# 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:** 5
**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, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/81 "2008-07-23T00:37:21Z")
[QUOTE=Mtgman] 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. [/QUOTE] You’d probably like [this one](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=40838). ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/82 "2008-07-23T01:47:15Z")
[QUOTE=brewha] Here’s the quick way through [Up The Stairs](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=38458) [/QUOTE] Are you channeling William Tell or Robing Hood? 😃 Anyway, [stairs? what stairs?](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=41693) ---
**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 23, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/83 "2008-07-23T02:28:51Z")
[QUOTE=Ale] Anyway, [stairs? what stairs?](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=41693) [/QUOTE] Nice work. I had a cruder implementation of the same idea above in post #56. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/84 "2008-07-23T02:57:22Z")
[Full Up Ramp](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=42063) ---
**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 23, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/85 "2008-07-23T03:39:28Z")
Anyone else do something like [this](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=42355) for Down Under? ---
**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 23, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/86 "2008-07-23T04:26:06Z")
[QUOTE=Bearflag70] [Full Up Ramp](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=42063) [/QUOTE] Beautiful. Simple. Elegant. Much less complex than mine. ---
**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 23, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/87 "2008-07-23T04:31:59Z")
[QUOTE=ApexRogers] Anyone else do something like [this](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=42355) for Down Under? [/QUOTE] [Kinda Sorta…](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=42641) I don’t know why, but I really like the wheel on wheel action. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/88 "2008-07-23T05:28:27Z")
My proudest solution so far! [big ball](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=42941) ---
**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 23, 2008, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/89 "2008-07-23T05:50:39Z")
I kinda like this way of doing [Handling](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=43091). With some work I could probably make it prettier and more accurate. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/90 "2008-07-23T06:09:46Z")
Don’t see many people using reverse wheels in their designs, so I’m looking for simple, elegant solutions, [using only reverse wheels](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=43174). I may go back and put an anchor or brake on it so it doesn’t go off the island. I find these constraints make me more creative. Enjoy, Steven ---
**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 23, 2008, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/91 "2008-07-23T06:15:27Z")
[QUOTE=Left Hand of Dorkness] I kinda like this way of doing [Handling](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=43091). With some work I could probably make it prettier and more accurate. [/QUOTE] [wind](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=41867) isn’t mine, but I think you’ll like it. [QUOTE=Mtgman] Don’t see many people using reverse wheels in their designs, so I’m looking for simple, elegant solutions, [using only reverse wheels](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=43174). I may go back and put an anchor or brake on it so it doesn’t go off the island. I find these constraints make me more creative. Enjoy, Steven [/QUOTE] Fixed link. I like that one. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/92 "2008-07-23T06:26:18Z")
Thanks for the help on the link **Santo Rugger**. I noticed it too late to edit. I went back and put a tail on it and with a tail it keeps its balance better and stays on the island. It doesn’t knock the big ball off either. I’m a little embarassed by what this next one does after the goal is scored, but [a single reverse-wheel solution to “higher”](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=43206) which meets my additional criteria of keeping both the contraption and the ball on the island. Enjoy, Steven ---
**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 23, 2008, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/93 "2008-07-23T06:29:05Z")
I’m rather pleased with my [solution to “awash”](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=42909). It had me worried where it slips backward down the ramp after about 40 seconds, but the little sucker catches itself and pushes on through. [QUOTE=Left Hand of Dorkness] I kinda like this way of doing [Handling](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=43091). With some work I could probably make it prettier and more accurate. [/QUOTE] I started out pulling the thing rather than pushing it, and then catching something on the overhead block to straighten it. It isn’t pretty, but it [works](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=43218) just fine. [QUOTE=Santo Rugger] [wind](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=41867) isn’t mine, but I think you’ll like it.Fixed link. I like that one. [/QUOTE] It must have taken for_ever_ to get that spin timed just right. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/94 "2008-07-23T06:44:29Z")
And clearly I need to go to bed. [This is my slightly embarassing solution to “Higher”](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=43366). Enjoy, Steven ---
**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 23, 2008, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/95 "2008-07-23T07:42:06Z")
[QUOTE=Mtgman] And clearly I need to go to bed. [This is my slightly embarassing solution to “Higher”](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=43366). [/QUOTE] Nice, simple design, and it puts tab A in slot B. Nothing to be embarrassed about there. ---
**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 23, 2008, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/96 "2008-07-23T09:06:52Z")
[QUOTE=Mosier] My proudest solution so far! [big ball](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=42941) [/QUOTE] Nice. I like the way the arm unfolds. It hadn’t previously occurred to me to try to make the little red thingie go into the goal box before the ball comes down (I had a rather brute force lifting design for that level), but then I tried a simple ‘booster’ design that accelerates a [small car](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=43958) – it works almost too well! ---
**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 23, 2008, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/97 "2008-07-23T12:16:34Z")
I’m pretty happy with my solutions to [Awash](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=39179) and [Handling](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=45076), but Down Under and Unpossible are still giving me fits. ---
**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 23, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/98 "2008-07-23T13:49:58Z")
[Here](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=45848) is my solution to Handler. Seems to be one of the simplest solutions I’ve seen. I had a couple of more complex solutions but I really tried to get this as simple as possible. ---
**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 23, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/99 "2008-07-23T14:17:51Z")
[QUOTE=Don’t Call Me Shirley] [Here](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=45848) is my solution to Handler. Seems to be one of the simplest solutions I’ve seen. I had a couple of more complex solutions but I really tried to get this as simple as possible. [/QUOTE] I’ve been looking into getting the simplest possible solutions as well, so far I like this one for Full Up best: [Two Pieces](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=46163) ---
**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 23, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/100 "2008-07-23T14:37:21Z")
Finally beat [Unpossible](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=46327). Now, I just have to figure out that damned “Down Under”. Must…not…cheat… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233.md?page=6)