My boy and me are making a hockey themed playfield. Got the goalie figured out, got a way to make the puck come from the "bench", it will have a couple of spinning defenders too but we really want to have a ramp shot that leads to a "penalty box". Got a crude ramp set up now but kind of wondering where to go from here. The initial idea was that the ball would drop in the little cardboard area on the bottom left and have some way to release it with another ball for a multi-ball, but its kind of in a hard spot to shoot for. Second idea was to lock it on the rail somehow and thought it would be cool to have a target that would let it go the rest of the way through the "penalty box". Hopefully something we could stick a referee target on perhaps? Any suggestions / ideas / help appreciated!
I'm very late to the party, but this is how I'd try it. Have the ramp feed into a captive ball area. Make a horseshoe curve that leads to a 1-way gate that allows the ball to escape when hit, but does not allow balls to go in the wrong way. The gate could be made in an 'L' shape, where the roof of the ramp keeps the gate from swinging inward, while allowing it to swing outward.
I just noticed how the goalie works! that's brilliant how the two back curves redirect the goalie to cover different sections of the back door. N.....ICE!
I wish I had seen this sooner. Have you found a solution yet? Any progress? We'd love an update on this game.