BlahCade 125: Make Your Own

[jaredmorgs]

http://blahcadepinball.com/make-your-own


We’re a bit light-on for pinball talk this week, so in classic BlahCade Pinball Podcast style we talk about other stuff.
The main topic centres around how you would need to tread carefully as a game developer if you were going to make a Pinball Construction Kit that didn’t suck and frustrate users.
It’s an interesting theoretical discussion about something that probably won’t ever become a reality, so enjoy the speculation.

 

[relaxation]

Pinball Labs didn't get off the ground two years ago (pinball construction set), I think the barrier for any pin-game is demonstrating good physics
http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/11036-Pinball-Labs-Kickstarter

 

[FarSight_Matt]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Machine_(series)
https://youtu.be/pTbSMKGQ_rU

I used to play that on MS-DOS when I was like 8.

The Pinball Construction set prototype is really intuitive. I hope it becomes a real thing someday.

EDIT: The magic of Mario Maker is sharing your creations and the reward system where you can show off you've beat a level or not. That would be pretty exciting to do for pinball.

 

[Pinballwiz45b]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Machine_(series)

I used to play that on MS-DOS when I was like 8.

The Pinball Construction set prototype is really intuitive. I hope it becomes a real thing someday.

Memories.

 

[Kolchak357]

I’d settle for even a rudimentary pinball builder. Be fun just to make a nice little EM pin.

 

[Citizen]

So basically this, except with upgraded physics, modern graphics, the ability for users to apply their own art graphics (and maybe even upload audio), and cab support.