Circe's Animal House - by Heighway Pinball

[swinks]

A new pinball company in the UK is in the stages of getting started with production estimated to start early 2013.

It is unknown the quantity of pins but until then will start a second thread in the custom pin section so people can easily find it and keep up with developments. PopBumperPete started the original thread so credit to him for discovering it and letting us all know. Thanks mate.
http://aussiepinball.com/index.php?topic=8983.0


The first pin is going to be called - Circe's Animal House.
"For those not familiar with the mythology, Circe was a Greek goddess of magic, who used her powers and knowledge of drugs and herbs to concoct mystical potions which transformed those who drank them into various animals."


To read the first write up go to
http://www.pinballnews.com/games/circe/index.html


To stay informed head to the web site below and register so can be keep up to date
http://www.heighwaypinball.com/


As for the design, it looks good and the ramps look cool

[tonyt]

Looks interesting. Like the idea of the moulded pigs on the bumper caps - reminds me of the dodgem cars on Jolly Park - good effect.

The main character 'Circe' has two right feet in all the images?

[Sonny_Jim]

I'm one of the guys who will be working with Andy to bring this table to the market and I have to say I'm very excited about it.  One thing I'd like to point out that this isn't going to be a 'custom pin', this is a fully professional operation with independent financing and a factory being setup in Wales.  We are looking to be producing 100+ pins and start delivery of the first machines in February next year.

And the 'two right feet' image has already been fixed, so those flyers are going to be collectors items in the near future ;-)

[Retropin]

Where abouts in Wales?? My folks live in Nth Wales... wonder if you are close by, id like to visit next time im over if thats OK

[swinks]

I'm one of the guys who will be working with Andy to bring this table to the market and I have to say I'm very excited about it.  One thing I'd like to point out that this isn't going to be a 'custom pin', this is a fully professional operation with independent financing and a factory being setup in Wales.  We are looking to be producing 100+ pins and start delivery of the first machines in February next year.

And the 'two right feet' image has already been fixed, so those flyers are going to be collectors items in the near future ;-)

Hi Sonny_Jim sorry about the custom pin thing, using this thread to advertise custom pins and small run pins as a starting point to promote them as these threads are easier to find rather in the general thread section.

Great work and very interesting - keep us posted. 

[ajlaird]

Wow, another pinball company - good times!!

[Replicas]

Where abouts in Wales?? My folks live in Nth Wales... wonder if you are close by, id like to visit next time im over if thats OK

Its in South Wales but its only a 1-1.5 hour drive from the north so not to far.

[Caveoftreasures]

new info and lots of it incl very cool artwork on the below link   

http://www.pinballnews.com/games/circe/index4.html

[swinks]

another update, some great ideas and game exchange as well concept. 

"The two cabinets were showcasing the two different versions of the game expected to be produced. On the right is the playfield we showed you in our previous Circe's Animal House article while the backglass features the Jackass characters also featured in that article.

The cabinet on the left was demonstrating a new type of display which will be an option in place of the in-playfield LCD and offers a host of new possibilities.

Instead of a regular playfield glass, the playfield is covered by a glass sandwich, with tempered glass top and bottom covering a transparent LCD panel between. This allows full colour animations to appear inside the playfield glass, which means they can be positioned anywhere over the playfield. Scores can be placed over the apron, explosions over pop bumpers, arrows can appear indicating shots or targets to hit, and playfield art can animate without compromising the playfield design.

Additionally, the playfield glass sandwich can be touch-sensitive, allowing keyboards to be displayed for user names and records, status displays to pop-up on demand, and the possibility of interactive rules presentations, as well as providing easy access to the more mundane operator menus."

http://www.pinballnews.com/games/circe/index5.html

[PinballMagazine]

I've played the whitewood at the UK Pinball Party, where Pinball Magazine was launched. It was a surprisingly smooth playing game. I had a private viewing with Mark Ritchie and he was impressed too. Very nice flowing shots. I suggested a couple of changes which I think can make the game even more interesting. I can elaborate on that, but I don't want to color peoples opinion (although I think many of you will make the same comments as I did). Here's a video of me playing the game:

[swinks]

flipper strength seems a issue but that would be a easy fix, noticed the ball roll along the lcd edge as well but that could be levelled.

the sandwiched glass with lcd graphics is a interesting idea

[swinks]

Pingame Journal just released a interview with the guys from Heighway where the first game has been changed to a Full Throttle Motorbike theme with pop up spinning motor wheel sort of pop bumpers etc.

http://www.youtube.com/pinjournal

[Homepin]

Great stuff - unless it is PC based, that would doom it to failure. If they stick to embedded they will have a very nice product IMO.

[Retropin]

Loving this ..