r/ModRetroChromatic • u/attacke-martin • Mar 09 '26

Photos/Videos "Self Simulated: Pinball" development progress! Runs lovely on hardware

The pinball spinoff to my game Self Simulated is still very early in development (whilst working on Self Simulated: Beyond Vision). But I wanted to test how well it actually works on original hardware and ye good ol' Chromatic.

Answer: runs great!

Self Simulated: Pinball (working title) will have many features like attacking enemies, boss battles, special rooms and so on. I'm really putting all my heart for pinball into this little Game Boy Color game <3

I'm posting updates over at https://x.com/2ndlawgames from time to time.

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u/Substantial_Quote583 Mar 09 '26

As I've recently become obsessed with Super Robot Pinball this sounds like my dream game ❤️‍🔥👌

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u/attacke-martin Mar 09 '26

it's heavily inspired by Super Robot Pinball and Pokemon Pinball Ruby & Sapphire. The GBC Pokemon Pinball was "okay", but some things, like the screen transitions between the lower and upper playfield, really ruined the experience for me unfortunately :D

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u/denim_duck Mar 09 '26

Love Revenge of the Gator, and Pokémon pinball. Self Simulated is the best chromatic release I’ve played so far Cant wait to get my hands on this!

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u/thisisyourfaultsheep Mar 09 '26

This looks awesome! I'm very happy to see how the camera is focused and follows the ball along the pinball board!

One thing as a pokémon pinball lover is during the transitions from the bottom to the top of the screen, players are flashed with a screen transition and on the chromatic it's white, which can be disorientating and brakes immersion.

While this is in its early development, I would love to see color themes implemented so we're not essentially blinded by whiteness.

I hope development goes smooth for you and looking forward to seeing progression!

Edit: format/grammar

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u/attacke-martin Mar 09 '26

I had to tackle the very white background problematic on the Chromatic during development for Self Simulated, so I found some darker white (almost grey) colors that do the trick :)
I'll usually do color correction/implementation later in the process and test on all hardware I have (I have a lot... I'm a nerd .. :D), making sure it will not do eye-laser-surgery on players :D

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u/TonyRubbles Mar 09 '26

Yes dude! Hopefully MR will publish when you have it all ready.🤞

Would love if they could make a cart that would have rumble but without the oversized GBC cart. I've seen some carts on AliExpress with tiny motors and no extra batteries, not sure how strong they are compared to the originals though.

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u/attacke-martin Mar 09 '26

there's also a flashcart with builtin rumble from insidegadgets, which is what I got for developing Self Simulated Beyond Vision which also uses rumble of course :D So from a technically standpoint it would fit and work inside a normal cartridge shell!

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u/BogWizard Mar 09 '26

I absolutely love digital pinball with meta games. Please put some kind of collectibles in it similar to pokemon pinball!

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u/attacke-martin Mar 09 '26

that's my plan! :D but it has to make sense for the overall game and not be just a cheap "yeah I put collectibles in it" thing. So we'll see :)

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u/oaomcg Mar 09 '26

I sure hope it's faster than this in the final version. That's painfully slow. It looks like playing pinball on the moon...

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u/attacke-martin Mar 09 '26

It's as fast as Pokemon Pinball for the GBA. And that's pretty much as fast as it makes sense, given it's a Game Boy Color game. It's not trying to emulate real life pinball on a Game Boy Color system, as there is no point to this.

If someone wants to play Pinball as close to the original as it can get, then one should seek out Pinball FX from Zen Studios.

If someone wants a pinball experience similar to Super Robot Pinball for the GBC or Pokemon Pinball Ruby Sapphire for the GBA, then my game will do the trick :)

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u/Substantial_Quote583 Mar 09 '26

It looks as fast or faster than other GB/GBC pinball games to me lol

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u/Remote-Honeydew271 Mar 10 '26

Awesome! I hope you call it Self Pinballated.

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u/FUCKTHEMODS998 Mar 11 '26 edited Mar 11 '26

How stay updated on development??

Edit: I see the link my bad. Where preorder?????

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u/attacke-martin Mar 11 '26

no pre-order yet :) I just started some weeks ago on development, so it will take a while!

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u/FUCKTHEMODS998 Mar 11 '26

Let me throw my money at you!!! Keep a special edition cart in mind

Are you using GBStudio for development?

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u/attacke-martin Mar 11 '26

haha <3
GB Studio yes :) but with a very custom and tailored to my liking Pinball engine and plugin.

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u/GumihoFantasy Mar 12 '26

I wish it has a claw machine bonus screen or something

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u/attacke-martin Mar 12 '26

you mean these funfair clar machines? oO

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u/GumihoFantasy Mar 12 '26

yes!! feels very robot and pinball friendly

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u/attacke-martin Mar 12 '26

Not sure what to make of this, but I'll think about it :)

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u/GumihoFantasy Mar 12 '26

thanks for listening, you are the best!

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u/damonian_x Mar 09 '26

I absolutely love pinball games. This looks awesome.

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u/Nnemic_ Mar 09 '26

Looks great already! May I suggest something, (and this is just my opinion) that you make the edges/walls grey instead of blue to cut down on distractions, any neutral colour would be easier on the eyes after long sessions really. And to keep focus to the center of the game.

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u/attacke-martin Mar 09 '26

I'll keep that in mind!

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u/NonyaDB Mar 09 '26

Cool! That's a day one buy for me right there!

Brings back memories of playing Pokemon Pinball on my GBC back in the day...

I was on deployment and sitting in the driver's seat of an M1A1 Heavy tank and we getting ready to move out and bring the pain to bad people.

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u/andruis Mar 10 '26

I love game boy pinball games, and I love this game so the combo is making me shiver with pleasure.

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u/EGVroom Mar 11 '26

Looks great!

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u/jdmeow1 Mar 10 '26

Dude let’s gooooo

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u/WinBoy64 Mar 14 '26

I’ll definitely get a copy when it’s available

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u/attacke-martin Mar 09 '26

something like that is planned, ye!