Have teams of players compete on who can get the most tickets in a set amount of time. Also, to keep folks switching to different games, have random machines give two to three times the tickets cycling at random during the competition. Whichever team wins get tickets and a wheel spin that can multiply the ticket amount by up to 5x that converts into actually units.
i really really really love this as an idea, partially because i think a more social aspect for the arcade is desirable (part of the charm of irl arcades is playing the same machine with someone you’ve never met and having a nice fun competition with them despite the fact that you will likely never talk again) and that seems like one of the best ways to achieve it, but also i really like the idea of extra boosted ticket gains. as it is, even on 2x ticket days, it is nigh-sisyphean to grind for the wowuzela even on machines that have the best statistical output per time spent on them. i would also note that it would be nice to not have these on 2x ticket days because that is enough of a draw to arcade itself, and usually they get enough ppl playing arcade on thursdays that they don’t need another driver to the arcade, but when it’s not a 2x event there’s like. maybe 5 ppl across all plazas on arcade and the arcade is a good place to go so. yes i like this a lot. 