How about a little problem solving fun.!!!!!

[Dennis Peacock]

Give this a try and see for yourself how addicitive it is. :D

Fantastic Contraptions (http://fantasticcontraption.com)

Remember to save your solutions and share them here. ;)

[James Jaragosky]

Give this a try and see for yourself how addicitive it is. :D

Fantastic Contraptions (http://fantasticcontraption.com)

Remember to save your solutions and share them here. ;)
What a time sink! but I like it.

[Bob Rufener]

Who dreams up this stuph??? Challenging and fun!!!

Thanks for sharing.

[Mitchell Andrus]

Well.... there goes the weekend!

[Dennis Peacock]

I TOLD you it was addictive didn't I??!!!! :D

[Lucas Bittick]

This took half of the rainy afternoon:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4057154

Not sure whether to thank you or not ... :confused:

[Karl Brogger]

way cool!!!

[Bill Dunn jr]

Wow, that eats up some time!

[Karl Brogger]

I couldn't do 13,15,18,19,20

[Lucas Bittick]

I couldn't do 13,15,18,19,20

Here is what I came up with for #13: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=4054776

#15 has me stumped too!

(I ought to be learning Sketchup!)

[Karl Brogger]

Well now I can't get just #18 & #20, Just did number 13. I made basically a front end loader. two motors going forward, one backwards on the back. Inertial slipped the "load" on top of the ball and pulled the ball back a bit.

Some of these are really tough. Apparently I was at it for 3 hours. Time to go to bed. Thanks Dennis..........

[Karl Brogger]

The tube one has me totally baffled.

[Mitchell Andrus]

Hints are on their forum.

Be sure to zoom out to see if you can toss and bounce off of something solid off screen.

Building tank treads helps. Tying two or more turning wheels together (with water rods at all four attachment points) increases the power output.

[Mark Hix]

Yes, I wasted several fun hours on this.

I got past the tube by building a cart that drives up the sides with enough outward force to keep the wheels on the walls. Handling was a challenge, I made a cart that laid it back then tipped it up.

I am on the last two.

[Joe Mioux]

that was fun, I had my two boys looking over my shoulder giving that site kudos.

Joe

[Tyler Howell]

I think I hate you Dennis.
I was trying to cut back on my computer dead time

[Tyler Howell]

How do I get "4 balls" to come along for the ride:confused::confused:.

[Mitchell Andrus]

You can place spikes on a conveyor belt.

[Tim Thomas]

I found this about 2 months ago and got some of my friends hooked on it. One of my other hobbies is video games, and I consider Fantastic Contraption to be one of the hands-down best puzzle games ever made. I even bought the full version (just $10) so I could make my own levels and play levels that other people make. The free content that is available (levels 1-20) is already great, and I decided to support the developers of the game by purchasing the full version. Best money I have spent on video games in a long time.

[David Freed]

Did the site go down? I can't get to the game site no matter what I try. I keep getting the "cannot find that site " page.

[Tyler Howell]

I was on too much this afternoon. Now I see it is down.:confused:

[Dennis Peacock]

OK...here's a simple solution for The Tube puzzle:

The Tube (http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=3186281)

[Dennis Peacock]

A little more work for the: Go Get Em Puzzle (http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=3187498)

[Dennis Peacock]

A little Less thinking for: Unpowered. (http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=3201323)

[Dennis Peacock]

Or...you can do something as time killing as this one: Entirely Silly. (http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=3217797)

[Dennis Peacock]

Or..you can "sneak" them over like this one: The Gah Puzzle. (http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=3226558)

[Dennis Peacock]

Or..you can get really funky and creative to do: this...like a tunneling machine. (http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=3239106)

[Dennis Peacock]

OK...now....let's see some posts to YOUR puzzle solutions. :D

[John Schreiber]

This is too much fun. I got to level 15 last night but couldn't get beyond it. I'll get there though.

[Chris Padilla]

Or..you can get really funky and creative to do: this...like a tunneling machine. (http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=3239106)


Hey, that one was EXCELLENT! I love it. I played this game a couple months ago and recall building a maching to crawl over all the stuff and then hurled the thing into the goal box.... :)

[Andrew Derhammer]

They Made U turn too simple
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4153490

[Karl Brogger]

Finally, I beat the "The Tube", and "Unimpossible". I whistled through the other ones, but just couldn't wrap my head around those two. Unimpossle required a catapult, and a whole mess of linked up motors. The tube took a couple hours, at least..... Some problems definetly take a certain mindset to solve.

[John Schreiber]

Finally, I beat the "The Tube", and "Unimpossible". I whistled through the other ones, but just couldn't wrap my head around those two. Unimpossle required a catapult, and a whole mess of linked up motors. The tube took a couple hours, at least..... Some problems definetly take a certain mindset to solve.

I'm still having fun with this. I've gone back through to see how I can solve the puzzle using the smallest number of elements possible. Many can be done with one, two or three pieces.

[Jeff Bratt]

I'm still having fun with this. I've gone back through to see how I can solve the puzzle using the smallest number of elements possible. Many can be done with one, two or three pieces.

Like this (http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4393950). Also, many of the fastest solutions are when using a catapult (http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4315702). Press 'T' when the game is running to see a time display. Next you can try for gravity powered (http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4218508) solutions.

Note: there were problems with the site last weekend (Nov 14-16) while they were changing servers. It all seems to be working better now... although the traffic on the site seems to be increasing daily.

Thanks (and curses) to Dennis for pointing this out to us.

[Andrew Derhammer]

Or..you can "sneak" them over like this one: The Gah Puzzle. (http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=3226558)
Breaks the rules, the water rods went through the ground!

[John Schreiber]

Like this (http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4393950).

Yes, it's good to do it with two pieces. :cool: I did it with one. (http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4276574) :D:)

Here's another good one. Level 7 with two elements (http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4312349). It looks kind of like a crippled snail, but it does the job.

Level 12 with 5. (http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4253115)

and many more.


Thanks (and curses) to Dennis for pointing this out to us.

Indeed!

[John Schreiber]

Breaks the rules, the water rods went through the ground!
I'd say he found an exception to the rules. I did notice that it is possible to throw the ball through a wood, but couldn't find any way to take advantage of it.

[Dennis Peacock]

Looks good John.!!! Nice one on the two-piece puzzle you did.

[Andrew Derhammer]

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4421956

['Jacques Malan']

Thanks very much.

Now I've wasted so much time I would never catch up and I thought I came here to get tips to work more efficiently.:o

[Randy Klein]

When in doubt, just wrap more duck tape around it. This (http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4435588) is the ugliest solution I have done.

[Andrew Derhammer]

Up and over the wall
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4453506

[John Schreiber]

When in doubt, just wrap more duck tape around it. This (http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4435588) is the ugliest solution I have done.

I haven't been able to make an elegant selection for that one. This one (http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4472341)with 13 elements is the best I've been able to come up with. It uses lots of repetition with a highly random interaction (AKA luck), but it works.


Up and over the wall
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4453506

This one (http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4311806)has just two elements and is satisfying.

[Jeff Bratt]

My first solution for 4 Balls - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4278691. It's reliable, but a little wobbly. My second solution - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4278691 - is very quick, plus the "conveyor belt" allows fine tuning for each ball. Both still have quite a few parts though...

If you haven't yet discovered http://fc.therisenrealm.com/, it's a great resource for managing your designs, and searching through others' designs for Fantastic Contraptions.

Also, if you haven't purchased the full version, don't overlook the free bonus levels - http://fc.therisenrealm.com/wiki/Frequently_asked_questions#What_are_free_bonus_lev els.3F