The Coin Game News

Welcome everyone to the The Coin Game. Larry and myself are very excited to be opening the doors for the first time. Come on in and play some games, win some prizes, waste some time and compete for the top spot of the global leaderboards.

We are offering the game at an 11% Discount for the launch and are very thankful for all the support and interest we have been getting over the last few weeks. We hope you enjoy playing the games as much as we enjoy building them.

Finished features for launch day:

- Hand Tools, Flashlight and a Rubberband Gun
- 12 spot inventory backpack to carry those prizes
- Interactable Smartwatch w/ Minimap, Stats, Teleporter and more
- Sweet golf cart to cruise the island on your birthday
- 16 Arcade machines at Larry's Arcade that all pay in tickets
- 4 Scratch off Lotto Games that pay in CASH
- Home base garage to store your prizes and golf cart
- Fully stocked Prize kiosk for buying prizes
- Ticket counting/eating machine
- Full gas station with vending machines and lotto games
- Pawn shop to sell your old prizes
- Newspaper delivery route to make some extra money
- Complete Bus Island Transit system with 7 bus stops around the island. (for more expansion in the future and challenges and adventures later in the game)

You always claimed you were the world's greatest skeeball player.... Now you have your arena to prove it!

See you in the arcade. :)

Thank you VERY MUCH for supporting an indie developer.

Kevin
devotid

TCG Release Date

I am very happy to say that I have received a released date for The Coin Game and it will be available for purchase on Friday, February 22nd at 08:00 am PST. The game will feature an 11% launch discount to all the early EA supporters! It is time to officially open the doors to Larry's Arcade Adventure.

This Friday you can get in early on the fun and join us in the first version of a wacky arcade adventure. Play over 20 different high tech modern arcade machines and games with a fully featured First Person View controller. The Coin Game features a complete 12 spot backpack inventory, hand tools, interactive minimaps, a rubber band gun, lots of junk food, a bunch of silly robots and a cool old golf cart to cruise the island with..... More on all those goodies later. For now your job is to enjoy the arcades and island activities while the robots finish construction around the island.

Here are some more pics from the new builds. I will try to sneak some more out in the next day or so..... Thanks again

Kevin
devotid


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzZhww2ySRM



Birthday mode will be taking center stage for the Early Access version as it really highlights the arcade and gives everyone the ability to learn the machines, controls and the island at their own pace. Your rich Uncle Phil has bought out the VIP side of the arcade and the Money Grabber machine is free for a limited time. Plus, who doesn't love a birthday party? What out for the bot minions though they are crazy there.

The birthday room is accessible from any of the arcade entrances in Birthday mode. The arcade even has a animatronic band to play you some show tunes.

"Survivor mode" is still getting a couple features finished up with the coming curfew and other surprises we have in store after launch.



For all those new here please consider looking at some of my older "News" announcements made here to catch up!
T.L.D.R. version... The Coin Game is a virtual arcade full of ticket redemption machines. Win tickets, money, prizes, and enjoy this casual time waster. The little minion bots are happy it's your birthday, but are really only there for the band.



Warning: Please remember "The Coin Game" is an early access game and was built by a one man indie dev. So please spread the word if you can.

See you in the arcade.

Introducing, "Teddy and the Ticket Eaters" a.k.a. the band

Timed Money Machine

V.I.P. room & Minion bots

I have built a small "tech demo" that will be available for a limited time on The Coin Game Steam Store page. You will see a small Download Demo button on the bottom right hand side of the store page. I built a demo to give early arcade adventurers the chance to try a sample of the game before the full game drops on Feb 11th. Make sure to add us to your Steam Wishlist to get more info and be ready when it comes out.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/598980/The_Coin_Game/

The Demo includes limited test versions of the Cuckoo Coin Pusher and the all time classic SkeeBall. There is also a Ticket counter to tally up those wins. There is a few prizes laying around on the pallets to test your inventory system (Hold TAB for your smartwatch menu and Then center mouse wheel to cycle through the smartwatch menus 5 tabs until you get to the Backpack) .



Feel free to throw some prizes around and get a feel for the player controller. F Key will pick up the current gameobject you are hovering (If it can go in your backpack). You can even shoot stuff with your rubber band pistol. Change right hand tools with 1, 2, 3 KEYS and cycle between a flashlight, Rubber Band Gun and your Players Card. You can also cycle the center mouse wheel to change tools when you are not in watch mode or at a machine.

