Winchester Mystery House Pinball with Karl DeAngelo
Karl DeAngelo joins us to talk about the smash success of his debut game, Winchester Mystery House. Want to buy a Barrels of Fun game? Head to flipnoutpinball.com Facebook - Instagram - Tiktok -
Kineticist’s take
Karl DeAngelo on designing Winchester Mystery House: sold-out 525-unit game with turntable, Pepper's Ghost, 13 planned modes.
Synopsis
Karl DeAngelo, designer of the sold-out Winchester Mystery House pinball game for Barrels of Fun, discusses how he joined the company, the design philosophy behind the game's innovative mechanics (turntable, Pepper's Ghost effect, key-based room exploration), and the currently implemented six modes with seven more planned. The game sold all 525 units within 48 hours at Pinball Expo 2025, and Carl emphasizes balancing accessibility for casual players with depth for skilled competitors.
Entities
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Pinball Expo 2025· event
- Winchester Mystery House· game
- Winchester Mystery House· location
- Ace Kogi· organization
- Fast Slack channel· organization
- Inland Empire Streaming· organization
- LoserKid Pinball Podcast· organization
- Brad Albright· person
- Jeff Dodson· person
- Josh Roop· person
- Karl DeAngelo· person
- Luke· person
- Nicole· person
- Sarah Winchester· person
- Scott Larson· person
- Travis· person
- Zach· person
- Mini Flipping Out Pinball· venue/organization