Bug (Spooky co-designer) justified limited production numbers based on value retention and ROI comfort

Beetlejuice designer Bug advocated for this IP for 8 years before obtaining rights and executing the game

Bug took lead playfield design role on Beetlejuice with Spooky Luke's approval, his first such lead

Juno modes use a 'now serving' ticket system where scoop gives number that must be matched on targets

Game contains extensive movie callouts and dialogue from Beetlejuice film

Spooky will consider rule changes to Showtime qualification based on community feedback

Developers discovered shat-shot mechanic during playtesting and plan to formalize it in future code updates

Spooky Speak voice recognition requires saying 'Beetlejuice' three times in Showtime Multiball

Each Sandworm battle features different mechanics and interactions

Purple blinking shots synchronized with music light Beetlejuice modes

Test Your Strength measures actual ball trajectory height and timing as a carnival-style mechanic

Every shot in Beetlejuice performs at least three distinct functions based on game state

Ball can be shot back into shooter lane via shat-shot mechanic

Flippers get taken over during certain modes/sequences

Beeteljuice will be a standard-width body pinball machine

Spooky has more Beeteljuice units allocated for Pinball at the Beach than they had Evil Dead units

Bug expects the next Spooky game to be 'just as reliable if not more' than Evil Dead

Evil Dead has shipped 500 units and is producing 24 games per week

The hidden ramp to sanitarium mode is located in a specific playfield location

The game features a newly updated bonus screen

Boogeyman wizard mode requires super jackpots from house, hedge, and sanitarium multiballs before it can be completed

JackoLantern multiball is triggered when the player starts three modes and attempts to start a fourth

Harder modes in Halloween are worth more points overall even if not completed

The Judith Myers secret skill shot locks a ball for tombstone multiball and provides a quasi ball save if the player drains without starting tombstone multiball

Bug personally plays every Evil Dead pinball machine for at least 2 hours before it ships.

Indiana Jones inspired Evil Dead's mode qualification system design

Mode-select screens kill replayability in pinball machines

1990s pinball trailers functioned as rule/mechanic tutorials more explicitly than modern trailers

Dennis Nordman is Bug's favorite pinball designer

Movie footage licensing was easier to acquire in 1990s than in 2025

Bug was a guest on Flip n Out's previous live stream to discuss Evil Dead game design philosophy

Cabin multiball can be stolen during gameplay

The game feels code complete according to multiple playtesters, but developers assess it as 50-60% complete

Evil Dead is designed to be accessible for casual players while maintaining competitive depth

Multiple multiballs can stack with modes for significantly higher scoring potential

Linda Tricks will have different negative effects implemented in each individual mode

Double Deadite Multiball is the second most fun multiball in the game

Hack to Bits mode received positive community feedback on its simplicity

Roaming skill shot was redesigned to be faster after playtesting showed original version was too easy

Bruce Campbell callouts are not yet fully implemented in the current code version

Cutting shrink wrap before leg installation will cause the head to fall off and smash into the floor

Front leg levelers should be set fully into the leg; back leg levelers set to approximately 3/4 inch through the leg achieves 6.5-7 degree pitch

All protective foam must be removed from inside the cabinet before powering on, or servo and stepper motors will be damaged

If front legs are not tightened snugly, constant rocking of the game can cause long-term cabinet damage

A 160 lb person can successfully lift and install back legs on the Evil Dead machine without assistance

Setting tempered backglass on concrete can cause corner nicks and damage

Felt protectors should be pre-bent to leg shape before installation for easier mounting

The head bolt provides additional stability and is a recommended optional installation

Bug will stream new Evil Dead code on January 23rd on Twitch channel Bug Screamin' Stream

Fathom machines are difficult/punishing to play well

Roto Dave can execute tap pass maneuver on Fathom

Fathom spinner is the optimal scoring strategy across most ball play

Bug from Spooky Pinball appeared on Flip n Out's stream earlier this week to help explain Looney Tunes Pinball

