option

I use these display panels in many displays and always look great

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Still active and still working on the next update. There’s nothing that can be ‘shut down’

Discussing animation work with a couple of new people. I am hoping to start adding more new ORIGINAL animations to the display side of the game soon

These are professional digital artists so i have high hopes, though it does take some times to explain the process of how pinball animations at 128x32 pixels work and the way i need the items creating. Stay tuned!

First new Animation by my new artist contractor. All original work and commercially owned by me. This animated sprite is based off/inspired by the 'famous' cow scene in the twister film!! ha ha It makes me laugh every time i see it. And we all know how much cows are a part of pinball games!! This will be added to the game shortly!

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V0.3.1 released

Update Notes

v0.3.1
Match - Added new animations, sounds and graphics
Match - Added cow animation
Match - Fixed a bug in awarding a match correctly
Match - Added specs for awarding a match
Match - coloured text
System - added player variable to enable/disable auto launch
System - added some new files for the new development machines
Compass - utilised auto launch disable feature after a ball lock
Tilt - stopped tilt warnings occurring when no game in progress

Check this out

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New cellar entrance animation. Sound wise will have footsteps and then the normal knock at the door

Thanks, we are working hard to make some cool new original animations to add to the game. The 8bit feel of them is important. ie hand drawn, not digitised from real photos like stern used to do. This is pay for work so each one comes at a cost, which i am funding, but i think they are worth it and the guy working with me is very good at bringing my thoughts to life!!

All software updates for owners once you have your hardware board are free

Latest Animation - 'No time to pay for tolls!!!' ha ha ha

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i am going to be at Pinball Expo this year for the full time (Wednesday to Sunday), so if anyone wants to have a chat about the storm blasters project and journey/ say hello then be sure to drop me a message etc. I will have a name badge/lanyard with 'applejuice' on for the full thing and will be wearing t-shirts with my mypinballs electronics logo on.

Game play is now pretty solid and have had good feedback from the beta testers, so working more now on adding some new animations to the game. All these animations are being created by a talented bit graphics guy I have. Each animation is created frame by frame to my spec and colour palette. All for commercial use and all mine 100%.

Here's the new extra ball lit feature, featuring a few recent animation additions

https://www.instagram.com/p/CnUA850Jg2L/

Also, i have a new voice over artist lady helping me with some new speech for the game. I’m super excited for this one!

She is doing the ‘valley’ girl accent and re-recording the original girl speech first, then doing me a list of new stuff i have come up with. Trust me , there are some cracking phrases in here, with a lot of comedy!! I cant wait to add these. There are around 35 fully original phrases she is creating.