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Ep 129: Signing Donuts with Keith Elwin

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The Goat is back! We're talking about his newest creation, Jaws Pinball and everything that comes with it.

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Highlights

  • Jaws had over two and a half years from Godzilla reveal to Jaws reveal, unlike typical 12-13 month development cycles, due to unplanned timing and Stern cutting back to two cornerstones
  • The shark fin mech is extremely large underneath the playfield, forcing the entire middle-right side design around it with shots placed far back
  • The shark does not eat the ball due to licenser parameters requiring the shark to pop up and scare, which conflicted with ball-eating mechanics that became like an elevator
  • Flip lock system allows holding right flipper for ~1 second to flash action button, then holding down locks upper flipper for default 15 seconds, usable once per ball with perks adding multiple uses
  • Play the Shark mode will be unlocked via Insider Connected by collecting shark teeth and is expected spring 2025
  • Keith Elwin is working on Bond 60th as a single-level game during extra development time while Jaws was finalized
  • Shark teeth are collected through achievements like starting Jaws multiball or landing bounty sharks, similar to Avengers trophies
  • The captive ball boat shot is directional (not omni-directional), requiring players to hit the ball to hit other targets, a design element Keith believes is unique or rarely seen

Notable quotes

“Yeah, we tried. So what people don't understand, we have certain parameters we have to meet from the licenser. They wanted the shark to kind of pop up and scare someone... basically it became a shark elevator.”
Keith Elwin
“I didn't like it, so... So suck it, community.”
Keith Elwin
“Does my mom understand this? And if not, maybe we should revisit it... make something easy, obvious goals up front with deep strategies later.”
Keith Elwin
“The key to that is, you know, make something easy, obvious goals up front with deep strategies later.”
Keith Elwin
“My work was mostly done on this a long time ago. So all this extra time went to both the South Park team and the Jurassic Park 30th update.”
Keith Elwin
“Four.”
Keith Elwin
“Find the Gary. Yeah, find the Gary. Every game we'll hide Gary somewhere.”
Keith Elwin
“I'll always raise my hand to do a unique project. Nothing in the works right now.”
Keith Elwin

Entities

  • Brody· character
  • Gary· character
  • Flippin' Out Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Bond 60th· game
  • Cactus Canyon· game
  • Foo· game
  • Godzilla· game
  • Iron Maiden· game
  • Jaws· game
  • Jurassic Park 30th· game
  • Monster Bash· game
  • South Park· game
  • Dreyfus· person
  • Elizabeth Gieske· person
  • George Gomez· person
  • Harrison· person
  • Jerry· person
  • Josh Roop· person
  • Keith Elwin· person
  • Scott Larson· person
  • Insider Connected· product

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