Journey to Pinball Expo 2026

Thank You for Playing!

I will be updating this page following Expo with the journey to make this happen. Thank you to everyone for stopping by. Today is the last day. Kirby is super early in development and has a lot of work to go but I’m so happy people have enjoyed it. Come by and hit a very satisfying left ramp.

After years of playing, restoring, and learning I set out on a mission to create my first ever pinball machine after last Expo 2025. I picked something I’m passionate about, something I love, something I knew would inspire and light up children who might think of a future in pinball but also embrace adults like me who grew up on the little pink puffball. So I set out to make a Gameboy game a real thing.

Kirby’s Pinball Adventure

We met some amazing, friendly and helpful people in the community who encouraged us to just do it and so we did.

Version 1 of the absolute rough draft
Version 2 of the roughest of drafts.

The First Bits

January of 2026 I started slapping scraps on a table. I had a vision but no idea how to make it. I had two parts I knew I wanted and just started there.

I went back and forth between some ideas and it just wasn’t feeling right. I had some scraps and some big ambition but nothing I found in other machines did what I wanted.

I felt discouraged, I took a long break.

30 Days Ago

30 days ago

7 Days Ago

7 days ago

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