Call-out frequency will be reduced after the livestream from its deliberately elevated demonstration setting

Linda possession mechanic can rotate flippers to three configurations: right two, front two, or all three flippers

The hand toy in Give Me Back My Hand mode uses a stepper motor and includes automatic ball search to recover scooped balls

Evil Dead is the fastest release-to-public-livestream in Spooky Pinball history

Ben Heck is a skilled animator and programmer contributing to Evil Dead design and code

Workshed mode was added to Evil Dead approximately one week before the livestream

Insanity Mode timer is still being tuned and not finalized at the time of the livestream

Evil Dead is more accessible to average players than The Texas Chain Saw Massacre but comparably intense

Christopher Franchi maintains a day job outside of pinball in addition to exclusive Spooky Pinball work

Fans of Evil Dead have been requesting the theme for approximately 10 years based on Pinside forum history

Evil Dead pinball was signed late into Halloween production, approximately summer timeframe

Halloween pinball sold over 1,200 units in less than a day

Christopher Franchi is now exclusive to Spooky Pinball as their artist

The sling flipper was invented spontaneously by Luke as an accident/joke while Bug was out of the office

Evil Dead pinball represents the culmination of Spooky Pinball's design experience across all previous titles

Evil Dead pinball received the most positive reception of any Spooky Pinball game to date

Spooky Pinball is moving away from dual-theme games

Evil Dead wide-body design plays mechanically like a standard-body game due to design philosophy

Linda's head mechanic is currently being implemented in code and will have positive/negative gameplay effects based on position

Movie selection determines which set of modes players must complete sequentially before accessing the other movie's modes

Cabin multiball is the only multiball that blocks other multiballs and modes from stacking

Double Deadite multiball features two balls with deadites popping up and jackpots accessible at left and right ramps

The hand ramp progressive award system mirrors Addams Family ramp design with super spinner and extra ball rewards

Boomstick multiball 'Ready Aim Fire' timing is randomized differently on each playthrough

Hello Lover is Bug's favorite mode in Evil Dead because it has multiple distinct phases with different shots and mechanics

Ben Heck is actively developing additional modes beyond those shown in the gameplay demonstration

The sling flipper is essential for ball control and accessing left-side playfield shots effectively

Evil Dead is a widebody machine with features tucked to the sides that makes filming challenging from overhead angles

Bug (Spooky Pinball) stated the company prioritizes maintaining secondary market value of games for customers over maximizing Limited Edition production volumes.

Bug has never beaten Rob Zombie Hellbound wizard mode before this stream

TCM topper comes free with machine purchase

Leatherface provides a hint about which room the victim is hiding in during The Family mode

The Family mode is similar to Stalker mode from Halloween pinball

Bug has never played The Family mode as well as during this livestream

Players can hold the right flipper at start to light all top modes, or left flipper for bottom modes

Luke Peters is the rules director, code director, and 'Spooky DJ' at Spooky Pinball

Wysnow collaborated with Bug on The Family mode design over the phone

Scooby-Doo has three wizard modes with the final one being 'Scooby-Doo, where are you?'

Spooky Pinball offers FaceTime customer support, contrasting with competitors who are difficult to reach

Rocket Skates Multiball was always designed to be the second phase of Giant Rocket Multiball

The 'Infernal Gallop' song was chosen for Satan's Waiting mode because it descends into hell in the opera, connecting to the spooky theme

Rocket Skates Multiball crate shot value is multiplied by both the number of double jackpots collected and the number of balls in play

Eric Bowa is a professional callout performer who knows when to write stuttering in scripts

Working with Ben Heck for one hour costs approximately one day of mental capacity

Looney Tunes is a popular first-time pinball game for new collectors

Christopher Franchi designed Spooky Pinball merchandise shirts

Don Garrison is better at podcasting than early Spooky Pinball podcast hosts

Weekly code updates for Flipper Football are scheduled throughout October

Flipper Football is the host's favorite game in all of pinball

Flipper Football is the only Capcom game that matters

Spooky has one primary European distributor (RS Pinball) who is their second-largest distributor overall

