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Hot Wheels Pinball Gameplay with Programmer Josh Kugler!

Dead Flip·video·37m 3s·analyzed·Nov 14, 2020
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TL;DR

Hot Wheels Pinball gameplay with programmer Josh Kugler explaining rules and mechanics.

Summary

Dead Flip gameplay video featuring Hot Wheels Pinball with programmer Josh Kugler providing real-time rules explanations and design insights. The video showcases core game mechanics including car collection, multiball modes, battle sequences, and Redline Mania wizard mode progression, with Kugler clarifying rule interactions and playfield mechanics as the host plays through multiple balls and modes.

Key Claims

  • You cannot collect on the same target twice in a row when collecting cars

    high confidence · Josh Kugler clarifying car collection mechanics during gameplay

  • Cars can be collected during modes, including during Redline Mania

    high confidence · Josh Kugler confirming players can get cars while in modes

  • In multiball attack, hitting one shot repeatedly builds multiplier on super jackpot, with lights going out as shots are completed

    high confidence · Josh Kugler explaining multiball attack strategy and progressive mechanics

  • Redline Mania is its own separate thing from other modes and can run simultaneously

    high confidence · Josh Kugler clarifying Redline Mania independence from mode stacking

  • Extra balls are allowed in casual play but disqualify streaming competition entries

    high confidence · Josh Kugler noting 'if you get to legend, it won't qualify for the streaming competition because we have ball savings'

  • Battle mode has a timer that can cause timeout if shots aren't completed in time, but mode resumes from same point on restart

    high confidence · Host times out during final battle shot; Josh Kugler confirms mode will pick up where it left off

  • Hero cars impact bonus mystery award calculations

    high confidence · Josh Kugler explaining hero car bonus impact during gameplay

  • Winchester Mystery House is a collectible treasure car reference in the game

    high confidence · Host identifies 'Winchester Mystery House' treasure car during gameplay

Notable Quotes

  • “There's just something about having the programmer here telling you what you're doing, you know? Really really changes the game for you.”

    Dead Flip Host@ 20:15 — Highlights value of designer presence for understanding complex rule interactions and design intent

  • “You cannot collect on the same target twice in a row.”

    Josh Kugler@ 0:44 — Clarifies key car collection mechanic preventing target farming exploits

  • “So you can see right now on the right, you're at an eight times the switch stack, which is at one, so we can hold the hook because your switch stack's not dropping.”

    Josh Kugler@ 8:18 — Technical explanation of multiball attack progression system with visual indicators

  • “Redline Mania's its own thing.”

    Josh Kugler@ 10:36 — Clarifies that Redline Mania operates independently from other game modes

  • “Getting to legend without extra balls is quite the feat.”

    Josh Kugler@ 25:54 — Indicates legend mode difficulty level and competitive requirements

Entities

Josh KuglerpersonDead Flip HostpersonHot Wheels PinballgameAmerican PinballcompanyRedline ManiaproductDead Fliporganization

Signals

  • ?

    community_signal: Dead Flip producing in-depth gameplay content with programmer present to explain mechanics and design decisions in real-time

    high · Josh Kugler present throughout video providing rules clarifications, design intent explanations, and interaction mechanics

  • ?

    competitive_signal: Hot Wheels Pinball has streaming/tournament competition track with legend mode that disqualifies entries with extra balls enabled

    high · Josh Kugler stating 'if you get to legend, it won't qualify for the streaming competition because we have ball savings'

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Hot Wheels Pinball design includes rule interactions that prevent exploitation (no same-target-twice collection) and complex progressive mechanics requiring programmer explanation

    high · Multiple rule clarifications about target mechanics, multiball progression, mode stacking, and timer mechanics throughout video

  • ?

    product_concern: Potential game polish issues: ball physics anomalies (balls getting stuck on center post for extended periods), slingshot interactions, and occasional unexpected ball routing

    medium · Multiple instances of balls hanging on center post, unexpected slingshot behaviors, and apparent ball routing surprises during normal gameplay

