damn 4th ship got away #pinball

#pinball #repair

Got Voyager's slingshots installed! Not only are they powered with DC, but they also have latching relays so they always hit with a full stroke. youtu.be/teWloxO0lGs?... #pinball #electronics #indiegame #indiedev

haven't earnestly played #pinball in what feels like a year; too busy fixing them to play them lol anyway, some mediocre scores on Black Rose, Stern StarTrek, and Bride of Pinbot

Working on the primary weapon leveling in that StarFox64 clone and it's been so long since I've gotten to model. So I wanted to treat myself and take a little bit of time while making these simple pew-pews.

Another month of work on this goober. This time it wasn't just all background stuff, so there's actually something to show! Implemented the on-rails carriage system; this is the component that carries the player through linear stages. #Godot #indiedev #StarFox64 youtube.com/shorts/xdLpF...

Finished the custom chime unit for Voyager! There's a handful of little improvements I'd like to make down the road to improve its rigidity and sound quality, but I'm happy with it so far. It might also get bigger bars to bring down the sound an octave. #pinball #custom #electronics #indiegame

Upgraded the DC circuit in Voyager! This new set up offers latching relays for the slingshots and jet-bumpers. So not only do they get the extra strength from the DC power, but also are guaranteed to fully actuate when hit by the ball. #pinball #electronics #indiegame

"If you're struggling with something, don't be afraid to reach out and ask for help! 🤗" yeah okay great, i've gotten better about doing that. what's the next step when people always flake out?

Testing out Voyager's inner loop combo today! Every successful combo will advance the end of ball bonus by 1 and 3 consecutive combos will light extra ball. #pinball #indiedev

so like are we also not allowed to celebrate this guys death or does that only apply to up and coming fascists who are still actively ruining society lol.

Ooomph, the art kit on the Stern Walking Dead rerelease is definitely a choice 🤔 #pinball

Time to wrap up Voyager's score reels with a very important circuit; the carry over! #pinball #electronics #indiegame #indiedev youtu.be/gv8_Ck3G9rU?...

Wrapped up Voyager's score reels this week by implementing its last major circuit; carry over! 'Working on a video detailing the circuit right now, 'should be up by Saturday. #pinball #electronics #indiedev

🦌Blobun is on sale for its lowest price ever! Touch every tile in this casual puzzle game with 140 puzzles and over 100 positive Steam reviews! Get it in a bundle with its OST (on steam) for less than $10! store.steampowered.com/app/3284270/... itch.io/s/163610/hal... #indiedev #gamedev #gamemaker

so why isn't paste as plain text the default?? I just wanna to copy these part numbers into an email and would prefer that it doesn't look like a ransom note lmao

This week's work on Voyager! Gotta fix a timing bug with the point relays. #pinball #electronics #indiegame #devlog youtu.be/DPHLUi8Bgcg?...

New video on Voyager's point relays should be up tomorrow morning. In the meantime, I've been designing a custom chime unit for the machine! The 3Dprinted parts are prototypes, the final unit will be all steel; which should greatly improve rigidity. #pinball #electronics #indiegame #indiedev

Installed a 5" bell in Voyager today! It'll ring when a player earns 1,000,000 points! #pinball #electronics #indiegame

man, Godot's container nodes sure are something

Started putting together Voyager's point relays this week! The machine is starting to get complicated, so I also tried shooting a short video: youtube.com/shorts/3H2zp... #pinball #indiedev #electronics

🦊Blobun v1.1 is out now! This update introduces input remapping as well as tons of optimizations to the game! There's quite a bit of stuff in this update, so be sure to take a look! This is the last big update to Blobun for a while. Thank you all for playing! store.steampowered.com/news/app/328...

reject binary, return to relay 🐵

Ran out of brown and grey wire today so I wasn't able to finish the last of Voyager's score reel logic. That said, the point relays have been installed and the player score select relays are finally being incorporated! #indiedev #electronics #pinball

Voyager's score reels are now resetting! Next up I'll be finishing off the score reel circuit by incorporating the player select relays and point relays. #indiedev #pinball #electronics

