Develop Your Own Pinball Game

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by dashinishree dot icon Updated: Jul 31, 2023

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Pinball is an arcade game where a player uses paddles to launch the ball into the table. It prevents the ball from falling past your flippers if possible. 


Interact with dynamic elements of the table like blockers, bumpers, flippers, gates, holes, LEDs, plungers, rollovers, slingshots, spinners, targets, ramps, and pipes to increase your score and get multipliers. This game comes with three balls. Use the arrow keys to hit the left or right flippers. Following are the steps to be followed to build Your Pinball Game, 1. Graphic designs 2. Sound effects 3. User Interface 4. Pinball controller 5. Leaderboard 6. 3D Pinball game

Graphic Designs

Listed below libraries help in creating the best graphic design for gaming applications, which is used in design tables and infrastructure in pinball.

mpf-mcby missionpinball

Python doticonstar image 13 doticonVersion:0.54doticon
License: Permissive (MIT)

The Mission Pinball Framework Media Controller. Controls graphics, sounds, DMDs, and LCD displays in MPF.

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            mpf-mcby missionpinball

            Python doticon star image 13 doticonVersion:0.54doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

            The Mission Pinball Framework Media Controller. Controls graphics, sounds, DMDs, and LCD displays in MPF.
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                      mpf-monitorby missionpinball

                      Python doticonstar image 10 doticonVersion:v0.56.1doticon
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                      Graphical utilty which connects to MPF to let you visually control, troubleshoot, and see the status of the machine

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                                mpf-monitorby missionpinball

                                Python doticon star image 10 doticonVersion:v0.56.1doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                Graphical utilty which connects to MPF to let you visually control, troubleshoot, and see the status of the machine
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                                          User Interface

                                          The below user interface libraries are used for different platforms like android, Pc.

                                          PinSimby Jerware

                                          C++ doticonstar image 38 doticonVersion:v20200517doticon
                                          License: Strong Copyleft (GPL-3.0)

                                          XInput Game Controller for PC Pinball Games

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                                                    PinSimby Jerware

                                                    C++ doticon star image 38 doticonVersion:v20200517doticon License: Strong Copyleft (GPL-3.0)

                                                    XInput Game Controller for PC Pinball Games
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                                                              Vector-Pinballby dozingcat

                                                              Java doticonstar image 321 doticonVersion:v1.12.1doticon
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                                                              Pinball game for Android.

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                                                                        Vector-Pinballby dozingcat

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                                                                        Pinball game for Android.
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                                                                                  GUI editor for Vector Pinball

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                                                                                            Vector-Pinball-Editorby dozingcat

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                                                                                            GUI editor for Vector Pinball
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                                                                                                      Sound effects

                                                                                                      Sound effects are used for ball hitting, dropping, paddles, and also starting & ending of the game. These effects can be achieved by using the below libraries.

                                                                                                      jsfxby loov

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                                                                                                      Javascript Sound Effect Generator

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                                                                                                                jsfxby loov

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                                                                                                                Javascript Sound Effect Generator
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                                                                                                                          PinVolby mjrgh

                                                                                                                          C# doticonstar image 1 doticonVersion:v2.0doticon
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                                                                                                                          Audio volume control software for virtual pinball cabinets

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                                                                                                                                    PinVolby mjrgh

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                                                                                                                                    Audio volume control software for virtual pinball cabinets
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                                                                                                                                              Pinball Controller

                                                                                                                                              The below libraries are used to control the spring to start, left and right paddles to prevent ball drop.

                                                                                                                                              freewpcby bcd

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                                                                                                                                              A toolkit for writing controlling software for real pinball machines, especially the Bally/Williams 'WPC' games from the 1990's.

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                                                                                                                                                        A toolkit for writing controlling software for real pinball machines, especially the Bally/Williams 'WPC' games from the 1990's.
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                                                                                                                                                                  vpwebby freezy

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                                                                                                                                                                  :joystick: Visual Pinball for the Web

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                                                                                                                                                                            vpwebby freezy

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                                                                                                                                                                            :joystick: Visual Pinball for the Web
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                                                                                                                                                                                      unity-bcp-serverby missionpinball

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                                                                                                                                                                                      Unity-based media server which connects to a pinball controller via BCP

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                                                                                                                                                                                                Unity-based media server which connects to a pinball controller via BCP
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                                                                                                                                                                                                          Leaderboard

                                                                                                                                                                                                          The below libraries are used to display scores, the history of the player, player name. It has a database connection to save the scores and create a leaderboard.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          ppl-scoringby jjsz12

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                                                                                                                                                                                                          React JavaScript project to display scoring and stats data for the Pittsburgh Pinball League.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    React JavaScript project to display scoring and stats data for the Pittsburgh Pinball League.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3D Pinball Game

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The pinball game can be built in 3D by using the below library.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              C++ doticonstar image 80 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              -Archived - Disassembly of the Iconic 3D Pinball Space Cadet Win32 game. Please visit @k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball for a working product

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3d-pinball-space-cadetby Neo-Desktop

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        -Archived - Disassembly of the Iconic 3D Pinball Space Cadet Win32 game. Please visit @k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball for a working product
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  PinballToolsby AdrienTD

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Modding tools and file format info for 3D Pinball Space Cadet and Full Tilt Pinball

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            PinballToolsby AdrienTD

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Modding tools and file format info for 3D Pinball Space Cadet and Full Tilt Pinball
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