Episode 22: Dungeons & Dragons Pinball - We Played it - Initial Thoughts w/ Ian from Nudge Magazine!
In this episode, we’re diving deep—how deep? A full 45 minutes! But with so much to cover, it’s worth it. I’ll introduce you to Ian from Nudge, share our behind-the-scenes experience at Stern...
Highlights
- Dungeons & Dragons will feature 38+ different monsters, with plans for even more post-launch
- The game scales difficulty as players level up: higher-level enemies have more health/quantity rather than becoming easier
- Dwight Sullivan was a Dungeons Master and started a D&D club, bringing personal expertise to the game's storytelling
- The dragon toy is significantly larger than the Jurassic Park toy mechanism
- The shield mechanic requires a quick button press and will likely be revised post-launch due to player confusion
- Brian Eddy returns to three-flipper fan layouts with this game, his second three-flipper title
- The game contains hundreds of lines of dialogue coded by multiple team members
- Stern invited media (YouTubers, podcasters, bloggers, streamers, magazine creators) for hands-on play before public release
Notable quotes
“at the end of the day, it's a pinball machine. So like the story can be cool, but it's got to... your end logic is this is pinball. So how do I make it still feel like a pinball machine?”
“dude, it's like the spread gun because you can launch all your balls at the dragon”
“I get to see the things that you like or the things that on your face you're like oh I'm not not the biggest fan”
“Brian Eddy feels back with this game. It feels like a good Brian Eddy game.”
“pinball is an in-person thing. Yeah. It's really hard to pull stuff from a video.”
“I honestly didn't give a shit until we started playing it”
“I think I spent the most time on the pro and I was having just as much fun”
“I think it's a game that we wanted it to be... someone who's deep into the code can understand it and someone who's walking up for the first time... just wants to like kill a dragon... you know... will understand the dragon battle thing”
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Interium· event
- Attack on Mars· game
- Black Knight Sword of Rage· game
- Bond 60th· game
- Diamond Lady· game
- Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant's Eye· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Medieval Madness· game
- The Shadow· game
- Venom· game
- X-Men· game
- Nudge Magazine· organization
- The Flipside Pinball Podcast· organization
- Brian Eddy· person
- Dwight Sullivan· person
- Elizabeth· person
- Ian Jacobi· person
- Retro Ralph· person
- Roger Sharp· person
- Tyler White· person
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