Indie game developer. Ex-Ubisoft. Reformed web developer. (he/him)
Check out my new pinball action-adventure game Pinball Spire on Steam and Switch! 👀
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2601940/Pinball_Spire/
@morten_skaaning This is fixed now! Thanks again for the bug report.
It turned out this could happen if the enemy respawned directly on top of the ball. I already had a physics clearance check in place to prevent this exact issue, but it wasn't working when the ball was on a rail (since this moves the ball to a different physics layer). This gap is now patched! 😄
Releasing a patch on console is scary... It's a whole process, so if I accidentally break something it'd take some time to get it fixed. I try to do plenty of testing but there's always a chance I'll miss something. 😬
In addition to the changes listed on Steam, the patch fixes this previously-reported Switch-specific slowdown issue:
Pinball Spire patch 1.02.02 is out on #Switch! This patch adds a New Game+ feature and a number of other fixes and improvements. It also brings the Switch version up to date with the PC version, so you can refer to the patch notes on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2601940/view/509581215161909894
@skc Hahaha... That's amazing! What are the odds. 🤣 I need to figure out how to get my game out to all the Scott Clark's out there!
Huge thanks to Scott Clark over at The Gaming Outsider for a wonderful review of Pinball Spire on Switch! 🥰
https://thegamingoutsider.com/2025/06/13/pinball-spire-switch-review/scottielindsay/
"Pinball Spire‘s only real downfall for me is that there isn’t more of it for me to play. The fact that I’ve played through this game twice now on two different platforms is a testament to its quality."
The Pinball Spire Switch giveaway has ended and the winners have been notified. Congrats to the winners and thank you to everyone who participated! 🏆❤️
@MarcRnt Awesome, thank you!
@hardpenguin13 Yeah, I agree! Part of the appeal of making Pinball Spire was the chance to explore a genre with so much untapped potential.
Pinball Spire confirmed to run great on the #Switch2! So after you get tired of Mario Kart World, maybe check out my game? 😜
Forgot to mention the giveaway ends at 12 PM ET on June 6th!
Help us celebrate the launch of Pinball Spire on Nintendo #Switch with a chance to win 1 of 4 game keys! 🥳🎁🎮
Enter the giveaway on Gleam and share/follow us on Steam and social media to increase your chances of winning:
👉 https://gleam.io/zawbw/pbs-switch-launch
Unfortunately Gleam doesn't support Mastodon (yet?) but you have a chance of winning even without engaging with other platforms.
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIsBmXRWfBA
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@AgateDragon Haha... sensible choice
@AgateDragon Yeah, I heard about the store improvements too. I hope it'll surface more games! I also hope it'll run smoother because the old Switch store is painfully slow. 😆
@erin_catto @morten_skaaning Thanks, Erin! That's really cool. Thank you for all your hard work on this framework!
@erin_catto @morten_skaaning I think the particular issue Morten found here is actually caused by a rigidbody pushing another rigidbody through an edge wall. That's entirely my fault and I'll need to tweak the design to prevent this. 😅
Really appreciate the help from you guys!
@erin_catto @morten_skaaning I can't believe I'm getting help from the developer of Box2D. It's like meeting a celebrity! 😁
I'm using Unity so most of the physics implementation details are hidden from me, but as far as I can tell Unity exposes Box2D's "bullet" option as the "Continuous" collision detection mode:
I do have this enabled already and I believe it's indeed working reliably!
@morten_skaaning Yeah... Definitely looks like the enemy could push on the ball here. Whoops. 😬
Thanks for the help!
