{"id":4250,"date":"2021-08-23T17:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/?p=4250"},"modified":"2021-12-16T11:30:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T10:30:31","slug":"multimorphic-launches-sorcerers-apprentice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/?p=4250","title":{"rendered":"Multimorphic launches Sorcerer&#8217;s Apprentice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c08KVTLr1go?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Texas-based Multimorphic has revealed <em>Sorcerer\u2019s Apprentice<\/em>, a new game for the P3 <em>Cosmic Cart Racing<\/em> playfield module. The game is combining physical pinball with elements that remind of video games like <em>Age of Conan<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SorcerersApprenticeTransliteSmall.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4251\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SorcerersApprenticeTransliteSmall-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SorcerersApprenticeTransliteSmall.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SorcerersApprenticeTransliteSmall-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SorcerersApprenticeTransliteSmall-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SorcerersApprenticeTransliteSmall-148x83.png 148w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SorcerersApprenticeTransliteSmall-31x17.png 31w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SorcerersApprenticeTransliteSmall-38x21.png 38w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SorcerersApprenticeTransliteSmall-382x215.png 382w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SorcerersApprenticeTransliteSmall-880x495.png 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_220500768_cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4252\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_220500768_cropped-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_220500768_cropped-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_220500768_cropped-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_220500768_cropped-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_220500768_cropped-99x148.jpg 99w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_220500768_cropped-21x31.jpg 21w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_220500768_cropped-25x38.jpg 25w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_220500768_cropped-143x215.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_220500768_cropped-880x1319.jpg 880w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_220500768_cropped.jpg 1852w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>The player is the apprentice in the game, whose ultimate goal is to defeat the sorcerer in a battle of magic. The player travels to different environments by making shots, playing various modes to learn spells, collect keys, and find\/open chests. The player encounters bandits that try to steal your belongings and magical wards that attack you.\u00a0Each environment has four different modes, including a multiball mode. Black Magic Multiball is another overarching multiball mode, which can be stack with the other multiball modes.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_215352853.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4253\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_215352853-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_215352853-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_215352853-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_215352853-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_215352853-148x83.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_215352853-31x17.jpg 31w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_215352853-38x21.jpg 38w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_215352853-382x215.jpg 382w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_215352853-880x495.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>New aspects to gameplay in <em>Sorcerer\u2019s Apprentice<\/em> are managing an array of spells. After learning a spell, it gets added to the player\u2019s inventory. One or more magical elements protect future objectives in the game. Using the white flipper buttons, the player can select the desired spell before making a shot. If the right spell is selected, the object will be completed. If not, the shot has no effect or could result in getting attacked. Players can defend themselves against attacks with a Shield spell, using the yellow flipper buttons. Similar to video games, the player needs to keep a healthy energy level. You\u2019re your energy level, or health, reaches 0%, the flippers go dead, and the ball ends.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_214617200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4255\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_214617200-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_214617200-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_214617200-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_214617200-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_214617200-148x83.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_214617200-31x17.jpg 31w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_214617200-38x21.jpg 38w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_214617200-382x215.jpg 382w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_214617200-880x495.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/a>\n<p><em>Sorcerer\u2019s Apprentice<\/em> was developed under the supervision of Multimorphic owner Gerry Stellenberg. Rory Cernuda is credited for Game Design and Graphics. Greg Goldey programmed the game. Eric Ridgeway has created art, and voicework is by Ryan Tanner. Gerry and Rory are scheduled to discuss the game on the upcoming August 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/pinball-industry-news\">Pinball News &amp; Pinball Magazine PINcast<\/a>, which will become available early September. This week, they will also appear on the <a href=\"https:\/\/flippinandmashing.podbean.com\/\">Flippin and Mashing Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Sorcerer&#8217;s Apprentice<\/em> is available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.multimorphic.com\/store\/p3-game-kits\/multimorphic-game-kits\/sorcerers-apprentice\/\">Multimorphic store<\/a> for $499.\u00a0 Anybody with a P3 and the <em>Cosmic Cart Racing<\/em> playfield can purchase and install it today!<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_202214246.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4257\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_202214246-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_202214246-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_202214246-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_202214246-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_202214246-148x83.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_202214246-31x17.jpg 31w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_202214246-38x21.jpg 38w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_202214246-382x215.jpg 382w, https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Alex-PXL_20210816_202214246-880x495.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>P3 is a modular pinball platform that allows owners to swap upper playfield modules in a pinball cabinet. The lower two-thirds of the playfield consists of the flippers, slingshots, standup targets, two ramp returns, and a giant LCD that interacts with the game. Users can also develop their own games by changing the rules, images, music, and voice calls for existing playfield modules, as with <em>Sorcerer&#8217;s Apprentice<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas-based Multimorphic has revealed Sorcerer\u2019s Apprentice, a new game for the P3 Cosmic Cart Racing playfield module. The game is combining physical pinball with elements that remind of video games like Age of Conan. The player is the apprentice in the game, whose ultimate goal is to defeat the sorcerer in a battle of magic. The player travels to different environments by making shots, playing various modes to learn spells, collect keys, and find\/open chests. The player encounters bandits that try to steal your belongings and magical wards that attack you.\u00a0Each environment has four different modes, including a multiball mode. Black Magic Multiball is another overarching multiball mode, which can be stack with the other multiball modes. New aspects to gameplay in Sorcerer\u2019s Apprentice&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[968,960,967,965,194,964,195,87,13,5,963,966,962],"class_list":["post-4250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-age-of-conan","tag-ccr","tag-corsmic-cart-racing","tag-eric-ridgeway","tag-gerry-stellenberg","tag-greg-goldey","tag-multimorphic","tag-p3","tag-pinball","tag-pinball-magazine","tag-rory-cernuda","tag-ryan-tanner","tag-sorcerers-apprentice"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4250"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4259,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4250\/revisions\/4259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinball-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}