A fun online physics game

[Vince lau]

http://fantasticcontraption.com/

found out about it on the weekend, and now I can't stop playing it

[JackN]

Fantastic Contraption is amazing, my roomate showed it to me, and now I play it all the time in class. It is easily one of the most fun games out there on the web.

[Grant Cox]

My hall is obsessed with this game.. we share designs, concepts, off-the-wall inventions, etc with each other all the time. If you haven't checked it out yet, it is definitely worth the addiction that it will no doubt bring.

[JaneYoung]

This could be a good educational tool.

[Branden Ghena]

I just spent the last half an hour on this. I expect to spend the next hour on this too. Its okay though, I'm an engineering major! :D

[ATannahill]

Cool, http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4334577.

[Vince lau]

Cool, http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4334577.

it gets stuck, when i try it.. did it work when you built it?

[Schnabel]

This could be a good educational tool.

Actually my Engineering Design Teacher all ready uses it in class and the school is thinking about purchasing us all the $20 pack to keep playing with it because it fits the curriculum so well.

[ATannahill]

No, I need to work on it. I meant to show all of them, I didn't know it was limited to that one level.

[Akash Rastogi]

I'm stuck on 8....

[vivek16]

I'm stuck on 12, stupid balls.

-Vivek

p.s. GAH, it's addicting! If you are supposed to be studying, do not even open the link.

[ComradeNikolai]

p.s. GAH, it's addicting! If you are supposed to be studying, do not even open the link.

I had a few chapters to read and a debate case to write... I should have heeded this warning. Alas, now I shall be up later.

[David Guzman]

This game is fun. I also should be studying. Good Find.

BTW anybody done 13 yet? I got stuck on that one.

EDIT: Ok, I got 13 but forgot to save it. Here is what I did for 14, is actually pretty funny to watch.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4345396

[EricH]

I'm stuck on 8....Use the hill on the right, but watch your stability.

I'm stuck on 12, stupid balls.

-Vivek

p.s. GAH, it's addicting! If you are supposed to be studying, do not even open the link.703 in 2007. There are pictures in CD-Media.

This game is fun. I also should be studying. Good Find.

BTW anybody done 13 yet? I got stuck on that one.I agree on the studying...

For 13, go the unexpected way and follow the hint for 12.

BTW, said hint is pretty nifty in many parts of this game. So are counter-rotating wheels.

(No, I'm not going to give a full answer! Why ruin the fun?)

P.S. Anyone have any hints on 15?

[Vince lau]

This game is fun. I also should be studying. Good Find.

BTW anybody done 13 yet? I got stuck on that one.

i got 13 here is what I did http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4283322
warning contains spoiler so don't click on it if you want to try and figure it out yourself, even though there are probably a lot of different ways to do it

[Branden Ghena]

I got 15...use a pendulum.

Any hints for 14 though, I kind of skipped that one. :o

[Vince lau]

Use the hill on the right, but watch your stability.

703 in 2007. There are pictures in CD-Media.

I agree on the studying...

For 13, go the unexpected way and follow the hint for 12.

BTW, said hint is pretty nifty in many parts of this game. So are counter-rotating wheels.

(No, I'm not going to give a full answer! Why ruin the fun?)

P.S. Anyone have any hints on 15?

i have a hint for 15 but don't want to give too much info, how about this think about a robot from 2007 FRC game reaching for the top row but tipping over

edit: 14 was a fun one to make, i'll give you a hint how i made mine, use the counter clock wise wheels, i have my design saved if you want to see it let me know

[EricH]

I got 15...use a pendulum.

Any hints for 14 though, I kind of skipped that one. :o2006 game.

[Vince lau]

wait till you get to 20 that one is challenging, i want to you your designs who ever gets it and i'll show you mine

[Herodotus]

I'm stuck on 12, stupid balls.

-Vivek

p.s. GAH, it's addicting! If you are supposed to be studying, do not even open the link.

Same here, though I skipped ahead and did some of the later ones too. The big ball really annoys me.

[Billfred]

Here's what I got (months ago) for 14: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=924475

And 12, since it came up: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4344391

Also, do yourself a favor and spring for the paid version. The epic-to-fail ratio is not as good as the standard levels, but there are some really neat challenges beyond.

[ebmonon36]

I got through 15 with an interesting design. Definitely not the prettiest nor the simplest way to do it: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4346456

Eric

[ATannahill]

Any hints for 9?

[David Guzman]

Any hints for 9?

Two hints for an easy way.

-Four wheels
-It can be flipped ;)

[Molten]

It includes a solution to thirteen that is somewhat unique. There are many ways of doing it, but I've yet to see another that does it quite this way.
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4354497
Hope you all enjoy.

