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Love the artwork, and very interesting concept. Quite well put together too, all the mechanics seemed to work as described. It did take a while for it to gel in my mind the correct way to play, and once I understood the base game loop, I found it a little hard to manage all the different scenes without letting that pesky first character back in, but I imagine that's stuff you could work on in tuning and expanding upon the gameplay.

Nicely done! Cool concept and well executed for a jam.

Hey folks, I’ve had my head down working on some game systems, but I’m taking a quick break to put out a new release (0.2.0). It’s a small update, but a fun one:

Play the new release at itch.io

You can now cycle between several new ball looks: 

Also, the plunger visual has been improved:

Check out the blog post for more details

Glowy Pinball (working title) is aesthetically inspired by the neo-retro/synthwave/neon + vector-graphics look of games such as Geometry Wars or Asteroids Deluxe. Beyond the looks, I'm planning for some experimental gameplay, but those details will be disclosed when the game gets deeper into development.

For now, you can already "play" the first build here: https://nomad2097.itch.io/pinball

This is a first “developer build” (think version 0.1). There isn’t a game there yet, but you can check out the basic flipper physics and a first pass at the aesthetics.

Demo vid (Release 0.1.0):

I'm planning to release new builds often as development progresses, so if this seems like your kind of jam, please add to your collection and follow along!

If you'd like to follow along with development, check out the dev thread for a collection of materials.

Hi folks, just starting up this devlog thread for my first game on itch.io

It's a pinball game, with one of the main aspects being a neo-retro/synthwave/neon kind of look (think Geometry Wars and similar). There will be more to the game itself too, but those details will come in time.

My plan is to release early and often, so please follow along if it's your kinda jam. You can already "play" the first build here: https://nomad2097.itch.io/pinball

NOTE: This is a first “developer build” (think version 0.1). There isn’t a game there yet, but you can check out the basic flipper physics and a first pass at the aesthetics.

Video demo (Release 0.1.0):

Progress

This thread will collect my progress notes and related materials. I'm hoping to provide some detailed insight into the dev process with each release (at least).

Release 0.1.0 (2026-05-28)

• I'm making some glowy pinball: Itch.io DevLog #1  
• A more detailed dev recap: Goes into my motivations for releasing early as well as my initial dev approach towards the aesthetics

Release 0.2.0 (2026-07-17)

• Let's look at some balls: Blog post detailing the release, including screen and videos captures