about.html

---
layout: default
title: About
---
    <div class="container">
        <p>The Mission Pinball Framework is being built by pinball-loving
        volunteers who are building, maintaining, and supporting MPF in their
        spare time. Everything we build is completely free &amp; open source,
        even for commercial use. We do it for the love of pinball!</p>
        <h2>Core developers</h2>
        <ul>
            <li>Brian Madden</li>
            <li>Gabe Knuth</li>
            <li>Quinn Capen</li>
            <li>Jan Kantert</li>
        </ul>
        <p>Want to help out? We'd love it! Reach out to us in the <a href=
        "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mpf-users">MPF Users Google
        Group</a>, or read our <a href=
        "http://docs.missionpinball.org/en/latest/about/contributing_to_mpf.html">Contributor's
        Guide</a>. Even if you're not a coder, we'd love <a href=
                "http://docs.missionpinball.org/en/latest/about/contributing_to_mpf_docs.html">help with docs</a>, how to
        guides, and proofreading!</p>

        <h2>Media</h2>
        Want to help us to promote MPF? You can use the following materials:
        <ul>
            <li>Flyer in <a href="flyer-A5.pdf">A5 format</a> or <a href="flyer-letter.pdf">Half letter format</a></li>
            <li>High res <a href="images/mpf-logo-full.png">Logo</a> or <a href="images/mpf-flag-full.png">Flag</a></li>
        </ul>

        <h2>Podcast: Learn about MPF on the Boom Go Pinball Podcast</h2>
        <p>In April 2016, MPF developer Brian Madden spent 3 hours talking to
        Adam Godfrey on the <a href=
        "http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/boom-go-pinball-podcast">Boom Go
        Pinball Podcast</a> about the Mission Pinball Framework. They talked
        about:</p>
        <ul>
            <li>How MPF came to be</li>
            <li>Our approach to pinball software</li>
            <li>"Programming" with config files versus "real" code</li>
            <li>What's new in MPF 0.30</li>
            <li>A walk-through of how you implement game logic in MPF</li>
            <li>Our long-term vision for the future of MPF</li>
        </ul>
        <p>Adam broke the conversation into three separate episodes:</p>
        <ul>
            <li>
                <a href=
                "http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/boom-go-pinball-podcast/e/bgep76the-mission-man-part-1-of-3-43943245">
                Part 1 (43min)</a>
            </li>
            <li>
                <a href=
                "http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/boom-go-pinball-podcast/e/bgep77the-mission-man-part-2-of-3-43943244">
                Part 2 (53min)</a>
            </li>
            <li>
                <a href=
                "http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/boom-go-pinball-podcast/e/43943243">
                Part 3 (83min)</a>
            </li>
        </ul>
        <h2>Video: Building Custom Pinball Machines</h2>
        <p>MPF developer Jan Kantert gave this presentation at the Chaos
            Communication Congress in December 2017. You can watch the video here, or visit
        <a href="https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8012-building_custom_pinball_machines">
            the original page</a> to download it (including audio-only versions).</p>
        <iframe width="1024" height="576" src="https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8012-building_custom_pinball_machines/oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
        <h2>MPF on social media</h2>
        <p>You can also find Mission Pinball on <a href=
        "https://twitter.com/missionpinball">Twitter</a>, <a href=
        "https://www.flickr.com/groups/missionpinball">Flickr</a>, <a href=
        "https://www.youtube.com/user/missionpinball">YouTube</a>, and <a href=
        "https://github.com/missionpinball/">GitHub</a>.</p>
    </div>