P.S. The idea behind this design can be used for many of the stages. This stage just highlights it the best.

[The Farmer]

I remember playing this game a while back, but forgot about it. I didn't beat all the levels, but I got most.I kept all of my better contraptions in a text file, so I'll post them all:

~Level 3~

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2169294 (mobile bridge)
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2299700 (the fling)

~Level 4~
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2300463 (bulldozer)

~Level 5~
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2169909 (wall buster)
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2202566 (Super-vaulter)
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2300888 (rammer)
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2342440 (needle tank)

~Level 8~
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2203143 (Slingshot 0.5)

~Level 10~
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2216454 (tank)

~Level 12~
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2172999 (tail and boat (p.s. I have no idea why I named it that))
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2216819 (tank tread cage)
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2343271 (long arm)

~Level 13~
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2173655 (sweeping belt)

~Level 14~
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2251745 (the flipper)

~Level 21~
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2304854 (The crawler)

[phr34kR]

stair climber :)

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4366211

[ComradeNikolai]

Level 1: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4367040
Level 2: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4367312
Level 3: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4367546
Level 6: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4368435
Level 8: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4369963
Level 10: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4368104


More to come... I did them* with really basic, lame designs at first, but I'm doing more intricate things now.
Why do I like little sliding launchers so very much?

*those which I completed.

[vivek16]

Can someone give me a hint for 19?

thanks, Vivek

[EricH]

Can someone give me a hint for 19?

thanks, Vivek
Capture the ball with counter-rotating wheels. Then transport it. You may or may not wish a bridge. (I didn't use one.)

[vivek16]

21: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4371380

woohoo..

the same design worked for the vertical climb one

-Vivek

[Carlee10]

ADDICTED!!! I love it!!! This will be a serious waste of time....but its fun!!

[DonRotolo]

and now I can't stop playing it
You people are EVIL, I just wasted an hour on this. Darn those four balls!:mad:

Great game, highly addictive.

[Herodotus]

Here is my favorite of mine, from mission 11.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4371679

[grim]

Actually my Engineering Design Teacher all ready uses it in class and the school is thinking about purchasing us all the $20 pack to keep playing with it because it fits the curriculum so well.

Where did you find a $20 pack? All I can find is the $10 to join.

[bobwrit]

Level three: superman into the blocks
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4404276

I found that one funny(Note: doesn't compleate the level)

[Molten]

Here's the not-so-unpossible one.
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4404939
Don't view if you don't want to.

[Burmeister #279]

21: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4371380

woohoo..

the same design worked for the vertical climb one

-Vivek
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4418293

=)
this game is fun

[Chief Pride]

Ah! I played this a long time ago then this thread made me want to go try again... Check this out:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4449241

[Burmeister #279]

[edit]nevermind, i fixed it

here's all my [and two of vivek's] solutions

level 1
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4459399
level 2
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4459453
level 3
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4459477
level 4
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4459547
level 5
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4459701
level 6
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4459758
level 7
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4459888
level 8
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4460087
level 9
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4460507
level 10
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4460669
level 11
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4460725
level 12
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4460784
level 13
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4461374
level 14
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4461595
level 15
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4461795
level 16
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4459346
level 17
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4461882
level 18
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4463979
level 19
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4462370
level 20
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4404939
level 21
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4418293

[Molten]

[edit]nevermind, i fixed it

here's all my [and two of vivek's] solutions

level 20
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4404939

Please give credit where credit is due. I spent an hour working out that design. For proof: Reference my previous post above.

[Wayne Doenges]

Level #17

Here's my idea. It works :ahh:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4472349

[Vince lau]

here's mine for #12, who needs wheels to climb stairs when you can launch
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4474097

launching over the wall for #5
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4387876

[Burmeister #279]

sorry molton, vivek sent me that link and told me to use it since i couldn't get one to work and i forgot to write your name in there.

[edit] lol good job Vince, I was using a similar design on one of mine other ones. i decided to try and do as many as i can with the catepult like object.

[vivek16]

That I did, I figured Nick would recreate it but oh well. No harm done eh?

-Vivek

p.s. I think my canadian friends are rubbing off on me...

[Nosh]

just what i needed, now the small part of my life outside of school not spent on robotics can be consumed by a web game. why must it be so addictive?

[Burmeister #279]

well, i'm officially addicted and in need of rehab.
I found out how to do the crazy ball glitch :

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4508294

make an up arrow on the orange ball or a down arrow on the pink one as shown.
==
kablooey

[Jwxie]

fun game, played for like 15 mins...oh welll