Transcript

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0:00
Yeah, we're good. No, we're good. We're good. We're good. All right. What's next? Let's do the race one more time since we didn't get through there. Perfect.
0:09
All right, so we're trying to do the race. We're trying to get to car chaos. Easier said than done. How many cars do you need? Four. Four to zero.
0:22
That's a lot of car targets. Literally just hitting a target once, a car target once, that counts as a car, right? Correct. Okay. And who knows? Maybe we'll find some treasure hunt cars. We won't do it that way. So theoretically, if a ball wanted to sit with this pop and that target 40 times. Nope. Okay. You cannot collect on the same target twice in a row. There you go. That's what I was looking for. Because I was like, I'm pretty sure I would have collected 40 cars. Yep. So you do have to alternate. I can't just farm out yellow all day. I got to like. Okay. You have to alternate.
0:59
Octoberfest is being built in the next couple of weeks there you go I'm out for blood internet here comes the backhand it almost went oh so close So close.
1:33
This angle's dope. Thanks, Red. You're dope. Let it bounce. Okay. Bounce over. I love you. Heck yeah.
1:52
Heck yeah. Alright, we gotta go back up. Lay ramp. fridge okay the tilt works hey look cars flying through the air that's fun the half ramp alright so we're looking for sixth place not too bad one of the things I like about the shark is it is different you know it's the only time you see it that was one of the part of the debate verse and then And the other feeling is, well, the shark seems a little out of place. Okay. I guess it's like dinosaurs and stuff. One of the first versions of the cabinet art had the shark, and we found that the shark was a little on the campy side, if you ever go watch the series. Okay. So we didn't love the shark footage, but then I said, people said, where's the shark? I said, all right, let's get the shark in the game with the tilt. So I think that worked out pretty well. But, you know, the car tilt's pretty nice, too. Yeah. That's why I like the random. You can have both.
2:57
All right. So this is, what, ball two of a game I've done nothing on. I haven't even started the race yet. Internet, you want to see some inside baseball? I'll show you what this overlay is doing to, like, generate that.
3:18
New trap. Come on, come on. next game all right here we go ball to look for six forehead here we go nope that ain't it that ain't it come on slingshot be kind sling Okay, we're good. Everything's fine.
3:59
Trash at shooting. There it is. Six. Looking for five. Okay. Oh, that was close. But at least we didn't drain out the left.
4:13
There's five. Okay, we didn't get it. Never mind. Ignore that. There's five. Looking for four. That's the ramp. How could you? That's the ramp again. What the hell's going on? There's four.
4:38
And now we're never going to hit the ramp after hitting it twice in a row. Yo, citizen. Thank you, my dude.
4:46
There's three. That was not it, but we got loop crash multi-ball. Oh, too bad. Oh, you're going to have to stop. So close. Womp, womp. You just needed the two birds. Yep. All right, we're going to have that one. We'll be waiting. Well, now we can jam on this a little bit. We'll be waiting for you. That's good.
5:12
So you can still collect cars in this, right? Nope. No. Okay, cool. Good to know. Big money on the turbo.
5:32
Ball, calm down. Ball, please calm down. Epic enough. Okay, come on. Yeah, no kidding. wrong shot wrong shot wrong shot all right well we'll put it back up there you go center post and oh nuts oh my god that was quick oh my god there it is Woo!
6:11
Air defense. There's my boost. Boost a day later than a dollar short there. There we go. Woo! Shooting the ramp like it's my job. That ball hung out on the center post for an hour.
6:38
Can't get any love with these shots. Come on, buddy. Enough of that booze. Okay, we're going to hang on to this last ball.
6:53
Here comes two. And one more shot for victory. Just got to shoot the left. And we have a battle lit. And the slingshot's trying to help me, but I don't want to help.
7:10
All right, Internet, here we go. Nailed it. So in the multiball attack, what you want to be doing is hitting either one shot repeatedly and then working across, because that's what increases the multiplier on the super jackpot. Okay. So individual shots have an increase in progressive, but then the super jackpot multiplies based on how far you progress on each of the shots. Oh, jeez, okay. But if you start to go along the way, although you're using that, then you really want to take one shot to try to get short of it, which would still build your speed. Take one shot to pound it.
7:54
Oh, and it keeps track of the shot you hit? Or, wait. The lights are starting to go out. Okay, they're going out, yeah. You get all the balls out, you mean.
