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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #492 | 3.308 | 3.308 |
| Enjoyment | #535 | 3.446 | 3.446 |
| Audio | #544 | 3.200 | 3.200 |
| Overall | #943 | 2.956 | 2.956 |
| Visuals | #1033 | 3.077 | 3.077 |
| Innovation | #1323 | 2.308 | 2.308 |
| Theme | #1412 | 2.400 | 2.400 |
Ranked from 65 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
The player needs to reach a point threshold in order to keep playing. When the player loses the ball, they lose points, risking a Game Over.
Increasing your multiplier improves your score potential, but also increases risk, as the penalty for losing a ball is also increased.
The Multiball feature dramatically increases your risk and reward! The player's points scoring potential, and potential loss for losing balls are both increased greatly by this feature.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
None. We made everything ourselves.
How many people worked on the game?2
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Nice work! I do love some pinball!
And thanks for including the shake board button, I seem to be really talented at getting the ball stuck somewhere haha
Always love some kind of pinbal!
I mean, its pinball...
I love pinball -- I did encounter a ball which got stuck and I couldn't do anything after that. It'd be nice to have a "bump the maching" button to jar it loose.
Number go up me likey, neuron activated, pinball checkmated and highscore captivated
I never really played these pinball games, but this one is really understandable and cute.
Really fun. I got the ball stuck once but then realized I could shake the board, so all is well. I love the shading you did on the ball, nice! I'm not sure I understood how it fit the theme, but overall I really enjoyed it.
That was awesome. Very fun and the physics worked great. No jank at all. You should absolutely build on this, imo.
I appreciate it!. Just tried out your entry in the jam and had a blast!
This was really fun! It captures the feeling of pinball quite nicely. I liked that it even had an option to shake the machine for when the ball got stuck, though it did get stuck pretty often in the top right corner of the map
Nice pinball game. Good work
I am a sucker for the chill then drip feed stress vibe of pinball. Good implementation and the music and pixel visuals work very well together. I enjoyed playing this one! Thanks guys.
dont really like pinball, but this is good
This reminds me a ton of the pinball games for the NES in the best way possible! I really like the art for the board especially the drop targets and that moves like cradling work. There were a couple spots like near the right ramp where I wasn't entirely clear where the colliders for the walls were but nothing game breaking. Great job and glad to see people making pinball games!
This totally gave me Windows XP Pinball vibes – what a legend that game was! :D Kinda wished for those oldschool controls (Y for left, M for right, space for both), arrow keys felt a bit odd at first. I did manage to launch the ball out of the level and got softlocked, but still had a blast. Could totally see a modern take on this popping off. Cool idea, solid execution – congrats!
Thanks for the feedback! If we expand the game I'll be sure to put the classic controls in.
Good stuff!
Enjoyed the classic pinball mechanics, havent played one in such a long time!
I got a score of 26k! I haven't played since XP... but I'm still one of those players who presses both the left and right flipper buttons at the same time.
Fun take on pinball and super clean execution. Would have loved a force respawn button as my ball glitched into a wall a couple of times, but otherwise, really enjoyable game.
Neat little pinball. Liked it, and has a challenge too.
Thanks for playing, and thanks for the review!
Played this for longer than l intended haha. Well executed game, the multiballs, multipliers and shake made this distinct from a boring pinball game. 570k, not on Jake's level yet haha
NGL Jake is a pinball wizard