Spooky Pinball would be the ideal manufacturer to produce a Simpsons Treehouse of Horror themed machine

Expanding into the Australian market requires tens of thousands of dollars in electrical approval processes

Spooky is relocating to a new facility in Benton within the next couple of months

Butter cabinet manufacturing process takes approximately one month from intake to completion

Looney Tunes is limited to 888 units of production

Spooky's mid-tier edition offers equivalent features to competitors' top-end editions for $2,500-$3,000 less

Current lead time for Looney Tunes orders is mid-to-late January (approximately 6 months out)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre is performing surprisingly well in the European market, particularly in France

Looney Tunes is being produced at a 3:1 ratio to Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Spooky Pinball factory culture involves team members 'insult[ing] each other all day long' and making fun of each other

Looney Tunes has received three new modes in the most recent code update

Tazmania is a sub-wizard mode that is difficult to reach and may receive difficulty adjustments in future updates

Every stream, Bug changes one thing in code to make the game easier

Scaredy Cat mode requires eliminating 100 mice to complete, with mice counted down from 100% to 0%

Luke Peters is the rules designer/code developer responsible for Looney Tunes light shows and mode mechanics

Pink Porky shots in Scaredy Cat are only visible when thunder strikes illuminate the playfield white

Long-Haired Hare mode features a shaker motor that builds in intensity throughout the mode

Scooby-Doo received a major scoring rebalance across all modes including character modes

Five-player co-op mode makes it possible for casual/poor players to reach Wizard Mode

The Wizard Mode is accessible by visiting (not defeating) all villains in Scooby-Doo

The slings in Wizard Mode have active effects (flash and thunder) that enhance the mode

The reverse flipper mystery award effect creates significantly higher difficulty

Spooky Pinball is attending Texas Pinball Fest next week with a major booth and special guests

The Wizard Mode is a 10 out of 10 in quality and feels like an entire Scooby-Doo episode

The beta code update will be released live within a few days pending menu accessibility refinements

Bug never personally met Python Angela, though his father and Ben Heck were around him towards the end

Looney Tunes Collectors Edition code is fundamentally different from Texas Chainsaw Massacre—all mode rules, mode startup mechanics, and backboard lock qualification are completely different

Marvin mode difficulty is adjustable in the menu with default around 15 spins and Bug's setting at 20-30 spins

Looney Tunes Pinball has many different callouts and character voice lines across different sections and modes

Looney Tunes is an excellent entry point for first-time Spooky Pinball players and is 'starting at the top'

Once players learn the shot locations in Looney Tunes, the game becomes an 'absolute flow monster'

The scoring multiplier under the upper left flipper can be increased up to 8x by repeatedly shooting that shot

Latest code version is required before topper installation; older versions will cause malfunction

Cables routed improperly will create shadows on the back glass when lit, affecting appearance

The original topper uses four screws (two front, two back) that must be preserved for new topper installation

The red cable plugs into the topmost port of the Pico board

Gray USB cable can connect to any of three USB ports on the computer; port selection does not matter

Bug played four different Spooky Pinball machines on the same day as the stream

There are modes and features in Looney Tunes Pinball that Bug did not show in this reveal video

The game ends with the classic Looney Tunes 'That's All Folks' closing sequence

Matt Montgomery composed the music for Looney Tunes Pinball, incorporating the classic Looney Tunes theme

What's Opera Doc mode has the most shots of any mode in the game

The Acme item system works similarly to Mario Kart power-up mechanics

Luke Albin Peters designed the rules for both Looney Tunes and Scooby-Doo pinball machines

The community expressed high demand for Gossamer as a character mode

All multiballs in Looney Tunes Pinball are stackable with modes and with each other, allowing up to three simultaneous multiballs

Bug has not yet completed the nine reactors challenge on TNA in front of people

An Exorcist pinball machine would be difficult to market due to the film's intensity

Bug's dog Garth was named after the Wayne's World character Garth Algar, not Garth Brooks

