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Future Pinball – A Real Time Pinball Development System
- techdragon 4y agoWonder how the developer is doing, its excellent software and I hope whatever they are doing is going well for them, its interesting the last update is over a decade ago, but the site is still online and domain registered.
- dgolds 4y agohttps://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-leathley/details/experience/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-leathley/details/experienc...
- techdragon 4y agoWOW! I just got Perthed, he's a local from where I live, and I swear I recognise a more recent photo like I may have seen him at a tech event some time in the last half decade or so. Small world.
- beachy 4y agoWhat a refreshingly honest LinkedIn profile. First time I've seen "left there very disillusioned" in someone's employment history.
- nagonago 4y agoLink is broken for me for some reason so here's an archive link for anybody with similar problems: https://archive.ph/XAEG7 https://archive.ph/XAEG7
- techdragon 4y agoI had to navigate up to the bare prop file page and it worked then, it’s something I’ve seen with LinkedIn before. Just for anyone else who hits this issue on other linkedIn profiles and needs to know the workaround.
- batiudrami 4y agoHuh, he's from my home town and has had a whole bunch of interesting jobs.
- pdntspa 4y agoThere was an amazing table about killing zombies (called Dead Hunters) that used to work on this, but doesn't any more :( The music, sound FX, and the table itself rivaled the quality of the professionally-made pinball games I've played, but I think it was amateur effort by Blindmankind
- Mustakari 4y agoSeems like a very interesting project, but I could not find the source or github link anywhere.
- mdtrooper 4y agoYes you think correctly, I think that some months ago HM is filling of tech news instead hacker news.
- Razengan 4y agoI wish there were more VIDEO pinball games that don’t pretend to be a real table, just a 2D overhead view with awesome graphics and music like the old Pinball Dreams/Fantasies series by Digital Illusions from the Amiga days.
- noduerme 4y agoI grew up on Tristan. Astonishingly they ported to iOS at some point... and I have no recollection of it looking this janky! To me it was the coolest thing ever on a Mac IIsi. http://www.littlewingpinball.com/doc/en/gameinfo/tristan/index.html http://www.littlewingpinball.com/doc/en/gameinfo/tristan/ind...
- phforms 4y agoTristan is still my favourite pinball game to this day. I remember my dad playing it on whatever old Mac he had back then and I got to try it every once in a while. I like the simplicity of its design and I come back to playing it on my iPhone whenever I get bored. It’s amazing you can still download the original apps on http://www.littlewingpinball.com http://www.littlewingpinball.com and there is so much background information on there. I also love Crystal Caliburn II, which they ported on iOS too.
- JKCalhoun 4y agoAlso, "Eight Ball Deluxe".
- mch82 4y agoKirby’s Pinball Land [1] is one of my favorite pinball games for this exact reason. 2D camera angle. Each table is divided into a set of full-screen partitions. I’ve never understood the appeal of 3D tables from bad camera angles. [1]: https://youtu.be/zwrw-k74TOU https://youtu.be/zwrw-k74TOU
- 1983054104 4y agoI enjoy both 2D and 3D pinballs but your YouTube link reminds me of "Revenge of the gator" [1] on Game Boy which was one of my favorite game at the time. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKeoPSPm4kw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKeoPSPm4kw
- c4ptnjack 4y agoI don't do the whole VR thing(outside of my brief Super hot obsession with a friend's device). However, this seems like an obvious simple but satisfying VR game if the physics and design are actually well done ..@markzuckerberg surely this is a sneak preview of a future metaverse release right? /S
- sandwell 4y agoIt's on the roadmap, can't do pinball machines without legs >.>
- phreezie 4y agoShameless plug, we're working on a next-gen pinball simulator called Visual Pinball Engine[1]. It's free and open source, using Unity, and will eventually support importing FP's table format. It's still WIP, but we've put a lot of focus on tooling, so anyone can easily create tables. Quick video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CfZImFl1ME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CfZImFl1ME [1] https://github.com/freezy/VisualPinball.Engine https://github.com/freezy/VisualPinball.Engine
- sysrpl 4y agoDo you guys plan on out of the box support Linux with VPE?
- phreezie 4y agoYes! Our CI builds for Windows, Linux and MacOS.
- anthk 4y ago>It's free and open source, using Unity :S Useless for OpenBSD, sadly.
- cush 4y agoThis is awesome! Do you know if any of these simulators emulate wear and tear on the table? I feel like the lack of variability in the table is why they've all felt like playing in the uncanny valley to me.
- phreezie 4y agoThanks! :) What we're doing is adding adjustable randomness to the collision resolvers, which results in more or less control over where the ball goes. You can also adjust many parameters of the flipper bats, e.g. you could make the coil less strong, which would be the case for many worn machines. Finally, as you can see in the Volley video, texturing is a big part of adding visual wear, and it makes the whole thing a lot less uncanny.
- sysrpl 4y agoWhy is this on hackernews right now? It's an old program, closed source, hasn't been updated in ages, and the author abandoned it long ago because he doesn't like people using it to recreate tables. This seems like a shameless plug indeed.
- porbelm 4y agoWell at least it led to the top post atm, which mentions a FOSS Unity-based pinball designer project :)
- HideousKojima 4y agoIt's not really FOSS if it requires Unity. Especially funny since they mention Godot in the readme, and if they'd used Godot it would actually be FOSS
- elil17 4y agoIt's amazing to me how virtual and real pinball are really not comparable at all in terms of enjoyment (at least for me personally). I still don't really understand why.
- degenerate 4y agoIt's not a surprise to me. True depth of field, 3D sound, pulling the pin, the mechanical "clack" of the flippers and physically holding the machine all play into the experience.
- JKCalhoun 4y agoHave yet to build a virtual-pinball cabinet (but it's on my short list). Flipper clack, holding the machine will be there. Depth of field will not. We'll see how enjoyable it is.
- _fat_santa 4y agoI'm thinking one day I'll probably buy a real pinball machine for my office. Though looking at one site they are pretty expensive ($5k - $20k depending on the model), though I'm sure you could find one for under $5k which is starting to enter the realm of "maybe my wife won't kill me".
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- mrandish 4y agoPins are fun to own but the pricing has gotten inflated since 2019. If you get into your local pin community you can likely still find machines for $2k-$4k though they may need a little work to bring up to top level. The pricing varies widely based on the condition and popularity of the particular machine. Fortunately, the pinball collector community is large so there's good availability of information and parts to maintain and restore machines. You can start down the rabbit hole at www.pinside.com
- DonHopkins 4y agoI'd love to play some of the Sid and Marty Krofft psychedelically themed pinball machine designs featured on this episode of the Donnie and Marie Show: Donny & Marie Osmond - Pinball Machine Finale W/ Shabba-Doo, Robert Hegyes, Ruth Buzzi, Lorne Greene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGnfsiayuoE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGnfsiayuoE Sid and Marty Krofft (of HR Pufnstuf fame) designed the spectacular sets and costumes. I love Donny and Marie's cover of George Clinton's "We Want The Funk", Shabba-Doo's funky hat and break dancing, Robert Hegyes (aka Juan Epstein from Welcome Back Kotter) and his smooth dance moves, Ruth Buzzi (of Laugh-In fame) shakin' her balls, and Lorne Green (of Bonanza nad Battlestar Galactica) gesticulating his giant creepy hands. TILT!!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_and_Marty_Krofft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_and_Marty_Krofft