kgliner

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   by kgliner 5y ago

   Plummer is flat out wrong that his port enabled our game to ship with Windows -- we built it for Windows (and for Microsoft) from the start. He didn't enter the picture until we were already shipping with the popular Microsoft Plus Pa
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   by kgliner 5y ago

   That's correct. Mike needed it to test the physics, and I needed it to tune and balance the gameplay.
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   by kgliner 5y ago

   I noted this in another reply, but Mike had written a scripting model that let me adjust the physics and materials for each component separately. That allowed me to iterate rapidly when tuning the feel of the game. A solid physics engine
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   by kgliner 5y ago

   I've been meaning to write up a history, but it's one of those things that's been on my to do list for years...Maybe someday, soon. Kevin
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   by kgliner 5y ago

   We played every table we could get our hands on. Also rented tables weekly to be brought into the office once we moved to Austin. I tried to dig as deeply into the history of pinball too, to understand why tables had evolved the way they