Bug's cat Ginger is named after the heavy metal band Ginger, with a requirement that all pets have G-names

The video mode requires players to feed Scooby Snacks to Scooby while avoiding the villain, with one villain hit eliminating the player from the mode

The Scooby-Doo code update introduces a co-op mode that synchronizes player scores and mode progress, allowing collaborative rather than competitive play

The new topper displays episode-specific footage from Scooby-Doo television episodes coordinated with playfield modes

Green Ghoul mechanics now track sling hits with a clock and spawn two roaming ghouls that can be collected for jackpots, with progress loss if they reach the end of the playfield

Character perks now include having the selected character's mode lit at the left VUK from game start, providing an advantage for character selection

Bug and Spooky Luke spent a full day assembling the first production playfields for Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Looney Tunes

The inner orbit loop in TCM is the smoothest, slickest repeatable shot of the year

Ben Heck spent 1.5 to 2 years developing the ruleset for TCM

TCM received the most positive game launch reception in Spooky Pinball company history

The Pam sub-wizard mode is advanced exclusively via the under-flipper shot on the upper right flipper

TCM and Looney Tunes share identical playfield layouts but completely different code and insert configurations

TCM includes a wizard mode and multiple sub-wizard modes shipping at launch

The upper right flipper may have the most shot options of any upper flipper in pinball history

TCM shipped with more advanced code at launch than any previous Spooky Pinball game

Eric Bauza performs all voice work for Looney Tunes characters in the game

Spooky has developed multiple independent development teams as the company has grown

Matt Montgomery composed the most tracks he has ever done for any pinball game

The game is designed with four ramps and four flippers enabling extensive shot interchange

Texas Chainsaw Massacre represents Spooky Pinball's best theme integration to date

Ed Neil (original Hitchhiker actor) provides voice callouts for the game

Players physically place balls on metal hooks to trigger Hook Multiball

Texas Chainsaw Massacre pinball has 14+ gameplay modes at launch

Looney Tunes is the follow-up to Scooby-Doo in response to customer demand for Saturday morning cartoon pinball games

Halloween wizard mode has eight or nine total locations to progress through

Shots in wizard mode have 2x multiplier value on second hit within same location

The wizard mode final sequence is a 60-second frenzy with seven balls at the Art Myers house

Locations progressively require more shots to complete as player advances through wizard mode

Gas refuel mechanic uses drop targets or upper playfield spinners as collection method

Wizard mode tracks individual location completion times and allows speedrun replay attempts

Spooky's Halloween game 'kicks ass' and represents strong design quality

Collecting the knife item from Nichols Hardware Store doubles all jackpots for 30 seconds

Matt Kemp and Luke Albin Peters deserve primary credit for Halloween game design and code quality

The ball save/generosity timer was intentionally extended in Halloween's development/tuning

Extra ball can be earned by unmasking two villains, visiting five locations, or collecting 50 Scooby Snacks (with 100 additional Scooby Snacks for subsequent extra balls)

All members of Spooky Pinball design team own at least one dog

Bug hears Scooby-Doo theme song approximately 28 times per day during development and testing

Scooby-Doo contains Easter eggs hinting at next Spooky Pinball game and possibly games after that

Character perks can be toggled off for league and tournament play

Mystery Machine multiball caps at three balls and can stack with Scooby Snack multiball (two-ball multiball)

Bravery meter provides 2x-4x playfield multiplier and functions as a timer for staying in location modes

Captain Cutler multiball repeat now includes henchmen-themed hurry-up sequence before allowing re-qualification of multiball

There are 26 possible permutations of 'Let's Split Up' character combos

Combo system awards 10,000 points per shot with linear scaling (two shots = 20k total, three = 30k total)

Bug is pushing for a potential code update to Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle

