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Ep 28: Whatabonus
PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago1 hr 37 min listenBy Jeff Teolis & Martin Robbins
Final Round Pinball Podcast Episode 28: Whatabonus Hosts: Jeff Teolis & Martin Robbins Special Guest: Steven Bowden, Rules Designer, deeproot Pinball The latest from deeproot, Retro Atomic Zombie...
Highlights
- Snack Shop Targets on Raza provide playfield multipliers that are earned through deflection shots and other methods, not direct flipper shots
- Raza's ramp mechanic is now easy to combo, requiring rule adjustments to how playfield multipliers are accessed compared to earlier versions
- Food Truck will be the next Deep Root game after Raza, designed by Barry (Barry Wirth, implied)
- Food Truck gameplay involves serving burger orders quickly; poor service affects score/ratings, includes a roach as the antagonist
- Stephen Bowden moved from New Jersey to San Antonio, Texas to work for Deep Root Pinball and avoid shoveling snow
- Raza is designed as a 'wide' game with surface-level accessibility but deeper strategic scoring layers below, not a 'deep' esoteric game
- Stephen Bowden distinguishes between his Fun with Bonus Facebook group (instant sharing) and funwithbonus.com (only post after consuming content personally)
- Raza uses a limited scoring scale (max in the hundreds of thousands, not millions/billions) to manage playfield multiplier balancing
Notable quotes
“It's simple complicated. You know, it's like very simple on the surface but then like right below the surface is this layer of meta sitting there that you might not care about at all until you see it.”
“World Cup soccer on steroids. Let's see what we can do here.”
“I do have to have a split personality on this stuff... gameplay Steve versus rules maker Steve have a debate.”
“I want that moment where the player has a certain number of tickets and then they have like three or four choices and they're like they step back and go wait a minute now i got you.”
“I'm highly confident it was Space Shuttle... And just to think that, you know, I'm going to be working with Barry on his game.”
Entities
- Deep Root Pinball· company
- Diner· game
- Food Truck· game
- Jungle Lord· game
- Raza· game
- Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland· game
- Space Shuttle· game
- The Walking Dead· game
- Final Round Pinball Podcast· organization
- Fun with Bonus· organization
- San Antonio· organization
- Barry Wirth· person
- Brad Duke· person
- Marty· person
- Quinn· person
- Stephen Bowden· person
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