Develop Your Own Pinball Game
by dashinishree 
Updated: Feb 27, 2023
Solution Kit
Pinball is in the category of arcade game in that player uses paddles called flippers to launch the ball into the table. The player's goal is to prevent the ball from falling past your flippers for as long as 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
13 Version:0.54The Mission Pinball Framework Media Controller. Controls graphics, sounds, DMDs, and LCD displays in MPF.
mpf-mcby missionpinball
Python 13 Version:0.54 License: Permissive (MIT)
mpf-monitorby missionpinball
9 Version:v0.56.1Graphical utilty which connects to MPF to let you visually control, troubleshoot, and see the status of the machine
mpf-monitorby missionpinball
Python 9 Version:v0.56.1 License: Permissive (MIT)
User Interface
The below user interface libraries are used for different platforms like android, Pc.
PinSimby Jerware
38 Version:v20200517XInput Game Controller for PC Pinball Games
PinSimby Jerware
C++ 38 Version:v20200517 License: Strong Copyleft (GPL-3.0)
Vector-Pinballby dozingcat
321 Version:v1.12.1Pinball game for Android.
Vector-Pinballby dozingcat
Java 321 Version:v1.12.1 License: Strong Copyleft (GPL-3.0)
Vector-Pinball-Editorby dozingcat
24 Version:0.1.0GUI editor for Vector Pinball
Vector-Pinball-Editorby dozingcat
Java 24 Version:0.1.0 License: Strong Copyleft (GPL-3.0)
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.
Pinball Controller
The below libraries are used to control the spring to start, left and right paddles to prevent ball drop.
freewpcby bcd
31 Version:CurrentA toolkit for writing controlling software for real pinball machines, especially the Bally/Williams 'WPC' games from the 1990's.
freewpcby bcd
C 31 Version:Current License: Strong Copyleft (GPL-2.0)
unity-bcp-serverby missionpinball
5 Version:v1.04Unity-based media server which connects to a pinball controller via BCP
unity-bcp-serverby missionpinball
C# 5 Version:v1.04 License: Permissive (MIT)
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
1 Version:CurrentReact JavaScript project to display scoring and stats data for the Pittsburgh Pinball League.
ppl-scoringby jjsz12
JavaScript 1 Version:Current License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)
3D Pinball Game
The pinball game can be built in 3D by using the below library.
3d-pinball-space-cadetby Neo-Desktop
63 Version:CurrentDisassembly of the Iconic 3D Pinball Space Cadet Win32 game
3d-pinball-space-cadetby Neo-Desktop
C++ 63 Version:Current License: Permissive (MIT)
PinballToolsby AdrienTD
6 Version:v0.0.1Modding tools and file format info for 3D Pinball Space Cadet and Full Tilt Pinball
PinballToolsby AdrienTD
C 6 Version:v0.0.1 License: Permissive (MIT)