# 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:** 4
**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 22, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/61 "2008-07-22T16:00:25Z")
[QUOTE=Bearflag70] [Awash](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=34313) [/QUOTE] That’s a lot different than the Awash level I played. 😛 ---
**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 22, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/62 "2008-07-22T16:05:21Z")
This one almost works too well. One of my favorites for [Big Ball](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=38123) ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/63 "2008-07-22T16:09:14Z")
Not terribly exciting, but it worked exactly how I planned the first time! [(over) The Wall](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=38151) ---
**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 22, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/64 "2008-07-22T16:22:18Z")
[QUOTE=Ale] Aha!, I conquered [Back and Forth](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=34672), it’s an awful mess but it works. :o Now let’s see that last one… [/QUOTE] I love that one. I kept saying “Are you kidding me??” to myself over and over again when I watched it. ---
**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 22, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/65 "2008-07-22T16:30:52Z")
Here’s a [laughably simple](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=38329) solution to Handling… ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/66 "2008-07-22T16:41:51Z")
Here’s the quick way through [Up The Stairs](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=38458) ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/67 "2008-07-22T16:45:20Z")
[QUOTE=Santo Rugger] That’s a lot different than the Awash level I played. 😛 [/QUOTE] Hmmm. Something went wrong there. Anyway, my Awash solution was… a low-riding vehicle with a somewhat flat top and many wheels on the ground. It had a couple of wheels on the top, spinning the opposite direction, to kick the balls off. The vehicle simply dug underneath all the balls which rolled over the top. ---
**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 22, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/68 "2008-07-22T17:24:57Z")
I think we broke the site. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/69 "2008-07-22T18:54:31Z")
[Stompy the Half Track](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=38682) I need to back away from this game before I get fired! ---
**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 22, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/70 "2008-07-22T19:17:45Z")
Yay, I got through! Finally! Here’s my solution to [Unpossible](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=38823). ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/71 "2008-07-22T20:19:36Z")
[Stompy the Wall Smasher!](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=39281) ---
**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, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/72 "2008-07-22T20:25:12Z")
I like [this one](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=39317) I did for getting up the stairs. Wantonly foolish. I saw someone else had built a catapult for that level, and avoided the stairs completely ---
**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, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/73 "2008-07-22T21:37:19Z")
[Galumphing Chain Beast](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=39970). Junkyard level. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/74 "2008-07-22T21:54:31Z")
That was me with the stairs catapult. The aim was crucial to miss the falling junk. Nice work with the chain drive stuff. Here’s a six legged [Stompy](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=40103) that is surprisingly stable. ---
**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, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/75 "2008-07-22T22:09:05Z")
[Stompy, smaller softer and cut.](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=40218) ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/76 "2008-07-22T23:25:20Z")
Am I the only one who likes zooming out and watching the contraptions fall off the island and into empty space? Almost all the contraptions keep going and meet this fate, some more entertainingly than others. Enjoy, Steven ---
**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, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/77 "2008-07-22T23:51:09Z")
Annoyingly it keeps telling me I need to upgrade my Flash player, even though when I go to the page that supposedly downloads the new one, nothing happens. Still, it works in Firefox OK, so I give you… the [caterpillerpult!](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=40988) (PS Note how both contraption and ball stay on the island too!) ---
**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, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/78 "2008-07-22T23:56:14Z")
[Browny n motion.](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=41025). Along the lines of stompy, but trilaterally symmetric. Shouldn’t work, but somehow does. Takes about 5 minutes to win. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/79 "2008-07-23T00:09:44Z")
This isn’t my design, but it’s the best I’ve seen! > **[Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=17022)** > > 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:** ![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 23, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/80 "2008-07-23T00:35:43Z")
[QUOTE=Colophon] This isn’t my design, but it’s the best I’ve seen! > **[Fantastic Contraption - Launch Level](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=17022)** > > The classic physics puzzle game from 2008. Build whimsical machines to solve puzzles. Now available on Steam with new updates coming soon! [/QUOTE] !!! My guess is that the water gets “flubbery” at high speeds, and starts imparting energy to the spinner, and things get weird from there. Nice hack! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233.md?page=5)