Crowdfunding campagne for Zaccaria Pinball

[Zorgwon]

I don't think Zsolt does any programming, and the whole process surely looks easier than it is.

Many VP and FP tables are made by one person alone. You need the engine (UI and libraries) running, naturally.

 

[74-89]

Many VP and FP tables are made by one person alone. You need the engine (UI and libraries) running, naturally.

Yes, and you sort of get what you pay for there. Not that there aren't some good things in VP, but they are much simpler than what ASK and FS provide.

 

[night]

My guess is 2 persons, Zsolt programming and Mister X for artwork. Beta testing: we.

 

[dave950lam]

Just bumping this to see if any news/progress has been made.

 

[jaredmorgs]

At this stage the game will be released on Android in the new year. See the other thread in this sub forum for details.

 

[SilverBalls]

My guess is 2 persons, Zsolt programming and Mister X for artwork. Beta testing: we.

So Mr Z - programming, Mr X - Art, and Mr T.... makes the tea I guess. Seriously very small dev teams work very well and can be hugely productive which is demonstrated perfectly here by Ask. In my first programming job in the 90s for a software house I worked in a team of 1 doing req gathering, design, dev, testing, deployment and support. There were 2 others devs doing the same thing. In this day and age with all the scrum cobblers we have teams of 100s which over complicates the process and quite frankly less gets delivered, things take months instead of hours or days, and there are bugs galore.

 

[Zorgwon]

So Mr Z - programming, Mr X - Art, and Mr T.... makes the tea I guess. Seriously very small dev teams work very well and can be hugely productive which is demonstrated perfectly here by Ask. In my first programming job in the 90s for a software house I worked in a team of 1 doing req gathering, design, dev, testing, deployment and support.

Sid Meier developed and programmed Civilization alone, Microprose did the marketing and publishing. Later versions were made by teams.

 

[Shaneus]

I never noticed this thread before, but I'd totally back some kind of crowdfunded release of Zaccaria on other platforms. I honestly don't think there's the demand for other platforms outside of PC/Linux (such as consoles) but yeah, I'd back the hell out of a PC version if it receives the same support/updates as the iOS one.

Even if there's something in a very early stage of build and maybe go on Steam as Early Access? If the product is solid, it generally seems to be quite successful on there. But if you're looking at tiers, I'd suggest following the bronze/silver/gold of the iOS IAP but throw in some bonuses here or there. I'd kill for a Zaccaria logo t-shirt!

 

[dave950lam]

Any update on this? Now that Xbox allows indie developers, A.S.K. could have an easier time publishing on Xbox. Still hoping this comes to fruition. It would be a day one buy.

 

[Do not even ask]

Zaccaria Pinball on PC would be an instabuy from me since Zaccaria chugs on my now ancient iPhone 4. Heck, I'd get Age of Pinball on PC in a heartbeat too. Any updates regarding the progress towards a crowdfunding campaign in the future would definitely be appreciated.

 

[SilverBalls]

On PC would be fantastic with a portrait mode of course.

 

[Dedpop]

On PC would be fantastic with a portrait mode of course.

Yep. Instabuy for me.
All the tables.

 

[74-89]

Our plan is to start a campaign on one of European crowdfunding pages for Zaccaria Pinball. If you have any idea what rewards we should make, please don't hesitate.

Zaccaria RARE TABLE PACK: Including any EM tables not included in the regular pack, Strike (EM), Ski Jump (both versions!), Space City, Pinball Champ, and New Star's Phoenix. Only Pinball Champ is an actual clone, there could be a dozen tables here, and much of the work would already be done. Something to consider anyway...

Alternatively, work up this app and then sell it for 30 or 40 dollars. I'd buy it.

 

[dave950lam]

Just bumping this as many are interested in having Zac pinball on other platforms besides phones.

 

[Snorzel]

PC cant come soon enough for me! Anyone who loves Zac will be really happy to read Zsolts most recent comment in the Combat thread! If some one could quote that here so more see it...

that would be great. I dont know how to quote from another thread.

 

[dave950lam]

Tried looking but couldn't find that thread. Was going to copy and paste. Do you remember the gist of what was said in the thread? I've never seen a Zac table in the wild, but as I said before it would be a day-one buy, especially if it somehow made it's way to xbox.

 

[SickBoy]

I just wanted to add my $0.02 to the discussion and say that I'd absolutely buy every table day-one if this came to Steam (or GoG/etc... anything PC-specific). I own every FX2 table, every TPA table, kickstarted Pro-Pinball, and have a smattering of one-offs and retro pinball games... and the only suite out there that I'm drooling over and don't have yet is Zaccaria Pinball.

I would gladly pay $100+ in a single payment to have it on PC. Others may disagree, but this is the single most promising pinball suite that I've experienced (I demoed it on mobile, but I just can't play this kind of game on those systems), and desperately need it on a platform I exclusively game on.

What can we do to make this happen?

 

[Snorzel]

It was that ask homework the company who makes Zaccaria Pinball may be looking into making other recreations of real machines when the Zac tables are done. This was great news to me because I feel they do exceptional work!
Also will be releasing 8 more EMs coming in the collection, plus there are 3 more early Zacs that used Williams hardware that were made.

 

[Snorzel]

I agree about a PC port I will support any way I can

 

[Jeff Strong]

PC will definitely be my platform of choice.