8:11
To get all the hours. Yeah, right. There you go. To drain all your balls. No, no, no drain. Okay, so you can see right now on the right, you're at an eight times the tack, which is at one, so we can hold the hook because your tack's not dropping. So you can see the right one now is 8x. and you haven't completed this one so your super jackpot hasn't advanced at all. If you complete that shot then the super jackpot will start to grow. Oh, dope. Okay, cool. The multiplier. Yep.
8:46
Stay alive. I love you. So now you're super square and you have a 2x multiplier. Oh, brick. Oh, collect. Oh. At least we did it, Internet.
9:04
Let's go. It was a pretty good time, too. It felt good. It was 4-10. I think my record is I don know what my record is My Twitch program sucks Oh no what happened Fliptronic thank you buddy Any new code I missing Nope we just here jamming and clamming Whatever people say.
9:25
Alright, so now let me focus on automobiles. So can I get cars while I'm in a mode? Yes. Awesome. Let it bounce.
9:38
Oh, really? Oh, let's go. The double dips. Okay, I started another race. Oh, June! Okay. Yeah, I don't know if that's going to happen. Okay.
10:01
Keep shooting that all day. Let it bounce. And get a car. And go. Oh, yeah. We got, like, everything blinking.
10:24
That's not too bad. Oh, geez. Does that stuff count when I'm inside of Redline? Redline's its own thing. Got it.
10:40
Now, that's too bad, because it's going to increase your gear. Yeah. And get you another circle. Running right now is great.
10:56
Going. Collecting those cars. Does Epic time out? Nope. Get under the ball. Okay, we got that. We got the track multi-ball lit. Please don't F me. You butt. Oh, sorry, kids at home. I love you. And I'm shaking all the cameras.
11:15
Wait a second. We're fine. I'm good. I don't actually understand. I thought I was done. All right. There's multi ball.
11:31
You're still in epic. So right now, I think you still need. We still need ramps and we need... Right. We still need ramps and we need... Ramps? So bad.
12:02
Come on, games. Come on, baby. Okay, that was a mystery to all of us. Oh, there's that backhand. It looks like you got all the lands in. It looks like you got the roots, too. And you just collected the epic jack. Let's go. 214.
12:36
Easy peasy, Internet. Look, it's just that easy, Internet. It's just that easy. Pitsop's giving that ball back. And I'll see you once you agree to collect the early-winter list.
12:48
Yep. Totally on purpose. You better have the accident-collected early-winter list. Absolutely. Ooh, heck yeah. I love the air-gun sound. Roar!
13:01
Okay, we got a super lit again. Oh, look. That was a super for $34 million. I couldn't save that ball without breaking my wrist.
13:18
Okay, we got two hero cars. Extra ball is lit. Whoo! All right. The thing, too, with the hero cars is they impact your bonus. mystery award so if you're going to spend that's great is there a signifier as to how many automobiles I currently have collected okay got it extra on the screen we're showing you how many come come come awesome hey extra ball animation we did it no Okay, what would you recommend going for now?
14:13
Well, you're doing pretty good here. I'd pick up your mystery to see what's there. But I would pick another battle. I could do just one letter away. Ooh, I wanted to get tricky with that.
14:25
There you go. Ready for my next creature. You won't want to miss this. With the mystery, light boost.
14:36
Let's go, baby. Refresh. Oh, do we have a dip? Yeah. Once per night, we'll have a fun dip. I keep forgetting to change Injust Servers' internet, and I apologize to you.
14:48
That was your fault, ladies and gentlemen. Second place, Sandy. Does the extra ball account for anything? Oh, no.
15:00
What's up, second place? Everyone hit refresh. I didn't even look at how many cars I had collected. Yeah.
15:20
Don't left. Don't. Do it. Yeah, it was good. I just didn't, I sort of cruised through the dang thing. You have the advanced bonus.
15:45
Oh, okay. It still exists. It's still there. Yeah. Okay, well, you're not screwed. Another extra ball.
16:06
Let's go. Heck yeah. Car targets, light loot. Wait, I started a multi-ball? Oh, this is it. I got all the cards. All right, Internet. Okay, so you need to hit the guard targets. Well, they're all green right now, but as for the champion, you can hit them from right to left.
16:35
And then you just did a head of the ball, which is available to all of the multi-balls by the head of the ball. And it's always based on hitting the target. You can't hit them from red to yellow.
16:50
Got it. All right, let's... Oh, you've got to be kidding me, game. You just doinked me so bad. Yeah, no big deal.
17:14
Let's get to the second race here. We got another hero car. Let's go. What do I need for Rip Rod? I haven't done Rizzle yet.