The demo scene takes place during the final filming of the games trailer. So you are kind of in the way of everybody and the security guard will let you know. Who cares though.... you have tickets to win! Just club that rent a robot over the head with your flashlight and start winning some fidget spinners.



Here are some screenshots of the Limited Demo. It's out now! So what are you waiting for? Don't forget to add us to your wishlist.

Continued from Larry's Arcade Machines Part 1




Here is a quick preview of the "Mega Drop" arcade game.
https://youtu.be/Yq2wdH8eAzg

Mega Drop is a relatively new game in the arcade scene. One play involves timing the drop of a rubber bouncy ball onto a spinning game board and then filling into one of the winning slots to win the prize amount shown. Mystery wins, Jackpots and even a Bonus Ball round are the big prizes. The machine will tally all of your drops after the game is over. The Mega Jackpot value is usually pretty large but involves quite a bit of luck to hit the center platform pocket. I have only gotten one in 2 months of testing. I almost spit soda all over my monitor. haha.






Here is a quick preview of the "Big Bass Wheelin" new arcade game.
https://youtu.be/g2Fu_BO7Fws

Big Bass Wheelin is a simple game. Pay a buck to spin the wheel and catch a boat load of tickets. You dont even need bait. I was thinking of adding a bonus spin to the logic somehow but dont have any good ideas. Let me know what you guys and gals think.






Here is a quick preview of the "Dunk-O" arcade game.
https://youtu.be/eHAUEqC1sjM

Dunk-O coin pusher style arcade game with an added bonus wheel and 8 Collector Cards. I LOVE COIN PUSHERS. This is where this game all started. I built a few tests in Unity about 7 years ago now and thought one day I would love to build a room full of coin pushers to enjoy. Well I can finally say that day is here. Objective is to light all of the DUNKO letters to get a bonus spin for bigger tickets. You also receive one ticket for every coin that falls off of the edge. Dunko also has 8 game cards that you can win, collect and also trade for prizes. Dunko is the only place you can get these Trading Cards and will come in later in the Survival mode... ;)






Here is a quick preview of the "Treasure in the Sand" arcade game.
https://youtu.be/N1v6EHP22oI

Treasure in the Sand is a fun physics game where you have to clear the game board of sand and treasure without touching the shovel in the center of the board. Each sand chunk is worth 1 point and the treasure chests are worth 15 points. If you can get more than 300 points you win the Jackpot. You get paid according to the scale on the game HUD. I am still tweaking the winning amounts on this game and the payouts may change a bit.







Here is a quick preview of the " Hockey Hut" arcade game
https://youtu.be/kgj6ed1t0PQ

Hockey Hut is a snatcher style game with a Bonus. The recent popularity of the rotating snatcher style games is growing and I can see why. They are really addicting and fun. So many near wins for the puck to just bounce off of the post and lose it all. The object is to spell the word HOCKEY and win the jackpot. The lights will stay lit between rounds so you can work on your progress through many games. I know I did. You can stack up some pretty big wins by just looking for the larger numbers and poaching them as they skate by. ;)






A quick preview of the Claw Madness Ball Edition machine.
https://youtu.be/BWAsGM9fQkQ

Claw Madness Ball Edition is claw crane machine. This is the same idea as the regular claw machine but with round balls instead of the ticket coils. I saw this game on some of the popular Youtubers sites and thought we need one of those. I have really enjoyed the claw machines in The Coin Game because they are the same every play. There is no computed winning algorithms. There is no fake loses. Just pure skill and cranes.






A quick preview of the Cuckoo Coins machine.
https://youtu.be/GPV6Gcp9QvU

The Cuckoo Coin Machine is a coin pusher with an added bonus wheel. You can win Money, Windproof Lighter, swiss army knife and a fidget spinner. The objective is to light all of the "COINS" letters to get a bonus spin for bigger tickets. You also receive one ticket for every coin that falls off of the edge.



So that's all the Arcade Machines from Larry's Arcade. Stay tuned for another announcement about all the other machines, prizes and things to do in Islandville when your not bothering the guy at the arcades prize counter...

Dont forget to add The Coin Game to your wishlist to be the first notified when you too can start playing games and winning prizes.

ALSO... Be on the lookout for a simple FREE TECH DEMO with one coin pusher and skeeball to show the game mechanics and the player controls for The Coin Game. It will allow users to test the game on their system and get an idea of how the game and all of the other machines will function.

