Thread: Fantastic Contraption

Originally Posted by jockeys

it was an old game (by sierra, i think) for macs, back in the early 90's. i used to tell people it was the only computer game that made you smarter.

What about Lemmings and Sokoban?

Russell I saw your design that nearly fell off the cliff and thought to myself, "I'll just build a bulldozer that plows through the obstacles. It looked like it was going to work for a minute! Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game

Originally Posted by Bruno

What about Lemmings and Sokoban?

not familiar with sokoban. i always found lemmings to be overly easy and dull.

kinda proud of this one. Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game

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Anyway.... for those like myself who finish the game and need the next thing to occupy themselves....

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Choose story mode (Gateway 2)

Nice one Witman, I didnt expect the ball to be tossed, i thought it was going to roll in

I've really had fun making this one.

Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game

Now that's interesting. At first I thought you had just built a catapult like I've seen done dozens of times already, but upon inspection I realized the arm is only connected to the wheel at one joint! The axle provides the arm its fulcrum, very clever there. You can get a sharper, quicker release that way it seems...

It was a power to weight ratio problem, the extra beam limits the speed of the arm. Also, you might notice that none of the drive wheels bind up; by connecting them all to the top wheel you never get criss-crossed connecting rods, and thus have more consistent results.

I was more tickled by being able to go up and over the entire course then anything else, but I appreciate the compliments on the design.

Originally Posted by Russel Baldridge

Also, you might notice that none of the drive wheels bind up; by connecting them all to the top wheel you never get criss-crossed connecting rods, and thus have more consistent results.

Yes, I just discovered that last night when I was showing the game to some interested friends. I tried to act like I wasn't surprised at how well it worked as if I had known it all along