HOW TO MAKE A PINBALL MACHINE - Mode Selection in MPF

HOW TO MAKE A PINBALL MACHINE: Carousel Mode Selection in MPF

While I wait for my whitewood clear coat to cure, we're going to tackle Mode Selection in Mission Pinball Framework! This ended up being easier than I thought, but I'll walk you through how I went about it and show you the exact code I'm using in my game (as of the date of this video).

Table of Contents:

0:00 Intro
1:24 What you'll need
2:59 Let's talk about modes again
5:31 Some advice on how to approach coding your game
9:29 2 ways to do mode selection
11:20 Starting with the sample code
15:16 How to start the Carousel mode
27:43 Displaying the carousel in a slide_player
31:16 Quick Review of our code
34:38 Carousel Mode Working!!
36:51 Starting a game mode based on carousel selection
39:57 Wrap up!

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How to structure your pinball machine game code:    • How to Structure Modes in Your Pinbal...  

Event and Handlers in MPF:    • Events and Event Handler in the Missi...  

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Led Zeppelin Pinball Project BoM (Bill of Materials): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

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