Spooky is currently producing 28 games per week

Steel costs during peak COVID spiked from $2,500 to $11,000 per load

Spooky has more than doubled in-house manufacturing capabilities since COVID era

Bug was the lead designer on Scooby-Doo at Spooky Pinball

Bug plays TNA with tilt not set as a personal streaming preference

Bug's carpet is too stiff to execute death saves reliably during streaming

TNA has become well-known enough that 'everybody knows the rules on TNA at this point'

Achieving 8 reactors on TNA is a significant accomplishment, though the goal was 9

TNA gameplay is analogous to Dark Souls in requiring safe, boring play over risky strategies

Bug updated TNA code today with new features like Spinner The Champ, and beta code is available on the website

Spooky is adding three Wizard modes to Scooby Doo

Spooky Pinball does not have the Harry Potter license

Combo shots are coming to Scooby Doo in a future code update

Bug loves the idea of Saturday Morning Cartoon themed pinballs and is interested in Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera, Flintstones and Pink Panther

Mystery Monsters including Ghost Clown and Snow Ghost are being added to Scooby Doo

The Mummy is the most requested Monster and Spooky is working on getting it into Scooby Doo

Bug will host the inaugural Twitch livestream on Friday at 4:00 PM Central

The scoring changes will make the game significantly harder and will affect tournament play

Finding Velma's Glasses without hitting orange shots first scores significantly higher points

Dig Dug Dog shot in Fred's Plan mode can be repeatedly shot for increasing points, then cashed out by hitting Captain Cutler helmet

Spooky Pinball has been releasing code updates weekly for approximately one month

The code update changes how players should strategically approach the game overall

Fred's Plan mode is probably easier for beginners to start with because the right orbit shot is easier

The bravery meter multiplier system can reach 4x when kept full and overflowed with Scooby Snacks

Playing as Fred in Fred's Plan mode grants one use of a shot-spotting ability via action button

Shaker motor on spinners and Captain Cutler helmet is now toggleable in game menu

Spooky Pinball will host their first Twitch livestream the following Friday

Judith Tombstone target now serves multiple functions: extra ball, multiball, expert mode qualification

First Kill expert mode is the most requested code update feature Spooky has released

All audio in Halloween 1.11 has been rebalanced with player-adjustable volume controls in the menu

Night He Came Home wizard mode is coming very soon in the next Halloween update

The children singing clip from Halloween's opening was previously missing from the game

First Kill mode requires completing three combo sequences in 20 seconds each to beat

Spooky Pinball has live streaming equipment set up and plans to begin streaming soon

First Kill expert mode is harder than or comparable in difficulty to Stalker mode

America's Most Haunted could be Spooky Pinball's first live-streamed game

Spooky is planning stalker mode tournament-style gameplay with infinite timer for future update

Audio balance was a frequently requested feature that is now implemented with independent control of music, SFX, and voice volumes

Scoring has been significantly adjusted for Bemular and Science Patrol super jackpots to enable bigger scoring potential

Spooky plans to release weekly code update videos for multiple games in the near term

Wizard modes (Zeton) can now be replayed multiple times and stacked with multiballs

Naranga mode requires defeating the kaiju three times at drop targets, then completing a crossover shot

Naranga is a new expert mode that is more intense and bigger than most wizard modes

Ultra Brothers wizard mode based on Ultra 7 series is coming to Ultraman

Luke Albin Peters wrote the Naranga mode and performed well during internal testing

Find Velma's Glasses mode is currently Bug's favorite mode in the game

Bug prefers Jack Jack Danger's livestream execution approach as a model for Spooky's upcoming streams

Bug uploaded a new gameplay tutorial for Scooby-Doo to YouTube

The Super Jackpot in Mystery Machine Multiball is difficult to achieve and requires precision ball control

Shooting the left lane and hitting the bottom-most drop target is a hidden/secret skill shot

The theme song with vocals in Mystery Machine Multiball mode was changed to instrumental version after the first play to avoid repetition

Scooby Snack Multiball is the only multiball in Scooby-Doo that stacks with all other modes

Minor mode (safe cracking) should not be paired with Scooby Snack Multiball because it resets on incorrect shots

