Roxy Raccoon's Pinball Panic News

Dear pinball fans,


It is with a heavy heart that I must say that development of the game is on temporary hiatus. I faced a major health scare earlier this week and have been in the hospital ever since. I have no estimate on when I may be getting better or when I might be released.

That being said, this game has become my greatest passion in life and I have multiple features and content in various stages in development. I by no means plan to end development of the game but things will be quiet from my end for the time being. I plan on getting back into things once I've been released.


Thanks for your understanding and stay tuned!

• Added various post game stats to the score screen:
  
• Individual ball scores, Top Speed, Average Speed, Total Distance Travelled & Game time (If you have ideas for other stats, feel free to let me know).
  
• Imperial & Metric measurements can be swapped from the gameplay settings menu
  

• Added a new multi-screen display option in the Video Settings Menu (This must be turned on before launching the table).
  
• This option allows the backboard and DMD to be displayed on a second monitor
  

• The artwork on selected buttons now changes, rather than simply changing colors. This allows for better contrast.
  
• Improved Sticker Quality on Targets and various props.
  
• Gates/Switches now have score pop-ups.
  

• Improved level select screen navigation/controls with the gamepad.
  
• Fixed a bug where focus cam could still be activated by holes even if toggled off in the options menu.
  
• Fixed wall art on Hectic Highway.
  
• Behind the Scenes Optimization on the following tables: Construction Chaos, Blissful Builder, Sand Sanctuary & Foolish Pharaohs.
  

Fixed an issue where playing in Story Mode would not let you start or quit a game.

Sorry for the inconvenience!

• 2 New Space themed tables with multiple playfields.
  
• 1 Ball, 6 Cosmetics & 6 Furs.
  
• Additional details are to be found here.

• Space themed arcade game designed to showcase the upcoming DLC.
  
• Shoot Roxy into the corresponding holes using the cannon to score different point values.
  
• 2 unlockable Cosmetics & Furs.
  

• Free for everyone and not just those who buy the Space Spectacular DLC.
  
• Loaded with 65 voice lines.
  
• Not useable in Story mode.
  

• Overhauled the table select screen so that finding/selecting tables is much easier and faster.
  
• Unowned DLC tables have been added to the table select screen but are displayed at the very end of the table list, not to interfere with owned tables.
  

• New effects have been added to the following tables when the plunger hits the ball:
  
• Bowling Bash, Birthday Bonanza, Blissful Builder, Charming Chopper, Christmas Carnage, Construction Chaos, Crazy Carnival, Doubloon Docks, Feudal Follies, Great Gamble, Graceful Games, Practice Playground, Rickety Rapids, Silly Circus, Sly Samurai, Training Tracks
  

[h2]Improved visual effects[/h2]

• Sand Sanctuary: Shields have new spark effects when being hit by a ball.
  
• Christmas Carnage: Present spawn effects improved.
  
• Practice Playground: Stationary targets have new effects when being hit by a ball.
  

[h2]Improved Audio Effects[/h2]

• Hectic Highway & Charming Chopper: Improved fire hydrant sounds.
  
• Hectic Highway & Charming Chopper: Improved manhole sounds.
  
• Wonderful Willows: Improved well sounds.
  

• Fixed an issue where the camera location text would remain active after changing its position.
  
• Sly Samurai & Feudal Follies: Flippers will no longer activate when in control of the controllable bumpers (lion statues).
  
• Radical Railway: Increased flipper length, moved and rotated bottom slingshots. This allows for better ball flow in general.
  
• Christmas Carnage: Fixed a misbehaving flipper on the upper playfield.
  
• Orbiting Oddity: Fixed a problem related to score tracking.
  
• Brave Bouncer: Fixed a score tracking issue
  
• Delightful Dodger: Fixed an issue where the player could change their direction while the game was paused.
  
• Cleaned up some text on the new cutscenes.
  
• Behind the scenes optimization.
  
• Turkish localization has been improved.
  

On May 10, the game will be going free to play. The base game will become free for everyone, but DLC still cost money.

[h2]Why?[/h2]
The game has evolved into something much larger than I originally planned thanks to all your support. The game was originally never going to have DLC and was meant as a one-off experience, but I am very happy with the enthusiasm some of the players have shown towards the game.

This is simply a way to reach a larger potential audience and for more people to enjoy the game.

[h2]How Does this Impact the Players?[/h2]
Simply stated, you shouldn’t notice any real impact, other than hopefully more contestants on the leaderboards.

DLC will continue and pricing will NOT change. I will NOT be incorporating loot boxes, gacha mechanics, battle passes, energy systems or any of the stuff typically seen in mobile and/or other free to play games. This is simply a way to make the base game available to more players.


Mentioned above, I will continue to make DLC for the game and support it as always. Pricing will NOT change, and I will continue to support the game as always with a mixture of free and paid content.

I don’t plan on doing weekly updates anymore, instead focusing on larger patches. I will always employ hotfixes ASAP should the need ever arise.

There will be a patch on May 10 that introduces some improvements/fixes to old tables, and I am glad to announce that we will be going to SPACE! It is something that has been highly requested, and I am always listening to feedback and suggestions.

Spread the word, share your love for pinball and please continue to enjoy the game!


Finally, here is a preview of the new table select screen (work in progress). This should make selecting tables much faster/simpler.