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Ep 21: LoserKid emails Deeproot, Robert Mueller responds!
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We had a few questions before Houston Arcade Expo and we figured that no one could answer them better than Robert Mueller of Deeproot! We share the answer to those questions with you. Also we talk...
Highlights
- Robert Mueller has not taken any outside money: he is self-funding Deeproot Pinball entirely from his own resources.
- Mueller spent significant money bailing out Zidware customers despite having no obligation to do so, in order to hire designer John Papaduke.
- Deeproot's first prototype will be shown at Houston Arcade Expo in low-key fashion without streaming, but attendees will take photos/videos for social media.
- Deeproot has 13 games in development pipeline, each with multiple unique innovations never before seen in pinball.
- Mueller regrets the timing of bailing out Zidware customers, believing he should have launched Deeproot first, then addressed that obligation.
- Deeproot Studios in Utah is positioned as a broader creative entity beyond just pinball, though pinball is a primary focus.
Notable quotes
“I breathe and live pinball almost every waking moment. It's something hard to get back to just standing in front of a machine and loving it for loving it.”
“I've been brash, maybe too much so. But I also know that when the world sees the forest for the trees, a lot of the mysteries will make sense.”
“We are not about selling high-priced art or animation first, hoping to hide a tired, cheap pinball design.”
“If I had to do this over again, I probably would try to do things a lot differently... I would go back and tell myself to get pinball launched first, then do the right thing.”
“Besides, no one starting small would ever dent Stern's 80% to 90% command of the market.”
“him paying off the Zidware people, that is amazing. And really, that should get a gold star banner number one option for me just because, again, he didn't have to do that at all.”
Entities
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Deeproot Pinball· company
- Deeproot Studios· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Williams-Bally· company
- Zidware· company
- Houston Arcade Expo· event
- Attack from Mars· game
- Medieval Madness· game
- Pirates of the Caribbean· game
- Loser Kid Pinball Podcast· organization
- John Papaduke· person
- Josh Roop· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Laurin Gray / Backbox Pinball Podcast· person
- Matt Shablom/Shablam· person
- Robert Mueller· person
- Scott Larson· person
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