Find Velma's Glasses mode will be added in the next code update

Character perks feature is planned for future updates to Scooby-Doo Pinball

Bug plays Scooby-Doo Pinball daily

Easy difficulty Bemular Battle has 30-second timer in pre-multiball phase

First location Scooby-Doo placement occurred at IO Pinball Bar in Madison

Science Patrol multiball can be carried into other modes for 4-ball multiball scenarios

Scooby-Doo production line consumed significant development time recently

Matt Kemp developed the 1.10 update while dealing with a literal cyclone

Naranga expert mode will require Science Patrol Assists to qualify

Science Patrol target hits light orange assist shots that appear on timer-based basis

Gamora mode reduced shot count and lit more shots simultaneously to decrease mode duration

The 1.10 update adds three difficulty levels to Bemular Battle with easy as default

Bemular Battle previously had no timer and no way to exit the mode without completing it

Scooby-Doo is the most ideal theme for Spooky Pinball because it hits a wide audience, maintains monster/horror elements, has nostalgic appeal, and features scary scoring

The original Scooby-Doo Where Are You has only two-three seasons (27 episodes total)

All five voice actors (Shaggy, Scooby, Fred, Velma, Daphne) were successfully cast and recorded without any concessions from first-choice selections

Spooky intentionally designs unconventional/unorthodox games to differentiate from Stern's standardized approach

LCD screens have massively increased pinball development workload compared to DMD era

The upper bookcase shelf flipper is believed to be a first-in-pinball feature

Matthew Lillard and other cast members were professional and outstanding to work with

Scooby-Doo will launch with seven main modes, three multiballs, and significantly more code than Halloween

The Collector's Edition will feature 16 playfield sculpts and custom art from Jeff Zornow

Spooky plans to have future games further along in code development than Scooby-Doo

Warner Bros. licensor was unusually permissive and enthusiastic about Spooky's design direction, approving voice talent, assets, and gameplay concepts without major restrictions.

Scooby-Doo game development began approximately three months before Halloween Ultraman launch.

Scooby-Doo pinball license had been held by another party but lapsed before Spooky re-acquired it.

Spooky re-recorded all original series footage with new voice actors (Matthew Lillard for Shaggy, etc.) to preserve original clips while licensing new talent.

Spooky intentionally wore Scooby-Doo merch at shows for 1–2 years as teaser/leak strategy for community to discover.

All 16 sculpts on Scooby-Doo are injection-molded after $600k+ tooling investment.

Halloween and Ultraman lack great flow and strong shooting mechanics

Bug designed Halloween and Ultraman for Spooky Pinball

Halloween animations are intentionally held back to ensure quality before release.

Operators requested auto-plunge functionality for extended ball sitting in shooter lane.

Ultraman's health system replaces the timer system, decreasing continuously during modes.

Jirass mode progress-saving feature was heavily requested by players.

The next gameplay video in the series will feature Ultraman

Stalker Mode will be moved to the mode select menu in the next update, where it will be locked until the player beats three modes, after which Jack-o'-Lantern multiball will auto-start

There is a code bug after house mode completion related to stock remote progress that lifts the ball out of ball search; this is already fixed for version 1.06

The right orbit is generally considered the hardest shot on the Halloween machine by most players

Hedge multiball includes a restart timer of approximately 10 seconds if the multiball is lost

Future scoring updates will drastically affect how beating modes in one multiball impacts scoring in other modes

Counting Bodies is categorized as an intermediate difficulty mode and becomes harder to manage during multiball stacking than in single-ball play

Spooky Pinball is establishing a home studio for gameplay video production with planned improvements including direct display capture to laptop and multiple camera angles

Bug's personal favorite mode in Halloween is Let Me In due to its skill challenge and spectator appeal

A new Rob Zombie's Spookshow International code update featuring additional Sid Haig dialogue was released on October 31st

Rob Zombie released new music on October 30th, coordinated with the pinball game code update

Rob Zombie was heavily involved in game development and insisted on cursing and adult content