# Cool Rube Goldberg game I found **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2007, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694 "2007-02-26T06:41:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694/21 "2007-02-28T17:27:11Z")
[QUOTE=dnooman] How the heck did you do that? Did you just use gravity and momentum to lift it? [/QUOTE] Pretty much. (picture link) Unfortunately, I accidentally deleted my original solution. This one uses the same principle but isn’t nearly as cost-efficient. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694/22 "2007-02-28T17:51:33Z")
Corrected $652 version ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694/23 "2007-02-28T18:06:27Z")
With tweaks, I can get it to $700. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694/24 "2007-02-28T18:12:50Z")
Woo-hoo, $712! And I’m proud of my utterly ridiculous but surprisingly cost-effective $452 solution to Level 23 - Guillotine. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694/25 "2007-02-28T19:03:24Z")
I should have thought of that. It was the sam principle as the seesaw one. Has anyone else acheived or beaten $390 on catapult? ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694/26 "2007-02-28T19:07:56Z")
[QUOTE=dnooman] I should have thought of that. It was the sam principle as the seesaw one. Has anyone else acheived or beaten $390 on catapult? [/QUOTE] I have $548 on catapult ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694/27 "2007-02-28T19:14:12Z")
I feel like a retard. I’m stuck on Void 2…and I have a fucking engineering degree. I must be missing something. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694/28 "2007-02-28T19:19:06Z")
I just got $850 on Guillotine, though it relies on what I think is an odd bug in the game. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694/29 "2007-02-28T19:21:19Z")
[QUOTE=Omniscient] I feel like a retard. I’m stuck on Void 2…and I have a fucking engineering degree. I must be missing something. [/QUOTE] I’ve just registered for Software Engineering, though if I’d known Fucking Engineering was available… ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694/30 "2007-02-28T19:23:30Z")
My question is, did anyone have any money left over for golf? The only way I found took all my money ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694/31 "2007-02-28T19:27:59Z")
[QUOTE=Taber] My question is, did anyone have any money left over for golf? The only way I found took all my money [/QUOTE] I did it with $30 to spare, though your Catapult score beats mine. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694/32 "2007-02-28T19:28:08Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] I’ve just registered for Software Engineering, though if I’d known Fucking Engineering was available… [/QUOTE] It was a very liberal school. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694/33 "2007-02-28T21:01:58Z")
Sweet! $936 on Void 6! I love this game. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694/34 "2007-02-28T21:31:06Z")
[QUOTE=Taber] My question is, did anyone have any money left over for golf? The only way I found took all my money [/QUOTE] $140 left. ---
**Author:** ![Montgomery0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/0ea827/32.png) [@Montgomery0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montgomery0)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694/35 "2007-03-01T18:36:26Z")
I hate void levels so much. I got stumped on level 36, void 12. I could get the armadillo in the circle, with elastic bands, but I went way over budget. I looked for their solution. Has anyone seen this thing? It’s Hudak\_688. How does this work? There’s no tension whatsoever on this thing, yet it moves on it’s own. Seems like you could make a perpetual motion machine. Has anyone solved this in a more mundane way? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694/36 "2007-03-02T03:31:51Z")
[QUOTE=Montgomery0] I hate void levels so much. I got stumped on level 36, void 12. I could get the armadillo in the circle, with elastic bands, but I went way over budget. I looked for their solution. Has anyone seen this thing? It’s Hudak\_688. How does this work? There’s no tension whatsoever on this thing, yet it moves on it’s own. Seems like you could make a perpetual motion machine. Has anyone solved this in a more mundane way? [/QUOTE] There’s a bug in the game that allows you to create angular momentum without using any tension. The AR message board guys call it “The Force”. Personally I think it’s cheating to use it. Of course I’m stuck on Void 3, with or without cheating, so perhaps my opinion does matter that much. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694/37 "2007-03-02T04:04:27Z")
[QUOTE=Montgomery0] I hate void levels so much. I got stumped on level 36, void 12. I could get the armadillo in the circle, with elastic bands, but I went way over budget. [/quote] I’ve got an ugly $12 solution. I’m moderately proud of my Level 32 (“Jump”) solution and I’m curious if anyone can do better than $90 for Level 13 - Lift. And a $60 for the Extra Level 2 - Little Wheel. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694/38 "2007-03-02T15:55:29Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] I’ve got an ugly $12 solution. I’m moderately proud of my Level 32 (“Jump”) solution and I’m curious if anyone can do better than $90 for Level 13 - Lift. And a $60 for the Extra Level 2 - Little Wheel. [/QUOTE] $80 left for level 13. Can anyone beat $188 left for ‘Drop’ level 5? Or $252 left for ‘Catapult’ Level 17? Fun, fun game. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694/39 "2007-03-02T23:23:17Z")
[QUOTE=enipla] $80 left for level 13. Can anyone beat $188 left for ‘Drop’ level 5? Or $252 left for ‘Catapult’ Level 17? Fun, fun game. [/QUOTE] I had $390 left on catapult. You have me beat by a few bucks on the others though. It seems that **Taber** had $548 left. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694/40 "2007-03-03T18:29:33Z")
I’ve examined some of the “force” solutions, and though it’s blatant cheating, I’ve already starting experimenting along those lines. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-rube-goldberg-game-i-found/393694.md?page=3)