# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/21 "2008-07-21T17:39:57Z")
[QUOTE=Omi no Kami] I love the brute force solution to Awash. [My solution](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=28255) always felt a little cheap to me. [/QUOTE] I LOVE THIS! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/22 "2008-07-21T17:46:07Z")
If you folks like that, you’ll absolutely love ‘Armadillo Run’. > **[Armadillo Run](http://www.armadillorun.com/)** > > Armadillo Run. ---
**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 21, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/23 "2008-07-21T18:51:50Z")
Damn you, **Gorsnak**! ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/24 "2008-07-21T20:23:48Z")
Embarassingly simple solution to the [Junkyard](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=30803) ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/25 "2008-07-21T21:08:06Z")
Ok , help a dumb guy out, how do you do big ball? ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/26 "2008-07-21T21:15:34Z")
[Big Ball](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=31244) YMMV ---
**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 21, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/27 "2008-07-21T21:20:28Z")
Handling has me stumped…I can get the cargo to the goal, but I can’t figure out a way to not drag it out, or fall over once it’s there… ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/28 "2008-07-21T21:23:36Z")
[QUOTE=brewha] [Big Ball](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=31244) YMMV [/QUOTE] Awesome. I was trying some sort of two vehicular thing , with one climbing over the other and pushing the ball out the way from the backside, mostly ended up looking like two rabid dogs humping. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/29 "2008-07-21T21:29:51Z")
And discovering you can actually move the red load around yourself kind of helps as well ---
**Author:** ![Omi\_no\_Kami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Omi\_no\_Kami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omi_no_Kami)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/30 "2008-07-21T21:53:58Z")
What about Tube, Up the Stairs, and Four Balls? Once I figure out how to defeat those three, I can put this damn thing down. 😃 ---
**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 21, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/31 "2008-07-21T21:56:45Z")
[QUOTE=Omi no Kami] What about Tube, Up the Stairs, and Four Balls? Once I figure out how to defeat those three, I can put this damn thing down. 😃 [/QUOTE] I -just- beat 4 balls now.I built a ramp with a stick, and built a car on top of it with a multi segmented water ‘rope’, if you will. Then I attached a triangle to the end of the rope, and used the cars weight to tug the triangle up the ramp. The trick was to make the rope long enough to let the balls drop before the triangle started moving. Other methods on the solved page were escalators, conveyor systems from the top, bottom, and top and bottom ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/32 "2008-07-21T22:00:05Z")
The tube sucks. You gotta get a CW turning wheel jammed up against the right wall and a CCW turning wheel jammed up against the left wall. Then they will just climb right up the tube. The tricky part is getting a framework so the weight of the structure forces the wheels against the walls enough for it to climb. ---
**Author:** ![Omi\_no\_Kami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Omi\_no\_Kami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omi_no_Kami)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/33 "2008-07-21T22:56:47Z")
[QUOTE=Santo Rugger] I -just- beat 4 balls now.I built a ramp with a stick, and built a car on top of it with a multi segmented water ‘rope’, if you will. Then I attached a triangle to the end of the rope, and used the cars weight to tug the triangle up the ramp. The trick was to make the rope long enough to let the balls drop before the triangle started moving. Other methods on the solved page were escalators, conveyor systems from the top, bottom, and top and bottom [/QUOTE] Ooh, that’s really clever, thanks! I tried to build a conveyor belt with a catapult on the end, but the last ball always slipped under that gap in the beginning. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/34 "2008-07-22T00:25:34Z")
I have wasted so much time on this game today! I spent ages just trying to do [Down Under](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=32516). ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/35 "2008-07-22T00:32:10Z")
[QUOTE=brewha] The tube sucks. You gotta get a CW turning wheel jammed up against the right wall and a CCW turning wheel jammed up against the left wall. Then they will just climb right up the tube. The tricky part is getting a framework so the weight of the structure forces the wheels against the walls enough for it to climb. [/QUOTE] Naw, you don’t need to use the weight of the structure to push the wheels out - you have available power sources you can use to push the wheels against the walls: [Tube solution](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=32623) ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/36 "2008-07-22T00:49:55Z")
And here’s a nice speedy [Tube](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=32734) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Omi\_no\_Kami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Omi\_no\_Kami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omi_no_Kami)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/37 "2008-07-22T00:53:30Z")
Here’re some of my favorites: [a minimalist approach to Tube](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11743) [A bizarre, if effective solution to Tube](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11019) [Fun with triangles](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11147) [My favorite solution to Awash](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=15899) [A flying machine](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11019) ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/38 "2008-07-22T01:44:07Z")
[QUOTE=Omi no Kami] What about Tube, Up the Stairs, and Four Balls? Once I figure out how to defeat those three, I can put this damn thing down. 😃 [/QUOTE] For Four Balls I did [this](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=33096), give it enough time, the pulling is sloooooooooow. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/39 "2008-07-22T02:05:08Z")
[QUOTE=Omi no Kami] What about Tube, Up the Stairs, and Four Balls? Once I figure out how to defeat those three, I can put this damn thing down. 😃 [/QUOTE] Just got 4 balls: And boy is my wife happy! Also: Mine, like all mine, was sad and pathetic. I made a base layer of unmoving balls and put a platform on it. I laid a wood chain on top of that, and then built a caterpillar of orange wheels with wood connectors. Finally, I attached a “leash” to the caterpillar’s head, made of water pipes, that connected to the back of the chain. The caterpillar crawled up and across the pit, at which point the leash drew tight and pulled the end of the wooden chain with it, capturing all the red balls that had rolled onto the wooden chain. The caterpillar continued off the edge, hanging itself and dragging the improvised net behind it into the target area. It was nowhere near as cool as the other solutions people saved. ---
**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 22, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/40 "2008-07-22T02:11:54Z")
Check out the forums there for a thread called “overly complex solutions”. There’s not that many entries, but some of them are good-god weird. My favorite is the stomping elephant creature. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233.md?page=3)