Blood Bank Billiards is the newest game from Ian Harrower Games, built exclusively for the Drained playfield module on the Multimorphic P3 Pinball Platform. It is a vampiric game of eight ball, requiring the player to sink each of the pool balls before pocketing the eight ball (at the gobble hole)!
In this interview, Ian discusses Blood Bank Billiards' gameplay, and describes some of the creative decisions which have resulted in the creation of the game - including game design choices, artwork, sound design and direction, and beta testing.
Blood Bank Billiards is $199 in the Multimorphic Store.
Links:
Interview with Dan Rosenstein of the Pinball Innovators and Makers Podcast , which delves into more of Ian's background and development journey - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pinball-innovators-makers-podcast-ep-15-its-just-code/id1497645647?i=1000634372401
Bird Watcher Interview - https://foramusementonly.libsyn.com/episode-475-bird-watcher-with-ian-harrower-of-ian-harrower-games-4-21-24
Gammagoat Sample App (E.M.-style prototype P3 game) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1meuSpv90E
Ian Harrower Games website - https://ianharrowergames.com/
Learn More/Purchase Blood Bank Billiards - https://ianharrowergames.com/BloodBankBilliards/
Blood Bank Billiards Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlqVwiyPb_E
Blood Bank Billiards Reveal Livestream from Buffalo Pinball is coming soon! Keep an eye on https://twitch.tv/buffalopinball to see the game in action!
Learn more about the P3 Pinball Platform - https://www.multimorphic.com/p3-pinball-platform/
Music used in this episode: Bourbon Blues by Tom Feldmann (https://tomfeldmann.itch.io/) - used for this podcast under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Drained is playable exclusively on the Drained playfield module, manufactured by For Amusement Only Games. Learn more or purchase your copy today and shoot some pool with a friend today! https://www.drainedpinball.com/
Dungeon Door Defender is a tower defense pinball game with three distinct modes of operation. Gameplay is broken into distinct phases, with fast-paced pinball play punctuated by periods of careful consideration. Dungeon Door Defender is the first third-party game developed by Michael Ocean for the Multimorphic P3 Pinball Platform, which was released in September of 2023.
The game is currently playable on the Heist playfield module, with The Princess Bride compatibility in progress. In this interview, Michael discusses the process of game design, graphical and sound design, and some of the differences between first and third-party development.
Dungeon Door Defender is $199 in the Multimorphic Store.
Links:
Homebrew and custom pinball:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Pinball (Homebrew) - https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-pinball
Skeletongame - the custom pinball programming framework - https://skeletongame.com/
Multimorphic games discussed in this episode:
Learn more about the P3 Pinball Platform - https://www.multimorphic.com/p3-pinball-platform/
Heist Game Kit - https://www.multimorphic.com/store/p3-game-kits/multimorphic-game-kits/heist/
Weird Al's Museum of Natural Hilarity Game Kit - https://www.multimorphic.com/store/p3-game-kits/multimorphic-game-kits/wamonh/
Final Resistance Game Kit - https://www.multimorphic.com/store/p3-game-kits/multimorphic-game-kits/final-resistance/
The Princess Bride Game Kit (Standard Edition) - https://www.multimorphic.com/store/p3-game-kits/multimorphic-game-kits/the-princess-bride-game-kit-standard-edition/
The Princess Bride Game Kit (Limited Edition) - https://www.multimorphic.com/store/p3-game-kits/multimorphic-game-kits/the-princess-bride-game-kit-limited-edition/
Dungeon Door Defender:
Learn More/Purchase Dungeon Door Defender - https://www.multimorphic.com/store/p3-game-kits/3rd-party-game-kits/dungeon-door-defender/
Dungeon Door Defender forum discussion - https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/dungeon-door-defender-new-downloadable-game-for-the-p3-now-available-/
Dungeon Door Defender Reveal Livestream from Buffalo Pinball - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnILbkfv8EA
Music used in this episode: Industrial Combat Layers, John Leonard French - used with permission/under license.
Bird Watcher is a uniquely ambitious pinball game that includes game-to-game progression, collection, and a more relaxing, timed style of gameplay from Ian Harrower Games for the Multimorphic P3 Pinball Platform, which was released on November 15, 2023.
It is playable on every playfield module available (7) on the P3 as of this recording. In this interview, Ian discusses the genesis of this project, the creation of the Bird Watcher Tutorial, and does a deep dive into some of the technical aspects of game creation, game design choices, and testing a multi-module application.
Bird Watcher is $149 in the Multimorphic Store.
Links:
Interview with Dan Rosenstein of the Pinball Innovators and Makers Podcast , which delves into more of Ian's background and development journey - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pinball-innovators-makers-podcast-ep-15-its-just-code/id1497645647?i=1000634372401
Ian's Streaming Channel - https://www.twitch.tv/gammagoat
Ian Harrower Games website - https://ianharrowergames.com/
Bird Watcher Tutorial - https://op3npinball.github.io/BirdWatcherTutorial/
Op3nPinball (a collection of open source utilities for developing P3 applications) - https://ianharrowergames.com/Op3nPinball/
Learn More/Purchase Bird Watcher - https://ianharrowergames.com/BirdWatcher/
Bird Watcher Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDfwc8XXr1Q
Bird Watcher - Final Resistance Update Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crPt6E4zGs4
Bird Watcher Reveal Livestream from Buffalo Pinball - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIgsyvNJTE0
Learn more about the P3 Pinball Platform - https://www.multimorphic.com/p3-pinball-platform/
Music used in this episode: Celebrate Life! by Dark Fantasy Studio/Nicolas Jeudy http://darkfantasystudio.com/music/celebrate-life/ - used with permission of the composer/under license.
Bird Watcher is compatible with the Drained playfield module, manufactured by For Amusement Only Games. Learn more or purchase your copy today and find some bats! https://www.drainedpinball.com/