Fantastic Contraption

Teg Veece · 18-07-2008 5:43am #1

I came across this puzzle game recently and I'm completely hooked on it.
Thought some of the people in this forum would enjoy it too.

www.fantasticcontraption.com

You can save your contraptions as you go. Maybe you could post the link here to any interesting ones you've made.

My one bit of advice is not to spoil it on yourself by looking at some of the solutions before you've played that level. Persistence pays off and it's fairly rewarding when you do it just using your own imagination.

Good luck!

MB74 · 18-07-2008 12:17pm

That's just way too addictive

ojewriej · 18-07-2008 12:31pm

It's like The Incredible Machine

Hours of fun

genie_us · 18-07-2008 12:45pm

I don't get what the water does? :rolleyes:

Teg Veece · 18-07-2008 11:52pm

genie_us wrote: »

I don't get what the water does? :rolleyes:

Ah, the water is just like the wood in that you can use it to join items together but there's a very important difference.

Water connectors can pass through other parts of your contraption where was wood ones can't.
This is very handy for strengthening the frame of your machine for example by having criss-crossing connectors.
The wood ones are handy then if you want to rest other items on top of them like say for example if you're trying to build a catapult.

Here are two example that show the difference:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=16670
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=16690

Apologies to those who are losing hours of the lives playing this by the way!

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 18-07-2008 11:55pm

ojewriej wrote: »

It's like The Incredible Machine

Hours of fun

Class game, just got it running there again recently on a dosbox after god knows how many years.

genie_us · 21-07-2008 12:44pm

Teg Veece wrote: »

Ah, the water is just like the wood in that you can use it to join items together but there's a very important difference.

Water connectors can pass through other parts of your contraption where was wood ones can't.
This is very handy for strengthening the frame of your machine for example by having criss-crossing connectors.
The wood ones are handy then if you want to rest other items on top of them like say for example if you're trying to build a catapult.

Here are two example that show the difference:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=16670
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=16690

Apologies to those who are losing hours of the lives playing this by the way!

NOW I get it!

Goodluck2me · 23-07-2008 12:51am

google magic pen, its a similar better game

DrEvil · 24-07-2008 10:19am

Great game can't stop playing it.

one-angry-dwarf · 25-07-2008 11:09pm

great game! 14 and 15 are hard as hell, but it's great when you finally get it! stuck on 16 now....

Mellor · 28-07-2008 6:10pm

where do you get the level numbers?

29-07-2008 11:01am

Mellor wrote: »

where do you get the level numbers?

If you click on the red arrow in the top right hand corner you can go back to the main menu and pick whatever level you want from there and it gives you the number and name of each level.

You can also view other peoples creations for the levels which you have completed.

c - 13 · 29-07-2008 1:08pm

Really enjoying this one. Just moving onto level 10 now

delspeed78 · 29-07-2008 3:04pm

Can't get past level 13(big ball).

c - 13 · 30-07-2008 6:38am

Oh dear jesus.

I struggled through to level 14 before I made an astonishing discovery.

YOU CAN MOVE THE ****ING OBJECT TO TRANSPORT AROUND THE WORKSHOP AREA

I've played through the last 14 levels without budging the object from its original place

Would have made things a lot easier if i'd known that ...

Teg Veece · 30-07-2008 7:39am

delspeed78 wrote: »

Can't get past level 13(big ball).

I think there are 2 main ways to beat this one.

You can either build a tank type contraption with an angled backwards moving conveyor belt on its roof which and help shift the big ball out of the way while you slide the key block underneath.
Or... you could try to beat the ball to the goal....

I thought the toughest one was the 4 Ball one. I really overcomplicated it by trying to build a huge catapult that fired all four balls at once!
Does anyone have any interesting solutions saved?

c - 13 · 30-07-2008 8:11am

Teg Veece wrote: »

I think there are 2 main ways to beat this one.

You can either build a tank type contraption with an angled backwards moving conveyor belt on its roof which and help shift the big ball out of the way while you slide the key block underneath.
Or... you could try to beat the ball to the goal....

I thought the toughest one was the 4 Ball one. I really overcomplicated it by trying to build a huge catapult that fired all four balls at once!
Does anyone have any interesting solutions saved?

I actually went for option 3. I built a caterpillar style thing to carry the block, climb over the ball and drop down behind it

Having a bit of bother with my 4 ball one at the moment. My conveyor belt system doesnt wat to work properly ...

30-07-2008 12:30pm

c - 13 wrote: »

Oh dear jesus.

I struggled through to level 14 before I made an astonishing discovery.

