Labyrinth Pinball Trailer

[namastepat]

 

Amazing theme for 80s kids. Let's see if this one actually gets made, or instead goes bust and leaves people without their cash.

[ricindahunting]

Looks pretty good!

[swinks]

Nice looking game with lots of cool unique features

David Van Es is one of the company owners who worked at Spooky and is an Aussie which is great

Company - is Barrels of Fun

Game - one model only I believe with options like the topper etc.

Unfortunately it is $10600 USD so will be a close to $20k AUD sadly by the time it gets here

[JohnBryce0712]

Cool theme, always good to see another player on the scene and gives the major manufacturers one more thing to consider before raising their already ludicrous prices in a current flooded market. 

Didn't see Jennifer Connelly?  isn't she the main character? Maybe I missed it. 

Edited October 14 by JohnBryce0712

[namastepat]

Jennifer Connelly in Labyrinth awakened me a great deal when I was a young tacker 🤣 I'd hope that the movie license for the pin includes her in the clips and gameplay.

Edited October 14 by namastepat

[Zzap]

Some really nice use of simple animatronics to bring life to the playfield!

[Railways]

Interesting looking game.

Oddly enough I picked up some stickers from Pinfest with that ball , lightning bolts and flipper logo on it. Not knowing what it referred too I've stuck one on the back of my phone LOL.

[Cruiser]

25 minutes ago, Railways said:

some stickers from Pinfest with that ball , lightning bolts and flipper logo on it.

Yes mate, your correct !! there where some Barrels of Fun stickers being handed out at Pinfest, thats what you have.

 

[furballx]

Great theme.  I am keen to have a game.....

[Railways]

4 minutes ago, Cruiser said:

Yes mate, your correct !! there where some Barrels of Fun stickers being handed out at Pinfest, thats what you have.

 

ooh, collectors item then. Off the other one goes to eBay with no reserve .  😆

[swinks]

here is the team of people behind the game and business:

 

Art Director

Johnny Fraser-Allen has worked as a professional concept designer and illustrator specializing in building worlds for both big-screen blockbusters and tabletop games for 20 years. Honing his conceptual design craft on films like The Hobbit for Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson, The Narnia Chronicles for Andrew Adamson and Tintin and The BFG for Steven Spielberg over a 15-year career at the renowned Wētā Workshop.

No stranger to the Jim Henson Company, Johnny has illustrated and sculpted the components to both the Labyrinth and Dark Crystal board games as well as designing all the creatures for a yet to be released TV show. He designed the dragon and goblins featured in the recent hit film Portable Door. His modular Labyrinth Gaming terrain has been featured several times on Adam Savage’s Tested show. As a lifelong Labyrinth and pinball fanatic, art directing the official Labyrinth Pinball machine for Barrels of Fun has been a fulfilling step in a journey that started for him when he first saw the film 34 years ago.

Marketing Graphics

Blake Dumesnil is an award-winning Senior Art Director and Graphic Designer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. He is one of the few artists to work with NASA’s astronauts and Russia’s cosmonauts on official flight patches for International Space Station missions. He has designed emblems for 9 ISS missions along with other NASA missions. Blake’s love for pinball started early as his father brought home machines before home collecting was ever a thing. He has worked for numerous arcades and pinball leagues, along with the Texas Pinball Festival. He is a co-showrunner of the Houston Arcade Expo.

Game Rules

Phil Grimaldi is a cognitive scientist specializing in how people learn and remember things. He discovered pinball while studying at Purdue University over a decade ago, and instantly fell in love with the game, as well as the complex mental skills required to succeed. Since then, he has been involved in nearly all aspects of the pinball scene: fixing/restoring/re-theming games, playing and directing tournaments, and co-founding the Space City Pinball League of Houston, TX. Thanks to Barrels of Fun, he can now add pinball development to that list! Phil designed the high-level rule structure for Labyrinth pinball and advised on the physical game design.

