Fantastic Contraption

Vason · 08/24/2008 22:09:29

This is the most fun I've had with an online flash game in a long time.

You can make a tank and allsorts. Youtube is full of awesome designs.

This is the one I'm most proud of (though I stole the design off youtube)

MxO-Insertion · 08/24/2008 22:48:00

This game really *really* makes me think.

I hate shapes.

imax · 08/25/2008 14:37:14

omg thats some addicting shiznit. I'm on the level called "four balls" stuck

GoDGiVeR · 08/25/2008 22:44:34

Looks like someone stole the engine from Phun. Very original.

privaronT · 08/26/2008 00:53:26

I love this thing.

Croesis · 08/26/2008 01:11:05

I was browsing the forums just before going to sleep last night and came across this thread. Needless to say I stayed up later than intended. I eventually stopped at the the steps one with the balls rolling down!

Freelancer117 · 08/26/2008 01:53:16

Reminds me a bit of "The Incredible Machine". Used to love those games.

Cadsuane · 08/26/2008 04:33:54

Wow this is addictive. I managed to beat 'Awash' before I had to leave the house (running late).
My previous favourite flash game: Red

Procurator · 08/26/2008 13:18:59

This was Edge Magazine's 'Internet Game of the Month' in today's issue. I've managed to get to the level with the goal directly below the starting point. Gotta find a way to swing the block over the edge. H'mm...

Croesis · 08/26/2008 13:54:12

Snapback

My design for 'Handling' of which I'm quite proud of!

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=911124

Denary · 08/26/2008 14:35:50

Kinda proud of this design

imax · 08/26/2008 14:49:16

wee!!

Cadsuane · 08/26/2008 15:01:37

It's really interesting to see other people's solutions. Sometimes you think "Oh, why didn't I think of that?" or "Haha, that's far too complicated." but it's always fascinating to see the process a mind goes through.

Croesis · 08/26/2008 16:58:10

imax wrote:

wee!!

That was a great idea! It worked well too!

Denary wrote:

Kinda proud of this design

I did something very similar, a conveyor type design, but I had little flaps on the last rotator piece to kick the balls out with a little more force!

Rogue · 08/26/2008 17:48:12

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=921658 I dont even know how this worked.

Rogue · 08/27/2008 03:09

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=936971

I was surprised this one worked first try

Rogue · 08/27/2008 23:09

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=980859

Complicated.

XElite · 08/28/2008 00:33:28

phi wrote:

I wanted to see if I could deliver the target with a "lander" rather than launch it.

An exercise in unfurling self-removal change of direction and carefully tweaked variables... It's kind of funny to watch and when it finally gets there it tends to get a cheer from onlookers:

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=981442

I love how at the very end, the initial "Contraption" rolls off the edge of the cliff because of the Anti clock - wise wheels, with the one Clock - wise wheel not being enough to stop it... followed by the tiny unpowered wheel... followed by the massive sphere.

tl;dr Trainwreck ftw XD

Croesis · 08/28/2008 01:02:35

Needs moar free levels, I've completed them all and am starting to look at alternate ways to achieve the goals... It's too addictive...

Procurator · 08/28/2008 01:33:17

eval wrote:

Um, I fixed that by attaching a water rod from this to that.

*Laughs.* I can't think of any physical reason for that to work, but yeah, it does.

Cadsuane · 08/28/2008 04:47:38

phi wrote:

I wanted to see if I could deliver the target with a "lander" rather than launch it.
http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=981442

I took your Scramble and gave it a new delivery system: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=986961

imax · 08/28/2008 10:41:28

I just realizsed what this game is... Its an extreamly simplified version of a small part of LittleBigPlanet without the sackboys.

Procurator · 08/28/2008 10:49:02

See? I told you LittleBigPlanet wasn't as original as people were making it out to be. SMILEY

imax · 08/28/2008 11:37:59

an extreamly simplified version of a small part of" Implying the LittleBigPlanet will have MUCH MUCH more to the game.

And considering I'm sure LBP was in development long before this Fantastic Contraption thing, your logic if flawed.

Good day sir. *adjusts monocle*

privaronT · 08/28/2008 16:34:59

Project Battering Ram Complete

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1014154

08/28/2008 18:03:57

May as well share my favorite achievements:
Slingshot for "15. Down Under"
Tank for "16. Awash"
Conveyor for "14. 4 Balls"
Roller for "21. U-Turn"

I'm stuck on "Unpossible". This was my attempt but there's no way to fling it around into the goal area. I think I need to rework my design.
Still trying to figure out how to do 17, 19, and 20. Obsession is an understatement.

Success!
Crane for "17. Handling" Way more complex than my previous ones, but it works.

phi · 08/28/2008 19:44:22

Rolling Away: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1033179
Reach Up: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1115758
Mind the Gap: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1033275
JunkYard: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1033300
The Wall: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1033356
The Wall (TANK!): http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1042299 (I figure if you're going to use a tank to knock down a wall... make it look like one) SMILEY

phi · 08/28/2008 23:03:42

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Procurator · 08/29/2008 02:10:34

imax wrote:

Also notice how I said... "an extreamly simplified version of a small part of" Implying the LittleBigPlanet will have MUCH MUCH more to the game.

And considering I'm sure LBP was in development long before this Fantastic Contraption thing, your logic if flawed.

*Sighs.*

Of course LittleBigPlanet will have more to it. The only argument I've ever tried to put forward was that it's not as original as the unwashed masses think it is.

Was it in development long before The Incredible Machine? I doubt it.

Croesis · 08/29/2008 04:52:20

phi wrote:

Back and forth: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1032094

Very clever!

phi · 08/29/2008 07:13:42

I barely did any work today I was so busy mucking about with this. SMILEY

It's like motorised, spring loaded, mechano... only better.

phi · 08/29/2008 10:18:01

Vinia wrote:

phi wrote:
Back and forth: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1032094
Very clever!

I tweaked it so that it works like I originally intended. The retrieved pinkie now actually triggers the delivery vehicle launch.
Back and forth: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1045042

Mithuial · 09/08/2008 05:35

I got bored:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1436971

New one:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1439248

Apparently you can turn anything into a tank and make it work...

Oh look, it's nearly 9am...