17:43
Come, come, come. Come over here. Oh, I don't really need cars anymore. Okay, we got a green. Okay, we got to shoot that green like that.
18:03
There's two balls hanging out up there. They're just getting snuggly with each other. Okay, let it bounce. And there was no time in the day.
18:18
keeping that tack keeping that tack feeling good oh that was it come on game right here oh I waited too long Too long it gonna
18:38
Alright, let's get some red line mania going here. You're so far away from it. Yep. Oh, the... Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We're doing big things.
19:05
I activated trying to play mode. That seems to be working. It's less talking, more flipping. Okay, there's that.
19:20
Let's get the M. Is there any more collect car goals? Not currently, but we'll see what happens. Although we haven't hit a treasure.
19:43
P? Oh, come on. That's a treasure. Come on, we got to hit that P. Let it bounce. There it is. Okay, red line in three.
20:02
Internet, listen. If you're not impressed, I'm upset with you. Okay? So then after this, you have to go back to the house to see if you can get to three.
20:10
Red line mania. Oh, completing all the battles? Yeah. Nice. Alright, there's just something about having the programmer here telling you what you're doing, you know? Really really changes the game for you. There's that. Okay, we need to shoot that shot. That shot. All right. Now we need that. Okay. Far.
20:50
Far right. That's all we need. That's it. So that was a jackpot. Feels good. We're at a billion. Okay. Chilling. We're chilling. Well done. That was super.
21:07
Oh. Woo. Let's go. Shifting into second, baby. Rip. Rip Rod! Alright, we're just missing Roger Dodger. Which is Draven, right? We got another battle lit, too.
21:28
There's no way. Okay. Oh my god, I was going to say. Okay. Oh, not good. Game going to help me up.
21:48
Oh, it gets robbed. Oh, it gets robbed again. What the? I looked away. I'm glad you said something. Oh, my God. Yeah, there's a phrase I get sometimes when I'm at it.
22:03
It's not safe for work. Don't left. I think I'm going to take whatever I can hit. You got to go for the kicker then. True.
22:35
Increase your odds. We'll see. We'll see what it gives us. Okay. I do have another extra ball, though. Oh, man.
22:51
No! 60 million points gone. Damn it. All right, good. I see a billion points. Oh, wonderful. A billion points out the door. 1, 2, 3, Internet. Here we go. but we don't have to finish that battle which is great green on purpose oh yeah sorry I keep dancing past that that's gonna look at your collection that's gonna be epic here comes the fourth battle Can he make it? The answer is no.
23:42
Don't. Yeah, the... Go in the hole. Okay, that wasn't it. That wasn't it. We have to have so many freaking cars.
23:58
Nice and calm. Chill. Chill, chill, chill, chill, chill. Alright. T-Rex. Come on Brain Just shoot the dang shot Thank you Oxford, thank you, my dude Increase bonus multiplier Okay, look at that, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Killing it Alright, Trex you gotta be this is great this actually couldn't be better I have an extra ball and that mode's over so now we're gonna spell battle woo 52 let's go baby player 2 same player shoot there's the A and the B and the two T's.
25:03
The other thing, too, is on the first battle, basically any letter will give you a letter. Now you've got to hit the actual letter. There's the B and the A. We just freaking did it. I've just got to put it in. All right.
25:17
Okay, man, post-passing. You've got to complete it in order to get the card. I've got to finish Draven. Okay. Come on, game. Don't do this.
25:32
Oh, God. What am I doing? There's no way. Wait a second. I have another ball. Now, the bad news, Jack, is if you get to legend, it won't qualify for the streaming competition because we have ball savings.
25:51
An extra ball. Yeah, that's all right. An extra ball. We're just having fun. Right. Getting to ledger without extra balls is quite the feat. All right, so I'm just filling time here after your 1.5 billion through ball two. I'm at 5 million. Okay, I need a hell of a ball for you.
26:10
All right. I should just let you play, then I'll throw off your rhythm. We're starting to reach. We're almost finished with the second race. Clearly my level of play tonight has not gotten better as we've gotten. I've clearly gotten worse.
26:43
Who is this guy? Are you pulling people off the street? No, this is Josh. He programmed this game. I thought that was start to start.
27:13
Alright, see if we can crush this. That's going to leave a mark. Kickback. Oh no It is just not my day All right we just got to hit the hole Play that drave. You know what I'm saying?
28:03
Is there any, like, secret plunge? Like, if I power plunge and leave the flipper down, will it bounce off the left flipper and go into the battle hole?
