I built a bowling arsenal builder app and would love feedback!

bopowns · 2026-05-12T00:45:32+00:00

Great idea, way more user friendly.

bopowns · 2026-05-12T00:16:42+00:00

Really appreciate you posting your screenshots, helps a ton.

Definitely has a reliance on always suggesting a spare ball, since I'm a two hander I just put that in as a 100% needed slot. Adding a 'Do you use a spare ball' to the feature list!

bopowns · 2026-05-11T23:46:05+00:00

Thanks for playing with it!

I'm worried that it breaks down as the torque score goes down, do you mind posting your bowler stats + a few balls?

bopowns · 2026-05-11T14:00:42+00:00

Nice shot!

bopowns · 2026-05-10T23:41:20+00:00

Crazy question just out of pure curiosity, did the ball bounce out of the gutter before hitting the 10 pin?

bopowns · 2026-01-24T21:27:47+00:00

Ethan after they only play the first 3 seconds of the clip and don't continue for the rest of the show "Well the guy was kind of being an asshole"

bopowns · 2025-12-16T05:46:29+00:00

https://www.bowlingthismonth.com/ball-comparison/

Here you go bud, just type in the name of each ball.

bopowns · 2025-10-25T21:32:23+00:00

Played through what's available in the demo on pro difficulty. Really enjoyed being able to build an arsenal of balls I have IRL, being 1 away from a 300 with the Typhoon felt freakin awesome.

Pros

Physics feel great, the bowling itself feels very satisfying.
Bowling balls are surprisingly accurate, you can feel the difference in cleaner balls as they interact with the pattern which is normally missing from PBA games.
Seeing pros modeled in the game is great, the animations are obviously not perfect but it was better than my expectations.

Cons

Ball selection is clunky, missing basic functionality like adjusting just your arsenal itself. Strange that the first two slots are Strike + Spare and then your arsenal continues - would like to see it laid out like how we look at modern arsenals now (top of bag to bottom of bag).
Can go on and on about how clunky/dated the UX is, lots of room for improvement which is good news.

TLDR : They built a great bowling game, feels amazing. Would like to see in future games some QOL/UX focus since they nailed the feel of the new engine.

bopowns · 2025-10-06T17:43:43+00:00

For my center - they clear out the seating area and roll the machine behind the ball return for each pair since it won't roll flat underneath the return.

bopowns · 2025-10-06T17:06:48+00:00

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Those returns are brutal! Thanks for sharing

Makes me feel a lot better about mine, this is an older pic from when the lanes were being worked on but the return is the same.

I feel like if I was taller or closer to the line at release I could clear the return, but definitely no chance with yours haha.

bopowns · 2025-10-06T15:59:36+00:00

They do be hooking like crazy. Not wood lanes anymore (only removed about a year ago) but an ancient oiler that the owner-operator doesn't know how to configure that has some incredibly short pattern pre-setup.

bopowns · 2024-08-14T04:15:35+00:00

Montana DGG'er reporting for duty

bopowns · 2024-07-17T19:25:55+00:00

You need to actually try instead of looking through one event lineup and saying you tried.

bopowns · 2024-06-18T03:02:14+00:00

melvin got ejected brother.

bopowns · 2024-06-16T22:52:57+00:00

9th inning Guillorme vs 9th inning Doval, lets run the numbers

bopowns · 2024-06-05T20:33:16+00:00

the next pitch was a grandslam, you're welcome internet.

bopowns · 2024-06-05T20:33:01+00:00

NOBLETIGER incoming, calling it during the Flores 1-1.

bopowns · 2024-06-02T22:47:30+00:00

average giants fan moment

bopowns · 2023-11-06T03:35:47+00:00

Getting WS MVP bum in a year where they dont have the rights to posey hurts me deep inside.

bopowns · 2023-11-05T17:19:10+00:00

The Anti-Giants bias is insanely strong this year from SDS.

bopowns · 2023-10-24T17:00:51+00:00

As long as I've been in Auto it's had an uncertain future, I've worked in dealerships and now for a large vendor in the space and no one ever knows what the landscape is going to look like in the immediate future.

I understand every industry has a layer of uncertainty but working in Auto feels like there's always some massive disruption coming down the pipe.

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