fantastic contraption: As a thank you for wasting so much of my time

NeitherExtreme · **Reply #30 on:** August 22, 2008, 02:00:22 AM

I DID IT! (Level 18) Well, I feel better.

J-sews · **Reply #31 on:** August 22, 2008, 02:57:33 AM

I'm on 20

.............. $:-\$ ...................

...................

jzmtl · **Reply #32 on:** August 22, 2008, 03:10:02 AM

Finally got 13, 15, 17, 19 and 20 to go.

Got 15 too, three more to go.

Got 17, two more to go.

Whoey · **Reply #33 on:** August 22, 2008, 09:32:01 AM

couldn't sleep... finished all 20...

BIG-TARGET · **Reply #34 on:** August 23, 2008, 02:17:25 AM

Quote from: Benner on August 22, 2008, 12:06:22 AM

Quote from: BIG-TARGET on August 22, 2008, 12:05:32 AM
Quote from: Benner on August 22, 2008, 12:02:47 AM
You've got me playing now.

Be careful!!! It could be more addictive than multitools!!

At least it's a lot cheaper!

ANd no backtalk!!!

Leatherman123 · **Reply #35 on:** August 23, 2008, 03:01:30 AM

Wow, I've been doing this for quite along time and I also finished all 20! Thanks for the fun game!

NeitherExtreme · **Reply #36 on:** August 24, 2008, 01:53:05 AM

Now theirs a level 21!

Not tooooo hard though.

BIG-TARGET · **Reply #37 on:** August 24, 2008, 02:35:10 AM

I'm still stuck on 13!!!

This game is evil!!!

jzmtl · **Reply #38 on:** August 24, 2008, 02:57:28 AM

Quote from: BIG-TARGET on August 24, 2008, 02:35:10 AM

I'm still stuck on 13!!!

This game is evil!!!

Would you like a solution or a hint?

Whoey · **Reply #39 on:** August 24, 2008, 11:13:10 AM

21 was actually quite easy...

jzmtl · **Reply #40 on:** August 24, 2008, 12:09:25 PM

It is eh? I got it on first try.

Still haven't got 19 and 20, arg...

J-sews · **Reply #41 on:** August 24, 2008, 04:19:01 PM

Well I suck. Took me about a dozen tries to get level 21 success. You'll never guess how simple the design was that finally did it for me.

Or maybe you will......

jzmtl · **Reply #42 on:** August 24, 2008, 11:12:00 PM

I used basically the same design I used in the tube, which I have a pic earlier.

BIG-TARGET · **Reply #43 on:** August 25, 2008, 12:10:59 AM

Quote from: jzmtl on August 24, 2008, 02:57:28 AM

Quote from: BIG-TARGET on August 24, 2008, 02:35:10 AM
I'm still stuck on 13!!!

This game is evil!!!

Would you like a solution or a hint?

Grovel!!! Grovel!!!

Abstraction · **Reply #44 on:** September 03, 2008, 12:40:12 PM

Has anyone played this before? http://fantasticcontraption.com/

It's a really simple game at the start, you have wheels, rods and a sort of water rope which you use to move an item from one place to another. Starts off simple, you usually build sort of buggys to drive the item, but then the levels get more complicated and you have to build all sorts of crazy machines! Once you realise you can build tank tracks, cannons and catapaults it really starts getting fun

Lets see what you guys can make, i won't post any of my contraptions yet because i don't want to ruin some of the levels for you, much better to go into them with an open mind about how to complete them, there are some amazingly inventive ways of doing some levels!

Benner · **Reply #45 on:** September 03, 2008, 01:01:43 PM

Jzmtl got us hooked on this the other day http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,6259.0.html

Whoey · **Reply #46 on:** September 03, 2008, 01:15:07 PM

I've finished level 1-21 previously

dunno if they added any or not...

NutSAK · **Reply #47 on:** September 03, 2008, 01:25:34 PM

Yeah, I'm ready for more levels. I suppose I could pay the fee and get all the user made levels....

