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Ep 88: Pick your Jelly Belly with Scott Danesi

PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago1 hr 11 min listen
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Scott Danesi joins the LoserKid Crew to talk about TNA, Rick & Morty, Jelly Bellys, the real 80s look, and whatever random tangent they might find.

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Highlights

  • Scott Danesi owns all IP for Total Nuclear Annihilation and licenses it to Spooky Pinball for reruns
  • Rick and Morty is designed as a System 11 game homage with modern LCD screen
  • The bumper placement in Rick and Morty replacing a slingshot was initially a 50/50 bet on production inclusion
  • Adult Swim approved all Rick and Morty music and sound effects without requested revisions
  • Scott Danesi designed Rick and Morty entirely during nights and weekends while working full-time at Pinball Life
  • TNA rerun will feature flip-down LCD screen, green fluorescent protectors on drop targets, and upgraded shooter display
  • Spooky Pinball's Halloween had a production run of 1,250 units, making it the most-run game before TNA
  • Scott Danesi is working on an official soundtrack for a VR game called 'Arcade Legend' releasing end of year on Steam and Oculus

Notable quotes

“I wanted to trick people into thinking it was a normal pinball machine when you started and then use the full RGB sweeps and crazy explosions and stuff...as something that would really have more of an impact.”
Scott Danesi
“Designing a game in your spare time is very, very difficult to do just because of how much goes into it...it's a huge job. So I kind of want to take a break on it and relax for a little while, just do audio, and then we'll see what happens.”
Scott Danesi
“Rick and Morty, if you were to look at that and just take a glance at it at a high level, that's a System 11 game with an LCD screen on it.”
Scott Danesi
“I kept seeing John Popadiuk put the cart before the horse with, he's like blasting art on these play fields that aren't even done yet...I'm going to show people like just with Barnyard doing this, that this is the way to actually build a pinball machine.”
Scott Danesi
“I own all of the ip for uh for Total Nuclear Annihilation so something like if Spooky Pinball wants to rerun again they just they contact me we have a contract that says they can just run uh as long as we both agree.”
Scott Danesi

Entities

  • Adult Swim· company
  • Flippin' Out Pinball· company
  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • LAI Games· company
  • Multimorphic· company
  • Pinball Life· company
  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Arcade Legend· game
  • Rick and Morty· game
  • The Wizard of Oz· game
  • Total Nuclear Annihilation· game
  • Weird Al· game
  • Flipping the Script on Autism· organization
  • Charlie· person
  • Gerry Stellenberg· person
  • John Papaduke· person
  • Josh Roop· person
  • Matt Andrews· person
  • Matt Scott Larson· person
  • Nicole· person
  • Scott Danesi· person
  • Zach Minney· person

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