Did some wiring on Voyager today! The machine now remains in reset mode until all of the score reels are zeroed out. The next part will be hooking up the score reset relays. Those will pulse the score reels; advancing them from whatever number they're on to zero. #indiedev #pinball

Buying color coded wire has gotten difficult in recent months, so I've had to devise a method to make my own in house. #indiedev #electronics #pinball

More progress with Voyager! Player Select relays, Score Reset relays, Credit Reel, and Score Reels have been installed! I had to design and order some special 6 digit score reel mounts, 'cuz this will be a million point game. Now to order some wire and start hooking things up! #indiedev #pinball

Another Snoodle board update; now with analog inputs! Just the two axis at the moment, but the code will be expanded to support eight. #indiedev #electronics #arcade

It's been a sawdust kinda day. Voyager's mech panel needed holes for the player 1 and 2 score reels as well as a funny shaped hole for the credit reel. With the help of the 3D printer, I made some simple jigs for the router's trace bit. #indiedev #pinball #woodworking

Sorry I haven't posted about that StarFox project in a while. I wanted to give lasers to enemies and that ended up triggering a 2 month long project wide refactor lol I can't express how happy I am to finally check this box #indiedev

Felt like relaxing today with a Gameboy repair. This fella was given to me years ago. It would boot, but couldn't read carts. Suspecting the edge connector, I found one of the pins heavily corroded. So, I took some wire, bent it into shape, hardened it, and now it's playing again! #electronics

Giving the Snoodle board a work out after writing the code that handles button inputs! The game is Buck Up and Drive! by @fontes.bsky.social #indiedev #arcade #electronics

The new rev.1 Snoodle board is loaded up with components and after a wee bit of software setup it's now working away! #indiedev #arcade #electronics

Ordered the first custom fabricated part for my EM pinball project! This long piece is a ball guide and will form the inner loop. #indiedev #pinball

Rev.1 Snoodle boards have arrived!

A mechanic I've been meaning to implement quite a long time and finally all the other systems are where they need to be for it to work properly, Momentum! Pick up speed going down slopes and lose some speed going up them! #indiedev #gamedev #outclasshunter

Revision 1 Snoodle I/O boards are on the way! These feature the fix for the serial data bus as well as new status lights. In the meantime, I'll continue to use the prototype to develop the microcontroller code. #indiedev #arcade #electronics

Please ignore my fucky wucky uwu I forgot that the output of the 74hc165 always asserts, so the dipswitch shift register bank and button bank were fighting over the single serial data input. lol To fix this an additional chip (CD4066) had to be added. #indiedev #arcade #electronics

task force: there is one anomaly in the darkness. we must be careful not to be taken off guard by this unknown force the subject, logging into it's favorite speed game: #godotengine #godot #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

It's alive!! I wrote the first little chunk of code for the I/O board; reading the dipswitch settings on boot. The data needs bit flipped and it's order inverted, but hey it's something! #indiedev #arcade #electronics

Update on the I/O board from a couple of days ago The prototype boards and their components arrived today! Got one if them fully populated and power tested. Now to start programming it! #indiedev #arcade #electronics

Tic Tac Toe has been running great, then yesterday I find it off with the smell of ozone. 'Opened it up and found the lock relay was fried. This particular relay is energized the entire time the game is on, so it's not uncommon for them to burn up after a few years of service. #pinball

I know public appearances can be a pain in the neck but goddamn

my magnum opus #godotengine #godot #indiedev #solodev

store.steampowered.com/bundle/58902 WordScoop, @cyansorcery.com's Blobun, and @fontes.bsky.social's Buck Up And Drive are available in a bundle, and they're all on sale, to boot! #SteamBundle #IndieGames #BuckUpAndDrive #Blobun #WordScoop

If I'm gonna get reamed by these bullshit illegal tariffs, maybe I should try ordering from a states side board house- oh... never mind. (🇨🇳 / 🇺🇸)

uh, welp... not every day someone just gives you a Stern Spider-Man Vault Edition for free brb, gonna pass out lmao

I'm happy with this layout of the indie arcade I/O board, we'll see if the traces like it too. (they won't) #electronics