New Tony Idea: Juggler Tony

[Mufflebuns]

The new update shook things up in the shop, to say the least; some changes were cool, like the new items, while others are understandable, but sad (RIP Jake!). Most especially though, I yearn for the days of the old pregnancy test popping up all the time. From the additional items, to making it rare, there's not really any other item in the game that actually manipulates the board with more Nubby action.

I have a solution to that, though.

Introducing: Juggler Tony!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3464055968

While a Nubby is still alive on screen, you can launch Nubby multiple times, costing an extra life for each Nubby! Whether Nubby bounced in a weird way and missed the highest peg, you need some extra pops before an item triggers, or maybe you just want to see the chaos of bouncing nubbies again, this Tony would do that for you! After the last Nubby dies though, maybe you would no longer be able to launch extra Nubbies, just to make things less complicated once the game determines time can be froze.

The catch? Well, I'm not too sure! I think having a downside would be an important thing, since the ability to fire multiple of Nubby from the get-go is really strong, but some Tonys are just a straight buff (like Tony Jr), so it's up in the air. However, I do have some ideas for a drawback...(just one of these should be sufficient, I don't want all of them to be incorporated in)

• The board automatically gets jumbled fully every round, essentially meaning the player can never reset for a better state. (but things like Tornado or Straw still can work)
  
• Max 2 lives restored per round (like One-Shot McGee, but with a more generous life cap; makes you think if you should blow all your Nubbies at once perhaps)
  
• Increased points scaling requirements (pushing the player to utilize their ability more)
  
• Your items get juggled; every round, every item is randomly placed into a different slot. (Might be a bit frustrating though, being more like a challenge mechanic; some other juggling downside?

I'm addicted to watching Nubby pop off, so I'd love to see such a Tony lean into that aspect of the game. Let me know if you all have any thoughts/suggestions for this suggestion!

[agathe]

That might be one too many levels of juggling, but the base idea of just throwing more nubbies for more lives in a round I absolutely love. I really hope this is implemented in some way.

[Mufflebuns]

Originally posted by agathe:

That might be one too many levels of juggling, but the base idea of just throwing more nubbies for more lives in a round I absolutely love. I really hope this is implemented in some way.

Ah, oops, I should've clarified that the drawbacks of juggling were meant to represent singular ideas, not all of them incorporated together; I'll add that clarification in. But yeah, more of Nubby definitely can't go wrong.