Abstraction · **Reply #48 on:** September 03, 2008, 02:25:13 PM

Quote from: Benner on September 03, 2008, 01:01:43 PM

Jzmtl got us hooked on this the other day http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,6259.0.html

Oops, should have searched! Didn't see it there! I've been hooked on it for a while now, some of the stuff you can do is amazing! Did you want to merge this with the other thread or has that died a death?

Quote from: NutSAK on September 03, 2008, 01:25:34 PM

Yeah, I'm ready for more levels. I suppose I could pay the fee and get all the user made levels....

I ran out of levels after an 11 hour playing session

So paid £5 for the full account and it's worth it, some of the levels people have made are fiendish!

Whoey · **Reply #49 on:** September 03, 2008, 02:34:38 PM

threads merged... enjoy!

Abstraction · **Reply #50 on:** September 03, 2008, 04:06:14 PM

Cheers! For anyone who has done these levels here are two of the contraptions im most pleased with

unpossible: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=857271

back and forth: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1000038

J-sews · **Reply #51 on:** September 04, 2008, 03:00:00 AM

Argh! I had just managed to forget about this cursed addiction!

NutSAK · **Reply #52 on:** September 04, 2008, 03:38:36 AM

I really like simple, effective design. Here are a few of my favorite creations:

"Mind the gap" done w/3 pieces: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=927371

"Full Up" done w/4 pieces: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=927622

"Tube": http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=914886

"Unpossible": http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=926393

J-sews · **Reply #53 on:** September 04, 2008, 04:06:35 AM

Quote from: NutSAK on September 04, 2008, 03:38:36 AM

I really like simple, effective design......

Agreed!! The super complex ones are fascinating, but I love elegent simplicity.

There ought to be some sort of contest system for entries with the fewest parts.

Abstraction · **Reply #54 on:** September 04, 2008, 07:46:17 AM

Quote from: NutSAK on September 04, 2008, 03:38:36 AM

I really like simple, effective design. Here are a few of my favorite creations:

"Mind the gap" done w/3 pieces: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=927371

"Full Up" done w/4 pieces: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=927622

"Tube": http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=914886

"Unpossible": http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=926393

I really like that unpossible one, i spent ages trying to make a platform type solution but just couldnt get it to work! I tend to try for simplicity at first and gradually build it up, my unpossible one started out nie and simple but i just kept having to add more and more wheels for more power!

My tube one is nice and simple

tube: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=853495

It just took ages to get it balenced right and the wheels positioned in the right place! I've tried going back to that one and doing it other, more complicated ways and failed miserably

Abstraction · **Reply #55 on:** September 04, 2008, 07:47:21 AM

Quote from: J-sews on September 04, 2008, 04:06:35 AM

Quote from: NutSAK on September 04, 2008, 03:38:36 AM
I really like simple, effective design......

Agreed!! The super complex ones are fascinating, but I love elegent simplicity.

There ought to be some sort of contest system for entries with the fewest parts.

There is

Fewest pieces challenge:

http://fantasticcontraption.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=28

Fewest pieces and fastest time challenge:

http://fantasticcontraption.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=828

Some of those are not getting beat

NutSAK · **Reply #56 on:** September 04, 2008, 02:29:33 PM

Quote from: Abstraction on September 04, 2008, 07:46:17 AM

Quote from: NutSAK on September 04, 2008, 03:38:36 AM
I really like simple, effective design. Here are a few of my favorite creations:

"Mind the gap" done w/3 pieces: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=927371

"Full Up" done w/4 pieces: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=927622

"Tube": http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=914886

"Unpossible": http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=926393

I really like that unpossible one, i spent ages trying to make a platform type solution but just couldnt get it to work! I tend to try for simplicity at first and gradually build it up, my unpossible one started out nie and simple but i just kept having to add more and more wheels for more power!

My tube one is nice and simple

tube: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=853495

It just took ages to get it balenced right and the wheels positioned in the right place! I've tried going back to that one and doing it other, more complicated ways and failed miserably

Yeah, I like that tube one--I never could get the pieces quite tight enough to make that work. Mine uses a "self-tightening" system with the wheel in the center, and can start off quite loose, actually and still work.

Thanks for the compliment on the unpossible one--I was quite proud of that when it was completed. You know you're proud of your design when you watch it over and over again.