Atr Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 Pinball machine uses one NXT Brick, 4 touch sensors (3 of them are attached to one port) and 2 light sensors. Program is written in Java (LeJOS). After pressing orange button the ball is given and a new game is started. Every game has three balls total. If the ball is lost within 10 seconds after start, the ball is returned without losing one. Scoring points: - losing ball after 10 seconds - 50 points - hitting both Red and Green Bumpers - 100 points - hitting one of the Yellow Bumpers - 200 points - getting ball to the Black Hole - 300 points Black Hole opens up every 500 points, then player has 20 second to get the ball into it. If 5 seconds is left Black Hole's light starts flashing. Multimedia BS gallery Quote
Conchas Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 Brilliant work! Playability looks great. Congratulations Quote
JCC1004 Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 Combining two of my favourite hobbies together, LEGO and Pinball. I'm quite a pinball enthusiast. Wonderful work of art! It amazes me who someone can program an NXT to be capable of playing a game of pinball. Wonderful design too. It works very well and I'd love to have one of my own. Best regards, JCC Quote
Zerobricks Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 Thats really awesome! How did you make the black hole drop down? Quote
Jurgen Krooshoop Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 Really really great. Even the artwork on the table is nice !! Love it !! Quote
Atr Posted July 16, 2010 Author Posted July 16, 2010 (edited) How did you make the black hole drop down? There are 2 liftarms, one above the other, that keep the yellow platform in level, similar to this: Picture form Technicopedia I'm amazed that you like the "artwork", but it indeed was difficult to come up with some idea in that low resolution. Edited July 16, 2010 by Atr Quote
Cammy Posted July 16, 2010 Posted July 16, 2010 This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen! You combined two of my favourite things, I've always wanted to build my own pinball machine, maybe this would be a good way to go about it! Thanks for showing us this and giving me some ideas. :) Quote
Atr Posted July 16, 2010 Author Posted July 16, 2010 Is that my picture? Yes, it is, it's even linked directly from your server. I hope you don't mind. Quote
Atr Posted July 16, 2010 Author Posted July 16, 2010 (edited) Damn, I accidentally clicked Reply instead of Edit. BTW I didn't know that I can reply to my own posts. This post can be deleted. Edited July 16, 2010 by Atr Quote
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