Bowen Kerins is well-known from his PAPA tutorial video series and his championship pinball play, including five PAPA and IFPA World Championships. He built the rules for Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle and Rick and Morty at Spooky Pinball, and Final Resistance at Multimorphic. He knows the rules and strategy of most games and game designers inside and out. His work on the rules for Labyrinth pinball has been invaluable. Make sure you watch his video tutorial on Labyrinth!

Animation

Trent Armstrong is a motion graphics and VFX artist who began playing pinball—mostly Taxi—in college with friends. This native Alabamian moved to Texas in 1997. He and his wife quickly acquired a Taxi. His friend Gabe introduced him to the Texas Pinball Festival a few years ago, where he was blown over by early versions of Multimorphic’s P3 games. Trent animated a P3 logo reveal for them which they promptly included in their games. That simple act gave him the courage to approach Barrels of Fun about being involved in Labyrinth pinball, and his animations have made the game more fun and interactive.

Engineering Design

Travis Moseman designs spacecraft for aerospace business proposals. He was a video game kid and car nerd forced into pinball by his husband… who now kinda regrets it. Travis enjoys Space City Pinball League events, volunteering as a pinball tech at The Wormhole in Houston and working on odd jobs at Barrels of Fun!

Software

Eric Priepke is an old guy now, but he was around when arcades really started to take off — and he loved them. Any time he could manage it, he was at an arcade, until he eventually got a job at the local Aladdin’s Castle. That job taught him how to clean and maintain pinball machines and the manager taught him how to really play. Understanding the game rules just made his interest in pinball grow even stronger. Sometime in the mid-90’s, he got a Twilight Zone, and other machines followed. His first foray into programming pinball was updating the code for Cactus Canyon, a Williams machine that was never really finished. That project led to the opportunity to write the software for Rick and Morty at Spooky Pinball. Now he’s just here having Barrels of Fun!

Technology

David Fawcett is responsible for holding all the technology together. His dynamic career spanning technology and game development, brings extensive expertise to this pivotal role. David’s journey began at Astrazeneca, working in data operations. He then led technical teams at IBM, specializing in Backup, Storage, Oracle, and Unix. In 2014, David’s dream of creating games led him to Spooky Pinball, where he authored software for six pinball games. Today, as Chief Technology Officer at Barrels of Fun, he oversees OS, network, servers, inventory, manufacturing ERP, and software development.

Manufacturing

Paul Sulisz is a hands-on and highly motivated individual with over 35 years of manufacturing engineering experience. He possesses a deep understanding of today’s manufacturing technologies and how to leverage them for a competitive edge. With a proven track record in various engineering and management roles, Paul excels at turning ideas into reality and driving cost savings. His experience includes implementing lean manufacturing practices, designing efficient work cells, and taking digital technology to the next level. Throughout his career, Paul has demonstrated his proficiency in tools like Solidworks and Mastercam, as well as extensive knowledge of industrial technologies, CNC machining equipment, and industrial programmable controllers. Paul is a dedicated professional with a passion for innovation and efficiency. In his role as Director of Manufacturing at American Pinball, he successfully set up the production line, designed fixtures, improved line effectiveness, and achieved a production rate of 11 games per day.
Founders

Designer and Chief Executive Officer

David van Es has 20+ years of experience in the Film and TV industry. David worked for Spooky Pinball for 7 years providing creative and production services, asset creation, project management, licensing, and business development. He has been involved in pinball for almost his entire life, having started his own pinball amusement route in Australia when he was 16. He enjoys all creative aspects of pinball including the repair and restoration of old machines. David’s passion to create world-class products makes him the perfect person to lead the Barrels of Fun team.

Chief Business Officer

Brian Savage retired from Fun Publications, Inc. after running the Hasbro-licensed G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club for 25 years, and the Hasbro-licensed Transformers Collectors’ Club for 12 years. During his tenure, he produced 34 International Collector’s Conventions that were attended by thousands of fans from all over the world (GIJoeCon and BotCon). He was in charge of manufacturing over 500 licensed G.I. Joe action figures and over 150 licensed Transformers action figures, as well as publishing over 450 magazine issues. His expertise in the collectible world is a huge asset to Barrels of Fun. Brian’s first experience with pinball was when his dad brought home one of the first Bally Fireball home edition machines in the late 1970s. He enjoys not only the games, but restoring them, and has a lot of games in his collection.

