Roxy Raccoon's Pinball Panic News

I am pleased to announce that there will be a free expansion coming to the game next week to celebrate the launch of Roxy Raccoon's Bowling Bash.
I have put together a small trailer showcasing some of the content which is attached to the bottom of the page.
There will be full patch notes released next week to explain everything in full detail.
Here are some key features of the update: New chapter in story mode (new cutscene), one new table, an alternate announcer, an unlockable bowling ball, 3 more cosmetic items & fur colors.

I will also be putting the game on sale, including all DLC. So now would be a good time to spread the word and to pick up any DLC you may be interested in! ːGrenadierː

• There is a new Thunderbird which has been added to the following tables: Radical Railway, Wacky West. It replaces one of the ravens on each table.
  
• Cleaned up the ending cutscene.
  
• Minor behind the scenes optimization.
  
• Performance improvements on Great Gamble & Graceful Games.
  

Side note:
You may see achievements and leaderboards have already gone up, this is for testing purposes and the update won't be live until next week!


Cheers!





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• Added Kickback.
  
• The table starts with kickback & this is also tied to the rollover mission. The rollover mission no longer grants ball saver.
  

• The super gem has new and improved audio effects
  
• Charming Chopper has improved explosion sounds on the rockets.
  
• Barrel sound effects on Cowboy County improved
  
• Lowered volume on Spark boxes on charming chopper & hectic highway
  
• Lowered Volume on mushrooms on Wonderful Willows
  
• Lowered Volume on slingshots on Graceful Games
  
• Tables with more than 1 set of flippers have had their volume normalized to account for additional flippers
  

• The trials screen has been cleaned up - Titles of quests are underlined
  
• Rapid Ryan on main menu is no longer using his Magic outline
  
• Fixed a ball stuck location on Blissful Builder
  
• Fixed a bug related to the new cutscene
  
• Fixed a bug where the DMD volume did not always load the saved volume
  
• Behind the scenes optimization
  
• Raceways have received performance improvements.
  

I will start off by saying that Nectar has now been released and that development of Roxy Raccoon's Bowling Bash has been gone much better than expected, so I am ahead of my planned schedule.

That being said, there will still be no August DLC for pinball but I do plan on releasing something else exciting instead... details to follow in the near future.

My game plan in the future is to release a DLC pack approximately every 2 months, I will be going back to the 2 table per pack format. 2 Months is not set in stone, some tables take longer than others and it may be a 3 month gap in-between packs.

I would also like to continue to have a "focused theme" to both tables and focus on something new each time.

That being said, it's been brought to my attention that none of my existing tables use the Kickback mechanic, so I will be using it in both of the tables in the next pack. I also took a look at the pre-existing tables and saw that Silly Circus was an ideal candidate where I could easily add it in without changing the layout of the table.



Stay tuned Roxy fans, big things are coming!

• A new cutscene has been added that takes in place between Practice Playground & Hectic Highway has been added to the Story Mode. ***

• The power-boxes on Charming Chopper & Hectic Highway have new sound effects.
  
• All tables with Racepipes have received minor performance improvements.
  
• The plunger firing strength has been modified and randomness has been changed on the following arcade tables: Barricade Barrage, Catch-a-Rabbit, Firing Frenzy, Scary Scorer, Soccer Showdown, Whack-a-Rabbit.
  
• Trial descriptions have been cleaned up on the following tables: Blissful Builder, Construction Chaos, Crazy Carnival, Graceful Games, Great Gamble, Hectic Highway, Magical Meadows, Practice Playground, Radical Railway, Silly Circus, Training Tracks, Wacky West, Wonderful Willows
  

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Q: This is near the beginning, why was it added?

A: It was brought to my attention that the latter half of the game had the majority of cutscenes and that you play 4 tables in a row without any story in-between. This is to help with the game’s pacing. Not only this, but certain elements of the story were lost when converting the game from a 3D platformer to a pinball game and I felt this would help clarify a few things.


Q: I already beat this part of the story though, how does this impact me?

A: Unfortunately, you will not be able to access your current point in Story mode until you watch this cutscene. However, you can simply load it and click skip if you aren’t interested in watching it. Then simply quit out of Story mode and your previous progress will be restored. Sorry for the inconvenience.

• Nectar is a shoot ‘em up about the birds and the bees set in the world of Roxy Racoon. I encourage you to check it out and share your thoughts!
• This is set after the events of Roxy Raccoon & Pinball Panic but Roxy does not appear in the game.
  

• The 5 hummingbird sisters from Nectar have been added to the table, you can find them sitting around all over the table.
  

• Warlock Ryan has been added as a new playable character. This is based on his appearance from Nectar.
  
• Warlock Ryan is available to all players who have unlocked Rapid Ryan.
  

• Warlock Ryan has been added to the character viewer.
  
• The 5 hummingbird sisters have been added to the character viewer.
  
• The Super Gem now has a new and improved collection/explosion effect.
  
• Cleaned up the Customization Screen.
  
• Cleaned up the Score Screen when playing games in the Arcade.
  
• Optimization/Performance improvements on the following tables: Graceful games, Great gamble, blissful builder, Charming chopper, Hectic Highway, Cowboy County, Radical Railway, Wonderful Willows.
  
• Fixed an issue where the ball could clip through the bottom blockers on Great Gamble.
  
• Fixed an issue where leaderboard scores weren't being uploaded for some users.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Raccoon's roll style wasn't changeable for characters other than Roxy.
  
• Fixed a bug where some player's scores weren't being uploaded to the leaderboards.
  

• 3 Retro styled pinball tables themed to the Wild West. Store page found here.

• Hats & Cosmetics have been separated into two categories.
  
• Cosmetics are things such as glasses & hammers and other various props that go directly on Roxy's face. This means you can now wear a hat & glasses simultaneously.
  
• A New Achievement has been added for equipping a "Cosmetic" item.
  

• New arcade machines have been added to Great Gamble & Graceful Games.
  
• Improved lighting on gold piles in Graceful Games.
  
• New sign and prop artwork on Charming Chopper & Hectic Highway.
  
• Slightly modified the character viewer menu.
  
• Background on "How to Play" screen now slightly darker.
  
• Audio now plays when using the bumpers on the gamepad to change selections on various menus.
  
• Fixed a bug where some buttons on main menu played the wrong audio when pressed.
  
• Fixed a bug related to the gold piles on Graceful Games.