# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/221 "2008-07-26T12:08:17Z")
I’m trying to make the solutions as fast as possible. Pretty annoying that there is no timer though. Reach Up: > **[Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=85113)** > > An online flash puzzle game where you build whimsical machines to solve each level. Save your contraptions and share them with your friends. Free! Mind the Gap: > **[Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=85255)** > > 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:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/222 "2008-07-26T12:15:10Z")
No wait, that last level is called Full-up ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/223 "2008-07-26T12:22:00Z")
[QUOTE=Half Man Half Wit] > **[Fantastic Contraption - Launch Level](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=31709)** > > The classic physics puzzle game from 2008. Build whimsical machines to solve puzzles. Now available on Steam with new updates coming soon! [/QUOTE] [My solution to this one](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=85361) is simple…in theory…getting it to WORK was a pain in the frickin’ ass. I am quite proud of [my solution to that first one.](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=85253) ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/224 "2008-07-26T12:48:17Z")
I have finally created a solution worthy of sharing with the Dope. This one, for [Handling](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=85542). ---
**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, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/225 "2008-07-26T14:18:03Z")
[QUOTE=Half Man Half Wit] 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 - Launch Level](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=19734)** > > The classic physics puzzle game from 2008. Build whimsical machines to solve puzzles. Now available on Steam with new updates coming soon! Most of those are pretty easy, but the one with the steep slope is giving me a headache… [/QUOTE] Nice, new challenges! The link I left I solved by a liberal dose of good old brute force, [Heave! Heave! Heave darn it, as if you are getting paid for it!](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=86247) ---
**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 26, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/226 "2008-07-26T14:23:40Z")
[QUOTE=Ale] Nice, new challenges! The link I left I solved by a liberal dose of good old brute force, [Heave! Heave! Heave darn it, as if you are getting paid for it!](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=86247) [/QUOTE] My solution to that one: > **[Fantastic Contraption - Launch Level](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=85536)** > > The classic physics puzzle game from 2008. Build whimsical machines to solve puzzles. Now available on Steam with new updates coming soon! ---
**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, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/227 "2008-07-26T14:34:00Z")
[QUOTE=Don’t Call Me Shirley] My solution to that one: > **[Fantastic Contraption - Launch Level](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=85536)** > > The classic physics puzzle game from 2008. Build whimsical machines to solve puzzles. Now available on Steam with new updates coming soon! [/QUOTE] Heh, I like how it finally gets over the second hill after a little kick in the butt. 😃 I made another contraption to get it done, [it stumbles a little at the begining but then races all the way through](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=86388) ---
**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 26, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/228 "2008-07-26T14:42:20Z")
An anti-wheel league solution to full up. I really like this one. > **[Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=86459)** > > 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:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/229 "2008-07-26T14:43:33Z")
Solution to [Top Side](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=86465), I didn’t need to build anything on the second level. ---
**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, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/230 "2008-07-26T14:45:05Z")
[QUOTE=Don’t Call Me Shirley] An anti-wheel league solution to full up. I really like this one. > **[Fantastic Contraption - Launch Level](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=86459)** > > The classic physics puzzle game from 2008. Build whimsical machines to solve puzzles. Now available on Steam with new updates coming soon! [/QUOTE] I just hope that the Faberge Egg I ordered by mail wasn’t on that package. 😃 ---
**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 26, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/231 "2008-07-26T15:00:33Z")
[QUOTE=Ale] I just hope that the Faberge Egg I ordered by mail wasn’t on that package. 😃 [/QUOTE] Yeah, I’ve been trying to solve as many as I can by throwing the shape into the goal, so you probably wouldn’t want to use my delivery service. I like that Topside solution. It gives it one last little kick over the top. ---
**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, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/232 "2008-07-26T15:01:07Z")
Or even IN that package… :smack: Anyway, [Twist: check.](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=86599) ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/233 "2008-07-26T15:20:00Z")
[No wheels on “level 44.”](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=86796) [Nothing too special about this solution for “beta level 51.”](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=86819) ---
**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, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/234 "2008-07-26T15:43:09Z")
Oh my god, I’ve [finally](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=86976) conquered that godawful slope! Oh, and [here](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=75263) is my catapult solution to that T-shaped thingy… ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/235 "2008-07-26T15:50:42Z")
Grrr. I feel like the kid who has to practice violin while his buddies are playing baseball. I must resist… the… urge to …play the… new levels… (I’m supposed to finish my MBA in August, but I won’t unless I complete this damned paper this weekend. Curse you for finding the new levels!!) ---
**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, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/236 "2008-07-26T16:47:09Z")
Just so I can put this to rest (for now), here are my solutions to the new levels: [Simple Climber](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=85520) [Joust](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=87403) [On A Roll](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=87146) [The Great Incredible Slope-Master](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=86976) [Twister](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=87238) [Catatruck](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=87317) [Catapult](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=75263) [Dozie](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=87346) And one that I originally forgot to post: > **[Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=19610)** > > An online flash puzzle game where you build whimsical machines to solve each level. Save your contraptions and share them with your friends. Free! Solution: [Platform](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=75328) ---
**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 26, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/237 "2008-07-26T17:44:34Z")
[QUOTE=Chronos] I think my favorite of the ones I’ve done so far is [Tow Truck](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=80086), for Back and Forth. [/QUOTE] Wow, that knocked me out. It was pretty normal until the second scoop came in. Brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/238 "2008-07-26T20:55:15Z")
* * * There are so many of us having fun with this, I decided to start a contest. See [this thread over here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10041349) * * * ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/239 "2008-07-26T21:26:15Z")
[QUOTE=Don’t Call Me Shirley] An anti-wheel league solution to full up. I really like this one. > **[Fantastic Contraption - Launch Level](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=86459)** > > The classic physics puzzle game from 2008. Build whimsical machines to solve puzzles. Now available on Steam with new updates coming soon! [/QUOTE] An absolute thing of beauty. I like it. [QUOTE=Baffle] [Nothing too special about this solution for “beta level 51.”](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=86819) [/QUOTE] That would get a good score in our new contest… ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/240 "2008-07-28T15:10:10Z")
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