Fantastic Contraptions

[KleinErzahler]

This has absolutely nothing to do with organs, but I believe our decidedly clever members here might enjoy the following puzzle website:</p>

fantasticcontraption.com</p>

The idea is to move a given item from the workspace to the goal by creating a contraption using directional motors, free wheels, and two types of structural struts.  The software is I believe flash-based, and is convincingly accurate about the physics of the machines you create, although it could use a good optimization for folks with slower machines - the more parts the slower it gets.  (I have a 1.2 ghz IBook with 1.25 gigs of RAM and it's fine, but a PIII450 just won't cut it, except maybe with lots of RAM).</p>

So, if you're looking to spend lots of time you don't have on a shameless online addiction, this site is for you!  (C:</p>

       - Nate </p>

[soubasse32]

Re: Fantastic Contraptions



[quote user="KleinErzahler"]So, if you're looking to spend lots of time you don't have on a shameless online addiction, this site is for you![/quote]</P>


Oops, I should have heeded that warning. (I say that after emerging hours later, bleary-eyed)... [^o)]</P>

[Philip the organist]

Re: Fantastic Contraptions

It is LOADS of fun, even on my slow machine. Maybe we need a fantastic contraptions area on this forum. How far did you get, SB32?

[soubasse32]

Re: Fantastic Contraptions

I think I got about 8 or 9 levels in, but then I had to reboot my computer (I'm also troubleshooting some computer issues).

[Philip the organist]

Re: Fantastic Contraptions

I got to five, don't have much time

[soubasse32]

Re: Fantastic Contraptions

I'm stumped at level fourteen.[:|]

[afuller5]

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Soubasse32,</p>

I'm stumped at level 15.[:(] I will let you discover a solution to level 14 on your own. [:D] Most of my solutions eventually worked with tweaking, although they were not elegant or pretty.
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Allen
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[KleinErzahler]

Re: Fantastic Contraptions



I'm stuck on the "tube" puzzle at the moment - everything I have made thus far just falls out the bottom!  (C:</p>

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    - Nate </p>

[KleinErzahler]

Contraption Ethics?



Incidentally, I like how the ability to view other peoples' contraptions is withheld for each level until you achieve it.  In that spirit, I suppose that we should be keeping our contraptions to ourselves for the moment?  (C:</p>

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      - Nate </p>

[nullogik]

Re: Contraption Ethics?



Wow, this game has really taken off in popularity. I first came across about a month ago in another forum (non music) that I frequent and there was no mention of it elsewhere, and now its on pretty much all the forums I visit including this one.</P>
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[Austin766]

Re: Contraption Ethics?

I can't figure out a solution to level eleven, I got twelve, because I went ahead, but 11, I'm just stumped. My solutions are very unlike manny of the othrers i've seen, where others build ramps for the thing, I build a big friggin' machine, along the lines of the NASA crawlers