One constant annoyance with bringing pins to expos is people starting a multi player game, playing a ball or two and then walking away. The next player gets a seemingly endless game, which they'll probably abandon too. Quick power cycles don't do favors for the game and pressing the slam tilt gently requires constantly opening the coin door, a thing that becomes problematic if the game is attended by the event's staff who don't have the keys.

So here's a prototype of a mod I made; a switch that can be slipped onto coin door structure to reset the game. It's actuated by the coin return's flap.

This mod was trialed this weekend in a game expo event and it worked perfectly! The game room attendants were quickly shown what to do if someone left a game running and I witnessed it being used multiple times successfully.

The mod can be removed or moved to another game with similar coin door easily and connected to the slam tilt switch with hook clips.

#pinball #mods #hacks #arcade

Another Tapestry release where we had to keep an eye on the 4,000 character limit on What’s New.

My favorite thing about this release was doing the social actions in an extensible way: any connector can use this new API. It’s also something that we can iterate on with future development.

As with most things it was @bigzaphod’s good idea. I just ran with it.

https://blog.iconfactory.com/2025/05/tapestry-1-2-actions-and-sounds-to-soothe-the-social-beast/

Big news, everyone! Pinball Spire is coming to Nintendo Switch! 🤩

Climb to the top of a mysterious spire using special abilities and the mechanics of #pinball. Play at your own pace with the handy Focus ability that lets you slow down time and aim your shots! 🧙✨🎯

Check out the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LcQEVZvgYE

And pre-order the game with a limited-time discount:
➡️ https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/pinball-spire-switch/

(Boosts greatly appreciated!)

#nintendo #switch #gamedev #indiegame #solodev #indiegamedev #games #gaming

My co-workers are badass and I am proud of them.

EFF is suing DOGE and OPM over their illegal sharing of federal employee data.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/eff-sues-doge-and-office-personnel-management-halt-ransacking-federal-data

I think we need to organize behind “move slow and fix things”.

A pattern I’m seeing in my job and my job search is that the tech industry is still under the illusion that “move fast and break things” is right, even though we are surrounded by mountains of evidence to the contrary.

Somehow we need to break the chain.

I don’t think I’m alone in this.

Let’s go!!

RE: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@gavinclayton/112849709309086033