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BlahCade Podcast
59 min
Summary
BlahCade covers Zacharia Pinball Steam release, cabinet mode analysis, and Zen Volume 3 mobile progression mechanics.
Chris and Jared discuss Zacharia Pinball's new starter pack and campaign mode on Steam, including the design differences between original Italian layouts and modern remakes. They explore the Zachariah EM remakes' mechanical authenticity, preview Spacey's Arcade's cabinet mode analysis, and dive into Zen Pinball Volume 3's mobile progression system, with Chris beginning detailed tracking of monetization mechanics via spreadsheet.
Plenty of hardcore pinball app folks on Android and iOS have been complaining about how much grinding you need to do on Williams Pinball to get ahead. Zen Studios will be releasing a table pack approximately every 8–10 weeks.We know that those all-important table parts are randomly dropped across tables.Because you now have seven tables to spread your parts over, it may become difficult for new folks to the platform to unlock a table to the two-star level so they can play them in the basic and advanced daily challenges.Chris outlines details about his efforts to get some data around the freemium unlocks so that we have facts rather than speculative analysis about the freemium experience in the game.See for links to show notes and coarse timing points.
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