tmek Posted December 15, 2015 Posted December 15, 2015 Hi VPUniverse! I'm the creator of "Pinball Labs", a new pinball simulator, editor, and API built using Unreal Engine 4. Pinball Labs aims to have highly accurate physics and visuals and will support three display modes, Desktop, VR and Virtual Cabinet. Pinball Labs includes a host of virtual assets like pop-bumpers, slings, lights, spinners, drop-targets, plungers, etc., Pinball Labs' editor will allow anyone to easily design and play their own virtual pinball machines with drag and drop simplicity. Last but not least, our API supports connectivity of virtual pinball to real world hardware or emulators. Enthusiasts with virtual pinball cabinets will have the power to to hook up real world buttons, lights, solenoids and other physical feedback devices directly to Pinball Labs' simulation. I'm excited to announce the Kickstarter for Pinball Labs is now LIVE! Check out the Kickstarter page for more information and list of features for the project. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1820215579/pinball-labs Here's a work in progress video of a Pinball Labs recreation. In this video Pinball Labs is using its API and "Event Stream" to interface with an instance of VPinMAME. This second video shows how any number of clients can connect to the Pinball Event stream to read or write data for switches, lamps, solenoids, DMD data and more! Here's an downloadable alpha demo of the Pinball Labs simulator. This build isn't quite a playable game with scoring, etc but it should give you a feel for the physics and visuals. https://mega.nz/#!rIwVFTBS!nPrLgVrwTbQM3mJs6FMjOQhH460ziMis7yo0yj6aBhs If you find this project interesting please spread the word! Thank you for your support! This post has been promoted to an article
Administrators Dazz Posted December 15, 2015 Administrators Posted December 15, 2015 Thanks for posting this here on VPU. This looks very promising. I backed at Wizard level! I'll definitely download the alpha and give it a test once I get home.
Content Provider chinzman93 Posted December 16, 2015 Content Provider Posted December 16, 2015 I am really excited to see this get going!
Rappelbox Posted December 19, 2015 Posted December 19, 2015 Looks nice! Is it possible to run pin2dmd with it?
gStAv Posted December 19, 2015 Posted December 19, 2015 PIN2DMD would work directly with PinMAME, so the build in support would in that case be for originals.
Content Provider UncleSash Posted December 19, 2015 Content Provider Posted December 19, 2015 joined! WIZARD! YEAHHH! Can not wait to get the final release! Hope that you reach your kickstarter goal!
RustyCardores Posted December 28, 2015 Posted December 28, 2015 I'm very keen to see this advance and have made a pledge.
Rushfan1974 Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 I'm backing at wizard level when I get outta bed to pay, no paypal on Kickstarter?
tallguy Posted January 11, 2016 Posted January 11, 2016 Will the project support "real" pinball machines, or is it strictly geared to "fantasy" tables? I imagine that real tables could be rebuilt in Pinball Labs, but are there any plans to import VP or FP tables?
Content Provider Itchigo Posted January 11, 2016 Content Provider Posted January 11, 2016 From what I understand this is another type of "Visual Pinball". It'll support both real and originals. From what I've read there is no Paypal option. Hope that helps.
slydog43 Posted January 11, 2016 Posted January 11, 2016 From what I have played with and read, this could be a real game changer. He got support working for VPinMame in 1 day, says he will add DOF support so force feedback will work with existing configs (this is huge), works with both originals and recreations, works with Oculus Rift (unbelievable). I'm going to be very upset if this doesn't go through. please everyone pledge something if they can (I have nothing to do with this project)
ViriiGuy Posted January 12, 2016 Posted January 12, 2016 Count me in on Master level. It looks promising. Unfortunately, it looks like you will not meet your funding goal.
jukedock Posted January 12, 2016 Posted January 12, 2016 I am throwing a point of view into 'the pot' here. This is obviously something that will - in the end be charged for. Pinball emulation is not a massive business, and most will download VP and PinMAME for free, along with all the games they want. With VPX that i feel is amazing, what differences is this new engine going to add?How much will the package be?How much will each game be? What spec computer will it need?If the games are being sold, licensing for each game will be a large cost factor. I am just asking these questions as it could be why people are not pledging...
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