Fantastic Contraption game

AngryCorvair wrote:

Tim Baxter wrote: Who else is trying to see how simple they can make the machines and still do the job? I've got my stair climber down to 6 parts: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=740643

me. i spent 3 hours last night completing a few levels. my solution to Big Ball looked like a railroad truss made of water links, with the payload hanging below the nose. every time i get one to work, instead of going to the next level, i keep trying to make my existing solution simpler and/or faster.

How's that book comin?

Catapult: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=724775

Awash bull dozer: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designid=639694

The Tube: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=686964

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=686515

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=673785

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=672619

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=668872

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=665619

The Big Ball: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=664866

Higher Up: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=656585

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=656423

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=655779

RX Reven' wrote: Have a great weekend everyone & Duke, thank you very much for sharing this program.

My pleasure. I'm glad you're enjoying it!

On the subject of simpler machines, yes, I've been trying to make things as clean as possible and still have them work in a reasonable amount of time.

Around the Bend

The Tube

The Gap

Reach Up

On A Roll

well...i am new to this...only signed up to make a post or two...anyways... i was doing Mission to Mars like i usually do, went it glitched and pretty much exploded...check it out: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=819087

also, alot of people can't get it to work, although i saw one that worked, but was a little different, but only use 4 pieces total to win The Tube: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=820343 (4 personally added pieces) anyways, sorry if i did something wrong...hope you enjoyed the contraptions...

I just modified that one for the tube and did it with 3 pieces

dang...you just got me...i did it, and literally just finished... http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=820637

the mission to mars exploded again, but against all odds...i still won:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=835039

Tim Baxter wrote: Who else is trying to see how simple they can make the machines and still do the job? I've got my stair climber down to 6 parts: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=740643

me. i got stair climber down to 4...and i beat these other three with just a stick

Stair Climber: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=835737

here are the ones that only took one part (they are called two pieces because i was counting the one that you have to use:

Reach Up: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=834170

U-Turn: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=834467

On A Roll: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=834402

Filled up my weekend with this dang game! I did finish them all and learned a lot of fun tech. Then I started over with the plan of simplicity and realized how badly I had overthought the first time through.

Best fun was trying to use one stick (imagine a pencil falling over) rather than a ramp to impart sideways vectors.

Bruce

Filled up my weekend with this dang game! I did finish them all and learned a lot of fun tech. Then I started over with the plan of simplicity and realized how badly I had overthought the first time through.

Best fun was trying to use one stick (imagine a pencil falling over) rather than a ramp to impart sifeways vectors.

Me and a few buddies on another forum are competing for fewest number of parts.

Handling with 5 parts - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=792763

Mission to Mars with 5 parts - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=758303

Tube with 3 parts - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=753677

4 Balls with 8 parts- http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=748564

Full up with 2 parts - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=856530

New level is up. Level 21 U-turn. Got it done in about 5 mins: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=862478

Mission to Mars with one part

townsend7 wrote: Mission to Mars with one part

Damn. That was simple. Nice work.

I tried that for hours and could never get it right.

How's this for U-Turn?

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=885569

U-turn was easy.

Couple of secret levels I found. Maybe they are user levels? Anyway, have fun:

My Humps

Airlift

My solution to U-turn. I thought about going the short way with some kind of arm device, but decided not to try that.

I don't think I have seen any Back and Forth solutions yet. Here is mine:

Ride the Ball

It seemed pretty impossible when I first looked at it, but it wasn't that bad. Some of the other solutions (which I refuse to look at before completing it) are FAR more complicated.

aircooled wrote: I don't think I have seen any Back and Forth solutions yet. Here is mine:

Ugly, but effective - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=794131

aircooled wrote: I don't think I have seen any Back and Forth solutions yet.

Here's my Back-n-Forth.

Simple humps solution... http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=910190

Simple Airlift solution... http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=910332

Duke, I got your B& F down to 7 pieces: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=910137

Damn you for posting this. I just spent the last couple hours trying to get this little fella to work. I'm really close. And hey, apparently there's a limit to the number of pieces you can use. This is actually a problem for me.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=911230

Handling with 4 parts - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=914314