Pineball

The game
The game showing the ball drop status
The opening screen showing the instructions
The closing screen
The logo

Inspiration

Pinball has always been one of my favourite arcade games. With the theme in mind, I wanted to make something that celebrates the love I have for it!

What it does

Inspired by the classic pinball, Pineball inherits many of the components that we love in the original game: flippers to hit the ball, bumpers and edges to bounce from and a satisfying gameplay!

All this takes a natural twist as the ball (A pinecone!) is launched up from a river to travel across the board bumping off from natural elements like rocks, stones, flowers and hills; through different physiographic zones which lie across the map.

The map has 6 regions: the Green Grasslands, the Icy Enclave, the Rocky Desert, the Valley of Flowers, the Vapour Swamps and the Lower Plains. Each region presents its own features.

GAMEPLAY INSTRUCTIONS: Your goal is to maximize your score. You do this by not letting the ball drop down. You get 3 balls to play, and after the 3rd ball drops, the game ends.

Space/Down Arrow: To lauch the ball. Hold to increase potential.

Left Arrow / A:Left Flipper

Right Arrow / D: Right Flipper

How we built it

I first drew up a rough draft of how the game should look. Then after running some initial experiments on Unity, I started working on the game art. I made all the art myself on Procreate. After that I started with making the actual game (on Unity) based on the rough draft which I had made earlier.

Challenges we ran into

The biggest challenge that I faced was that there was a huge power cut due to a storm last night. This meant that I couldn't even use fans and air conditioners, let alone the wi-fi. To add on, I needed to charge my laptop ASAP. Well thankfully after 3 hours or so the power came back and I was able to resume my work. But the anxiety that I might not be able to submit was very real!

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Making a complete game, art included, by myself in a weekend! The fact that it is also one of my all time favourite games is just the cherry on top of the cake!