I think that pinny 2k is still a very viable platform for any 3rd party game developer wishing to do small run kits as NuCore has solved some major problems.
There are many talented members with various skills who could achieve creating new games but the hardest challenge would unfortunately be overcoming pinball politics IMO...
Just look at guys who made their own machine! Beautiful... Early days pinny people!... not giving up on 2K yet...
Just looking at your avatar got the imagination going, I wonder how an adapted CV would go in P2000 format. The Game master would look tops I reckon. Lots of great circus animation mate I think it would be fantastic