Discovery Box and PlayChoice Mode - 2 new feature ideas with a video demo.

[Thomas Svenson]

Hi Jason,

My name is Tom and I sent you a couple emails in the past through the Launchbox website of some ideas I had. I did not know about this request area on the forums and hope I am still in time!!! I know 9.10 is done and your gonna have a Live Stream so I REALLY wanted to try and touch base with you ASAP. Below are the short versions of my 2 ideas. I’d be happy to help in anyway I can. I am work in video production and am an all around creative and might be of some use.

IDEA 1:

PlayChoice Mode or a spin off PlayChoice Box or many The Box Timer (Title needs some work.) - It's a mode that is just like the Playchoice-10 timer that allows you to use the coin up button to start and add time to a timer like the original PlayChoice-10 arcades. This would be a great way of simulating that Nintendo arcade experience and also add a new way of playing consoles and arcade games. Makes for a new challenge of seeing how far can you get in x amount of time!

The experience would be you put a quarter in or hit your coin-up button and you get 1 minute or what ever value added to the timer that pops up in the Launch/BB menu that lets you search through games, pickone, and play. When the time runs out you are sent back to the Launch Box or BigBox menu where you can search but not play another game until you coin up again. Adding more coins of course gives more time. Things like the font, color, size, opacity, and location adjustments on the onscreen timer could be a premium feature. I think this would be a lot of fun and easy to do!

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IDEA 2:

DISCOVERY BOX - This idea is a little more complex and is a new mode like a screensaver. I made a video quick demonstration for this with a commentary to better help explain it. Essentially its a scrolling checkerboard like layout mode that you can leave your arcade in to visually attract users. The cool thing is it can be completely customisable and interactive. Images, videos, how many, playlists and more can I really like this idea and would be happy to help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL3YV8oa8Kw

The video is unlisted. Until you would want me to release it. I wanted to give you that decision.

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Anyway, I would love to hear what you think and if you ever wanted to chat I could definitely can go into more detail. I’ve put qwuite a big of thought into these ideas as I have been building my arcade. I also attached a couple pictures of my PLAYCHOICE-XL cabinet I am building that will be running Launch box / BB and I’d love to see these new features. I designed it from online pictures and recreated the artwork and feel. I even have all the original console controller inputs hidden under the control panel. Feel free to reach out to me anytime. Look forward to hearing from you and your live stream. 2019 is a door to new possibilities!

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Tom