

Sharkfall Pinball is a pinball game of a shark eating small fishes. It was created for a school class project of remaking a pinball game. This is designed and programmed by myself using Unity Engine.
Click here to download the demo.
My Role
Designer
Designed gameplay mechanics
Programmer
Programmed the game myseld
Gameplay

The Sea Board

Shark Eats Fishes

Observe Fish Moving Cycle

Get All Fishes and Win
Meaningful Goal
Pinball is a popular classic arcade game that has been played by many generations. In this demo, I'm trying to add a "story" to the pinball mechanics. Players shoot the shark as the ball on the board, and their goal is to eat all the moving fishes in the sea.
By adding a simple narrative like shark eating fishes, I noticed that players' motivation and satisfaction have increased significantly. In the original pinball game, player goal is to get the highest score as possible, which could be repetitive at times. Adding the story means giving the simple mechanics a meaningful goal. As a result, even with the same mechanics, a lot of players expressed that they felt more satisfied than playing the original game.