28:11
Oh dang it. You got killed! Oh! It almost hooked us up. That would have been nice. Thank you, Center Post. Please don't screw me, game. Just put it in the hole, bro. Nice.
28:39
Okay. You may have defeated my creatures, but you'll never defeat me! First you've got to hit a couple of battle letters. Okay. And then I think it's the cards. Okay. And then I think it's... Maybe back to battle, or then cards? Sure. I'm just seeing battle and cards blinking. A couple of sets, and then I forget what it is from there. But the... Like I said, it's not like I think it's... Oh, actually, I think about first he had to hit that. Yeah. I'm just following You've got to be kidding me I'm just following pink shots And I use Can I use multi-balls or anything for this? Uh, no I do not believe you can staff on Oh no, I am trapped If I switch cars, they'll never find me alternating cars and letters okay there's a car back to letters oh you couldn't have just hit that E will the spinner move it oh my god citizen what's up bud okay here we go we're just going to hit the damn thing Oh, I thought that was it.
30:06
I'm looking for, like, a cool ricochet. Oh, that was the E. That was it. Okay, the spinner did not move the light.
30:18
And the drop target also doesn't give you the letters. And Joe was saying, I'm the mean one? He coded this. Yeah, how dare you, Joe? Look at this. He coded this. There it is. Yeah. Alright, now you gotta go for the finish. Fuck. Battle sauce. This. Wait. Oh, you timed out.
30:42
You were one shot away and you timed out. Oh my god. So I don't get the car? Nope, but here's what you can do. You can start the battle and it'll pick up right where you left off. Oh my god. One shot. All you needed was the kill shot. Oh, shit. Okay. Sorry, I wasn't looking at the timer. It's all good. I didn't realize there was a timer. I wasn't even paying attention.
31:02
Joe? Okay, we got the T and the L. This should be a one-shot hit here. Laughing at your misfortune. Programmers are sick. That's amazing. okay one more letter it's the b got it for another round mother father dude so am i gonna have like a whole bunch of time to make this last shot once i get it in here yeah it should pick you up right where you left off just let me make this If I got to play this all over again, Joe, I'm coming to get you.
32:06
All right. Thank God. Okay. Give me the ball. I'm just going to wait. What's a tilt, Bob? Yo, Radical. Thank you for the hundred biddies, my dude.
32:22
I'm going to let this ball search. We're going to make one shot to track builder. Is this counting down?
32:28
Okay, good. Yep. Give me the freaking car! Where's my Raja Daja? Yeah, good call. hand sanitizer okay now what do I do don't drain alright I just gotta shoot the check builder alright I touched the game too quick after the hand sanitizer now it's all slimy alright here we go don't You are a LUNCHER! Let's go. Okay.
33:35
Whoa! That was wild. Jackpot! Jackpot! Animations I rarely get to see. Jackpot! The hero first. Yeah, I was just saying, that showed up the second it started. Yeah, that showed up the second it started.
34:01
Jackpot! It's 8-bit! Oh, I should probably... Okay, yeah, you're right. They're red and I also have a ball safe, so I'm not sure why the hell I just did that. So the tac just stays up, huh?
34:38
Um, yeah, this is just all about making all the damage. You have to, like, complete all these things. You have to get all the lights out. Get them all out.
34:53
Okay, that light's gone. You got that left part, but it's still big time. Oh, I see. It's keep track of the shot. Like it was with the, uh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
35:05
Got it. Now you're down to the track builder. One more on the kickback. And we both ramp. Both ramps, big time.
35:15
Okay, I need some control. There you go. Oh, come on, track builder. Woo, air ball, let's go. Come on, build a track.
35:33
Okay, there's that. Oh, it's time. Got it. I didn't even look at the screen. Really close. Woo! 2.6 billion points, ladies and gentlemen.
35:53
No big deal. We got track building multiple ball lit. I'm probably just going to have a terrible ball right now.
36:05
Your computer died? Oh, good. I was like, my computer just died. Oh, that's not good. Let's heckin' go, dude. How many cards is that?
36:17
58. That's a furious multiball. Not even 3 billion. You know what? Go away. Way to go! Go! Yeah, I'll pass you to kill. All right, y'all. Thank you so much for hanging out. I hope you enjoyed the new view that we did there. I bought a new capture card to make sure that the flipper cam is going to be a lot more sexy next time we try this. And I'll see you tomorrow. All right? Have a wonderful night, ladies and gentlemen. And American Pinball, thank you again for loading me this game. And you're beautiful. And I'll see you tomorrow. Bye!