# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/241 "2008-07-28T15:45:41Z")
[This solution](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=97870) for Handling, posted in the “Worst Solutions” thread on the forums, is hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Tenebras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/242 "2008-07-28T17:17:48Z")
Here are some low scoring solutions… [Reach Up with 2 sticks and a wheel](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=100558) [Mind The Gap with 2 sticks](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=100644) [Junkyard Unicycle](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=100805) [Around the bend with a wheel](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=105999) [Around the bend with maximal simplicity](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=102692) [Mission to Mars:](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=106248) It was supposed to be a catapult. It turned into more of an evil see-saw. [Higher with 3 sticks](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=95833) We had a couple more cool ones, but some of our saved designs have gone AWOL. Le sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Tenebras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/243 "2008-07-28T17:28:28Z")
Grr… Bad link on that last one. [Higher with 3 sticks.](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=104757) Also fun: [On a Roll with 1 stick](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=101004) Also, does anyone else have a terrible time with the saved designs menu? Half the time the forward/back buttons don’t actually work. ---
**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 28, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/244 "2008-07-28T22:02:43Z")
My submission for unnecessary complication. It’s quite the hard worker, it eventually removes 2 of the big balls from the board: [Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=115400) ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/245 "2008-07-29T01:17:15Z")
[QUOTE=Tenebras] Here are some low scoring solutions… [Junkyard Unicycle](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=100805) [/QUOTE] Awesome, but it can be slimmed down a little more yet, [down to 6 points](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=117726) ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/246 "2008-07-29T06:30:12Z")
[QUOTE=Ale] Awesome, but it can be slimmed down a little more yet, [down to 6 points](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=117726) [/QUOTE] Oops, I thought this was the contest thread… I still win, do I? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/247 "2008-07-29T07:45:25Z")
I’ve been on a big honkin’ catapult kick. Here it is in action: [level 53](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=93187) (I posted this in the contest thread. Pointwise it’s a loser, but c’mon, it’s a catapult!) [new 06](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=94668) [Big Ball](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=94851) ---
**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 29, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/248 "2008-07-29T13:45:01Z")
[QUOTE=sturmhauke] [new 06](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=94668) [/QUOTE] Similar thought, but I went in a different direction.. [Fantastic Contraption - Launch Level](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=114240) ---
**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 29, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/249 "2008-07-29T15:39:22Z")
Found this on the forum, [Awash in 3!](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=119514) ---
**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 29, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/250 "2008-07-29T21:45:11Z")
You’ve got some mighty good stuff there, **Tenebras**. There’ll be another contest next week, and I hope you jump in on it. The rules on that one will be downright strange 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/251 "2008-07-29T21:47:15Z")
I don’t know if anyone is still experimenting with glitch engines, but has anyone managed to get two of them working simultaneously? I was attempting to build a zeppelin, but one engine would tear itself apart before the other powered up. ---
**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 29, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/252 "2008-07-29T21:55:59Z")
[QUOTE=Grumman] I don’t know if anyone is still experimenting with glitch engines, but has anyone managed to get two of them working simultaneously? I was attempting to build a zeppelin, but one engine would tear itself apart before the other powered up. [/QUOTE] If you mean what I think you mean, then they don’t work anymore. There was an update a few days ago that “fixed” the glitch. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/253 "2008-07-29T22:21:47Z")
[QUOTE=InvisibleWombat] If you mean what I think you mean, then they don’t work anymore. There was an update a few days ago that “fixed” the glitch. [/QUOTE] You can still build them, you just can’t build them as small. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/254 "2008-07-31T03:40:26Z")
[QUOTE=Tenebras] Here are some low scoring solutions… [Around the bend with maximal simplicity](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=102692) [/QUOTE] [Not quite](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=139063). \*\*\* Ponder ---
**Author:** ![Tenebras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/255 "2008-07-31T04:03:24Z")
[QUOTE=Ponderoid] [Not quite](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=139063). \*\*\* Ponder [/QUOTE] 🙂 Yeah, I saw that. Grr… Looking forward to the next contest. I’ve been trying to get the one with the hole in the wall down to 4 points. Oh so close… ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/256 "2008-07-31T04:21:58Z")
Not nearly as good at this as the rest of you, but I decided to try something with [New05](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=151476). ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/257 "2008-07-31T04:43:57Z")
You people are awesome. If only you had used your genius for evil instead of fun… I’m curious. Would any of you be willing to share your occupation? I can’t imagine what would actually correlate well with creative success at this game. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/258 "2008-07-31T04:53:14Z")
I didn’t have the best of designs, but my undergrad was in mechanical engineering and I’m just about finished with my grad degree in explosives. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/259 "2008-07-31T05:14:13Z")
[QUOTE=Oslo Ostragoth] …I’m curious. Would any of you be willing to share your occupation? I can’t imagine what would actually correlate well with creative success at this game. [/QUOTE] It’s not my current profession, but I’m trained as an animator. It apparently amazes the co-worker I sent this game url to that I can solve these things with relative simplicity, and I’m not even all that good. I’ve always been an intuitive kinematicist, so that might help. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/260 "2008-07-31T05:17:59Z")
I have a BS in computer science and work in video games. Although I think the bigger factor is that I just like building shit; I thought about going into engineering instead of computers for a time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233.md?page=14)