More info on the coming FREE demo in another announcement. Thanks for reading and we can not wait to get the EA version and FREE DEMO out to you all soon.


devotid.

In Part 1 of this announcement, I will cover about half of the machines to keep the length down of the post down. The rest of Larry's arcades machines will be in Larry's Arcade Machines Part 2.


I am happy to say Larry's Virtual Arcade is filling up nicely and now has a total of thirteen ticket redemption machines. Larry's is the first arcade available to play on Islandville Island. The arcade never closes and has a soda machine to keep you hydrated if you are playing survival mode. Arcade machines can be played when your player card is inserted and you have enough money on the card. After playing a machine, your tickets will be in your left hand and will be considered "Uncounted tickets". All of the tickets that you win will have to be "counted" in the ticket shredder next to the Prize redemption area. Once you have "shredded and counted" your tickets you will see them in your watch values and no longer in your left hand. Now they are available to spend on items and counted in the game as "Counted Tickets".

https://youtu.be/ZeXZi9I52Tc



You can then purchase any of the available prizes from the prize kiosk in the arcade. It features a cool hologram display of the prize and to purchase just click and hold for one second on the prize of your choice. If you have enough tickets the item will materialize on the prize counter to your right. You can then play with it for hours and hours or just add it to your inventory (Backpack has 12 spots) and then go back to winning more tickets.




Here is a quick preview of the "Stackem UP" new arcade game.
https://youtu.be/Hn6pI78ik1I

Introducing Stackem Up, a highly addictive skill based arcade game loved by many. The goal of the game is to align rows of moving blocks on top of each other. A player who can stack all rows to the minor prize will be awarded with a 250 Ticket bundle. Or let it ride and go for the Major prize. A new set of them fancy headphones everybody is walking around with.






Here is a quick preview of the "Prize Master" new arcade game.
https://youtu.be/1drQUazbF2c

The Prize Master is hugely popular arcade game that awards prizes to those who can fit the key into a lock using a mechanical arm. The prize amount increases the according to the rows of the gameboard. The lower rows of prizes are the easiest to unlock and the top row prizes are big money but much harder to unlock. As the arm increases in height it also increases in speed... so get your timing down and this game can payout some good money and tickets. It is the most expensive game at $5.00 per play (4 plays) in the arcade but also has the largest payouts of all of them.






Here is a quick preview of the "Dizzy Bird" new arcade game.
https://youtu.be/5Lm1LXq20_w

Dizzy Bird is a skill based ticket redemption game that is fun for all levels of skill. If your ball stops on the green light you win 500 Tickets plus a bonus spin, If you land in the red lights you get a 100 tickets and a bonus spin. The second spin is for 2500 Bonus tickets. You just have to hit the green lit and it's all yours.







Here is a quick preview of the "Speed Drop" new arcade game.
https://youtu.be/GV8JthOcuTE

Speed Drop is an addictive fast-paced arcade game fairly new to the arcade scene. The idea is to drop all of the balls into moving buckets in a timed session. All you have to do is get that timing down and the 1000 tickets are yours. It sounds easy... but it is not. One of my favorite games in the arcade and I play it often while I am working. haha. Which is probably the reason I am writing in 2019 instead of 2018. ;)






Here is a quick preview of the "Claw Madness" arcade game.
https://youtu.be/h6h6aW_p0kU

Claw Madness is a classic claw crane machine full of tickets for your scooping. Claw machines have been a staple in the arcade scene for years. I mean who doesn't love a claw machine? Once you get the the action down on the Claw Madness it offers a great chance at big ticket wins. After the game is complete (four credits per play) you can find your prizes in the prize bin. Pick them up and head over to the ticket eater to count your winnings and then blow them on some useless carnie mirrors that you just going to sell in a few years at a garage sale. haha






Here is a quick preview of the "Skee Ball" new arcade game.
https://youtu.be/hDAJ6Z85kXQ

Skee Ball the REAL arcade classic! Skee Ball is one of the first redemption games ever made. It was invented in 1908 by Joseph Fourestier Simpson. It is played by rolling a wooden ball up an inclined lane that directs the balls into a bullseye ring. The player gets 8 balls each play. The Max score you can receive is 800. You will never get it but it's possible. haha. Like most arcade you will get paid .5 tickets per point. So half.



All of the machines are still being tweaked on their winning values to make them balanced and fair. We will be making changes throughout the early access program.

the rest of the machines are covered in Larry's Arcade Machines Part 2.