YOU CAN MOVE THE ****ING OBJECT TO TRANSPORT AROUND THE WORKSHOP AREA

I've played through the last 14 levels without budging the object from its original place Would have made things a lot easier if i'd known that ...

Yeah, It took me ages to figure that out too. I went back and had a look at the previous levels and some of them can be done with only one or 2 pieces. The first level can be done without using any pieces at all.

c - 13 wrote: »

Having a bit of bother with my 4 ball one at the moment. My conveyor belt system doesnt wat to work properly ...

I'm halfway through this one. Trying to build a caterpillar with a long tail with a back on it to try drag the balls along but to no avail.

delspeed78 wrote: »

Can't get past level 13(big ball).

Here's a couple of efforts i have saved for this level......You're better off to keep trying though....

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=122285
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=122447

The second link is by far my best machine.

c - 13 · 30-07-2008 2:26pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah, It took me ages to figure that out too. I went back and had a look at the previous levels and some of them can be done with only one or 2 pieces. The first level can be done without using any pieces at all.

I'm halfway through this one. Trying to build a caterpillar with a long tail with a back on it to try drag the balls along but to no avail.

Here's a couple of efforts i have saved for this level......You're better off to keep trying though....

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=122285
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=122447

The second link is by far my best machine.

Still stuck on the same level, just cant get it right, very close but not managing it.

My favorite is one of my simplest (For Handling Level) -
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=141074

Spent ages trying to work it out and it just clicked

30-07-2008 3:48pm

That is quality. Nice thinking and very original.

aine-maire · 12-08-2008 4:06pm

so unbelievably addictive!!:D

Geo08 · 15-08-2008 10:12pm

Since finding this link I've pretty much played in non stop for 24 hours, very hard to stop!!

jiltloop · 18-08-2008 11:47pm

damnit! its nearly 1am and i'm up for work soon! why did i have to discover this game on a "school" night?

Teg Veece · 20-08-2008 1:01am

Ah, quit complaining about hours wasted. Anyone spending longer than 5 minutes at this game should be ashamed of themselves...

SPOILERS!!...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1maJZ0U8ULg

:eek:

rgiller · 20-08-2008 9:25am

Teg Veece wrote: »

Ah, quit complaining about hours wasted. Anyone spending longer than 5 minutes at this game should be ashamed of themselves...

SPOILERS!!...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1maJZ0U8ULg

:eek:

That's brilliant: fair play to him. Such simple solutions when most of the time I make the most complicated monstrosities that blow up or just don't work

Spore · 10-09-2008 11:03pm

Do you know how many hours of my life I've lost to this!!!
I've finally finished so I can go back to work / girlfriend / life etc...

gabigeist · 17-09-2008 10:18am

Thanks OP, this is legendary!

Mellor · 29-09-2008 9:46pm

I thought this could grind it out, its gets pretty close
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2298118

I'm going to improve it to sort it out

Mellor · 29-09-2008 9:47pm

Mellor wrote: »

I thought this could grind it out, its gets pretty close
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2298118

I'm going to improve it to sort it out

lol,
while I was saving it, it had gotten to the last, tiniest ball, and finally found the win
possible record for long time to complete

:D

Blarney92 · 30-09-2008 2:33pm

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=PyZ9jhqMXqU

We have a winner!!!!!

theboytaylor · 20-10-2008 1:47pm

Great game.

Struggling with the "Back and Forth" level.

byrner88 · 22-10-2008 2:56pm

stuck on "higher and mission to mars . any one any ideas

theboytaylor · 22-10-2008 6:27pm

On "Higher" I just moved the ball thing right up to the edge of the goal, built a platform underneath it that sort of shoved it upwards.

Ishmael · 24-10-2008 11:26am

Blarney92 wrote:

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=PyZ9jhqMXqU

We have a winner!!!!!

That is Genius, must have taken ages to get it right though.

byrner88 wrote:

stuck on "higher and mission to mars . any one any ideas

Catapults FTW!

Quite a lot of them can be done with catapults to be honest.

Sherifu · 01-11-2008 2:15pm

Came across this game last week, took me 2 days to pass all the levels playing when I had time. Unpossible was the hardest and most satisfying to finish.

jimbling · 05-11-2008 10:01am

wow, discovered this at about 3.45 yesterday. played until I left work at 6, getting as far as handling.
Went home, opened the laptop and didn't stop till 11 when I finally finished the last one.

For some reason I found handling to take the longest. Spent about an hour and a half, failed. Went and did tube and back and forth then returned to handling.... another hour or so until I got it done.

Unpossible was also extremely tough... but so so satisfying.

Thought u-turn was a bit easy for a finishing level. Should have ended at unpossible.

And I did all this without even considering making a bloody catapult :eek:

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