Location

Barrels of Fun, llc
4903 W Sam Houston Pkwy N Ste A100
Houston TX 77041

(281) 313-5400

[oldhank]

4 hours ago, namastepat said:

Jennifer Connelly in Labyrinth awakened me a great deal when I was a young tacker 🤣 I'd hope that the movie license for the pin includes her in the clips and gameplay.

Thought you said Jennifer tilly she is 65 and still looks great

[needlebat]

Has a nice clean look to it.

[Ballypinball]

More Info on Mr Pinball Australia website, we only have 20 allocation confirmed so far

[Boof Head]

1 hour ago, Ballypinball said:

More Info on Mr Pinball Australia website, we only have 20 allocation confirmed so far

Any info on when these will be made? 

[spudly]

We used to joke on here about new pinball machines reaching $20k.  Some were serious and others laughed.  Do we now start joking about them reaching 40k ...  until they do ? Surely parts and labour haven't increased that much in the last 10 years.  Regardless, the game looks awesome and hopefully it has a deep rule set. 

Edited October 14 by spudly

[Audioenslaved]

3 hours ago, spudly said:

We used to joke on here about new pinball machines reaching $20k.  Some were serious and others laughed.  Do we now start joking about them reaching 40k ...  until they do ? Surely parts and labour haven't increased that much in the last 10 years.  Regardless, the game looks awesome and hopefully it has a deep rule set. 

diesel and petrol have gone up 30% in 3 years. Plastics, timber and metals 40%. Labour 70% in a decade! Add all those up and you’re looking at a 100% price rise. When I started working for the company $35k was an ok liveable wage for a single person living at home now you’re pressing 55-60k for that same entry level job!

[Gemini2544]

It a great theme for a pinball machine I grant you, I doubt it will be successful here with a first title start up company & only 1,100 machine maximum target. Pricing for Australia will be higher than stated above with GST, duties & seller commissions. I fear the USA will acquire the bulk at $10,600 USD if it makes it to a full production run.

[JohnBryce0712]

Bummer no Jennifer Connelly, I do love that backboard lcd, so much can be done with that set up. Very impressive. 

[Audioenslaved]

2 hours ago, JohnBryce0712 said:

Bummer no Jennifer Connelly, I do love that backboard lcd, so much can be done with that set up. Very impressive. 

It certainly looks interesting I like the diverters and the backboard lcd looks a cracker too. Much better than the static imagery or just plain black that’s been there forever. But at 20k I’ve got to see more gameplay. In saying that Bowen is on rules I can see good things happening 

[Replay]

Gameplay

 

 

Edited October 17 by Replay

[Boof Head]

Looks like it could be good but man why didn’t they light that gameplay better? Way too dark. 

[namastepat]

It does look like a fun game with some good shots. I haven't watched all of the footage yet, but is there any Jennifer Connelly clips in the gameplay? It would be such a massive shame if they don't have her in the pin. That's literally one of the major stars of the movie, just cut out. From what I have watched, it seems like they have desiged it in a way that it's you, the player, going through the Labyrinth and not the main character of the movie. I'd really like to know what happened with the licensing to entirely cut Connelly from the footage in the way they have.

[needlebat]

1 hour ago, namastepat said:

Jennifer Connelly

I've not seen Jennifer Connelly in any of the clips, nor read any "yes" to this question. Google has nothing positive either...

[Gemini2544]

16 minutes ago, needlebat said:

I've not seen Jennifer Connelly in any of the clips, nor read any "yes" to this question. Google has nothing positive either...

Yes, it seems she did porn too! https://xhamster.com/celebrities/jennifer-connelly

Edited October 17 by Gemini2544