# Fabulous online physics-based game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 21, 2008, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233 "2008-07-21T05:32:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/201 "2008-07-25T18:46:24Z")
[QUOTE=Lightnin’] No, but they get confused occasionally, especially when in chains and at high speed. They can also break. [/QUOTE] I’ve had some designs fail due to this. Enough weight will cause them to pull right through the environment. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_Lurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_Lurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_Lurker)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/202 "2008-07-25T18:53:12Z")
What a very fun game. Some of my designs: Unpossible: [Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=76854) Minimalist solution to Back and Forth: [Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=64564) ---
**Author:** ![ragerdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@ragerdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ragerdude)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/203 "2008-07-25T19:28:50Z")
Can someone give me a detailed and colorful description of how those “rockets” worked? What exactly was supposed to happen? ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/204 "2008-07-25T19:47:37Z")
The wheel would spin innocuously, until the oscillating geometry of the contraption allowed it to touch relatively solid ground or some other object. Sometimes it would just twitch in reaction, but in some undetermined circumstances it would react violently, shooting away from the point of contact like a rocket. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/205 "2008-07-25T19:48:39Z")
[QUOTE=Bosstone] [Post 180.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10036954&postcount=180) [/QUOTE] I saw it after I posted. Grumble. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/206 "2008-07-25T20:31:28Z")
Here is a very nice solution to [4 Balls](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=75345) by **Entity**. I should add that I plunked down the tenner for access. Don’t do it - you will never ever get another thing done in your life. If solving wasn’t addictive enough, now I spend all my time trying to design the perfect level. Curse you, OP! ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/207 "2008-07-25T20:43:10Z")
[QUOTE=Don’t fight the hypothetical] Here is a very nice solution to [4 Balls](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=75345) by **Entity**. [/quote] A drawbridge! That’s awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Apex\_Rogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Apex\_Rogers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apex_Rogers)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/208 "2008-07-25T22:19:23Z")
Here’s a somewhat preposterous solution to [Four Balls.](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=79329) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/209 "2008-07-25T22:33:39Z")
OK, two more and I’ll get back to my life. It’s not enough to complete the level now they’re animating the solutions. Some (like Drunken Donkey) are hilarious, others are down right amazing. I give you… [Mountain Goat](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=72923) and [Kid with Big Feet](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=65509) ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/210 "2008-07-25T22:50:18Z")
[QUOTE=Don’t fight the hypothetical] OK, two more and I’ll get back to my life. It’s not enough to complete the level now they’re animating the solutions. Some (like Drunken Donkey) are hilarious, others are down right amazing. I give you… [Mountain Goat](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=72923) and [Kid with Big Feet](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=65509) [/QUOTE] Great! Except, it’s kinda sad watching what ultimately happens to the Kid with Big Feet. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/211 "2008-07-25T23:23:01Z")
I’ve been having fun with the “green” and “anti-wheel league” challenges. Here are a couple: > **[Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=73604)** > > An online flash puzzle game where you build whimsical machines to solve each level. Save your contraptions and share them with your friends. Free! > **[Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=73175)** > > An online flash puzzle game where you build whimsical machines to solve each level. Save your contraptions and share them with your friends. Free! ---
**Author:** ![Apex\_Rogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Apex\_Rogers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apex_Rogers)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/212 "2008-07-25T23:54:43Z")
[QUOTE=Don’t fight the hypothetical] OK, two more and I’ll get back to my life. It’s not enough to complete the level now they’re animating the solutions. Some (like Drunken Donkey) are hilarious, others are down right amazing. I give you… [Mountain Goat](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=72923) and [Kid with Big Feet](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=65509) [/QUOTE] I absolutely love these. I also find some humor in the fact that both perish to their deaths in amusing ways. Anyhow, I humbly submit a candidate for fastest level completion: [Quick “Mind the Gap” Solution.](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=80277) ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/213 "2008-07-26T00:11:37Z")
[QUOTE=Gorsnak] And for your amusement, here’s a brute force solution to Awash. Takes a while, but (usually) gets there. > **[Fantastic Contraption - Launch Level](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=25720)** > > The classic physics puzzle game from 2008. Build whimsical machines to solve puzzles. Now available on Steam with new updates coming soon! [/QUOTE] I thought I’d improve on the design and tighten up what I _thought_ was a bendy chassis, somehow all I did was allow small balls to get in underneath and tip the whole thing up, so it ran in the opposite direction, [enjoy](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=80412). EDIT: Watching again it’s at least amusing, it rears up like some sort of sandworm before plunging to it’s doom. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/214 "2008-07-26T01:10:52Z")
I think my favorite of the ones I’ve done so far is [Tow Truck](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=80086), for Back and Forth. And I tried to make a tunneling machine (among many other attempted methods) for Awash, but I just couldn’t make any of them make any progress. I think it’s because I was using two-wheel noses, instead of one wheel (I was afraid that having the wheel turning the “wrong” way would impede progress). ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/215 "2008-07-26T02:31:30Z")
[QUOTE=Frylock] Wait a sec–those water rods fall through the environment there at the end! They’re not supposed to do that, are they? -FrL- [/QUOTE] No, they are not; but if you don´t open your yap I´ll do the same, m’kay? I’m still looking for that snitch that droped the dime and ruined my rocket. :mad: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/216 "2008-07-26T07:27:53Z")
This thing is addictive. Here’s a solution for Awash that I call [armadillo](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=83578). ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/217 "2008-07-26T09:11:19Z")
I’ve made a level called [Ready Go](http://FantasticContraption.com/?levelId=948), if anyone who has bought the game wants to give it a try. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/218 "2008-07-26T10:52:21Z")
Here’s a solution for [Back and Forth](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=84751). ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/219 "2008-07-26T11:34:30Z")
[QUOTE=sturmhauke] Here’s a solution for [Back and Forth](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=84751). [/QUOTE] That´s simply brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/220 "2008-07-26T11:50:10Z")
By the way, there’s apparently some unused/beta levels you still can get access to that people on their forum have been finding; I’ll just throw all I can gather in this post: > **[Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=19521)** > > An online flash puzzle game where you build whimsical machines to solve each level. Save your contraptions and share them with your friends. Free! > **[Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=19705)** > > An online flash puzzle game where you build whimsical machines to solve each level. Save your contraptions and share them with your friends. Free! > **[Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=19734)** > > An online flash puzzle game where you build whimsical machines to solve each level. Save your contraptions and share them with your friends. Free! > **[Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=19763)** > > An online flash puzzle game where you build whimsical machines to solve each level. Save your contraptions and share them with your friends. Free! > **[Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=31709)** > > An online flash puzzle game where you build whimsical machines to solve each level. Save your contraptions and share them with your friends. Free! > **[Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=31718)** > > An online flash puzzle game where you build whimsical machines to solve each level. Save your contraptions and share them with your friends. Free! > **[Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=19611)** > > An online flash puzzle game where you build whimsical machines to solve each level. Save your contraptions and share them with your friends. Free! > **[Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=19570)** > > An online flash puzzle game where you build whimsical machines to solve each level. Save your contraptions and share them with your friends. Free! Most of those are pretty easy, but the one with the steep slope is giving me a headache… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233.md?page=12)