# 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:** 9
**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 24, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/161 "2008-07-24T17:24:50Z")
Here’s my latest use of the spring: [Speeding Bullet](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=61950) Daniel ---
**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 24, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/162 "2008-07-24T17:34:08Z")
…[and another!](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=62101) It’s amazing how useful that freaky rocket effect is. Daniel ---
**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 24, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/163 "2008-07-24T19:04:02Z")
I’m rather proud of my solution to [Back and Forth](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=63103). (and [Tube](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=63103)) ---
**Author:** ![Pollux\_Oil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@Pollux\_Oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pollux_Oil)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/164 "2008-07-24T19:04:24Z")
Hate the OP for introducing this game to me. Seething hate. Fun-filled enjoyment too, but _seething hate_. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/165 "2008-07-24T19:39:44Z")
[The Unpossible is Possible!](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=63581) Somehow, I don’t think it’s how we’re supposed to solve that last level… but hey, it works! Just make sure you give it enough time… ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/166 "2008-07-24T20:43:24Z")
I’ve been having fun building the ugliest, most inefficient, slowest machine I could: I give you [the five minute stair climber.](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=64308) (Really, it works. Eventually.) ---
**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 24, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/167 "2008-07-24T21:47:00Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] I give you [the five minute stair climber.](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=64308) [/QUOTE] 5:49. The last 1/4 inch was excruciating! ---
**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 24, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/168 "2008-07-24T21:49:20Z")
[QUOTE=Lightnin’] Continuing my minimalist theme, I present: [Handling, done in five pieces](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=61079). [/QUOTE] You might enjoy my solution, also 5 pieces (I made this independent of yours) : [Fantastic Contraption - Launch Level](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=64308) ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/169 "2008-07-24T22:00:22Z")
Battle up the stairs with a [14 Wheeler](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=65319) ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/170 "2008-07-24T23:25:05Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] How I got past Four Balls: …I created a static ramp, then suspended counter-clockwise wheels above with paddles attached to push the target balls along… [Link](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=33256) [/QUOTE] Urgh, I wish I could have been so ingenious, came up with [this](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=66182) haphazard machine. ---
**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 25, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/171 "2008-07-25T00:14:15Z")
Finally worked out a solution to [Unpossible](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=66603). This combines the rocket spastic action with an unfolding ramp. Make sure to watch it freak out at the end. ---
**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 25, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/172 "2008-07-25T00:36:34Z")
[QUOTE=Ale] Nothing gets you Higher than a good, old fashined rocket. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Don’t fight the hypothetical] Curious, too. Check out [rocket](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=52530) 2. [/QUOTE] Interesting. Are you both using Windows? On my Mac, those rockets just sit there with their central wheel spinning. They don’t jump around or launch or anything. I wonder if there’s a bug in the Windows Flash player that makes them do that. I’ll check them both on my Windows machine tomorrow. [QUOTE=Pushkin] > [@NaturalBlondChap](#): > > And discovering you can actually move the red load around yourself kind of helps as well You can do _what_?! :smack: [/QUOTE] I agree. :smack: I had struggled for 1/2 hour with one of the levels, and accidentally realized I could move the load. Once I realized that, I solved it in a few minutes. _sigh_ [QUOTE=Usram] Most people seem to have approached Down Under differently to me. My solution doesn’t attach the pink ball to anything. It’s pretty fast, too: > **[Fantastic Contraption - Launch Level](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=60745)** > > The classic physics puzzle game from 2008. Build whimsical machines to solve puzzles. Now available on Steam with new updates coming soon! [/QUOTE] Very clever. I hadn’t thought of approaching it that way. [QUOTE=ApexRogers] Finally worked out a solution to [Unpossible](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=66603). This combines the rocket spastic action with an unfolding ramp. Make sure to watch it freak out at the end. [/QUOTE] I like the way you pulled that ramp over. It let you use a much smaller crawler than [mine](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=50553). ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/173 "2008-07-25T01:43:10Z")
[QUOTE=Bearflag70] Battle up the stairs with a [14 Wheeler](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=65319) [/QUOTE] 14 more wheels over the hump > **[Fantastic Contraption - Launch Level](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=67255)** > > The classic physics puzzle game from 2008. Build whimsical machines to solve puzzles. Now available on Steam with new updates coming soon! ---
**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 25, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/174 "2008-07-25T02:04:32Z")
I’m too lazy to check–has anyone done a two-piece solution to [on a roll](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=67404) yet? Daniel ---
**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 25, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/175 "2008-07-25T02:12:08Z")
Yep–looks like **Lightnin** posted an almost identical design. Oh well. And dangit, they took away the freakout-wheel strategy! A few of my favorite designs are now broken. Daniel ---
**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 25, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/176 "2008-07-25T02:45:46Z")
[QUOTE=InvisibleWombat] I like the way you pulled that ramp over. It let you use a much smaller crawler than [mine](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=50553). [/QUOTE] Thanks, yeah I initially tried a two-wheel vehicle but it tended to tip backwards when climbing the steepest part, and then didn’t have enough strength to pull the chain along. I added the trailer wheel as a stabilizer and then it helped boost it up quicker too. ---
**Author:** ![pandNH4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb8c5e/32.png) [@pandNH4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pandNH4)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/177 "2008-07-25T02:47:54Z")
Bet you can’t beat the simplicity of this: > **[Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=67745)** > > 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:** ![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 25, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/178 "2008-07-25T03:03:09Z")
To make things a bit harder… I was just scanning the forum. There’s a group who are building ‘green’ machines - gravity power only, no powered wheels. Every level has been beaten. Here’s one of the green solutions for [\*Full Up](http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=39010). Sweet! [sup]\* by pojo[/sup] ---
**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 25, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/179 "2008-07-25T03:20:51Z")
[QUOTE=Ale] Nothing gets you [Higher](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=60869) than a good, old fashined rocket. :dubious: [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Don’t fight the hypothetical] Curious, too. Check out [rocket](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=52530) 2. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Left Hand of Dorkness] Here’s my latest use of the spring: [Speeding Bullet](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=61950)Daniel [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Left Hand of Dorkness] …[and another!](http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=62101) It’s amazing how useful that freaky rocket effect is. Daniel [/QUOTE] None of these do anything interesting for me. [QUOTE=InvisibleWombat] Interesting. Are you both using Windows? On my Mac, those rockets just sit there with their central wheel spinning. They don’t jump around or launch or anything. I wonder if there’s a bug in the Windows Flash player that makes them do that. I’ll check them both on my Windows machine tomorrow. [/quote] Yep, Me too. XP SP-2, Dual-Dual Core Xeon 3.2ghz 4GB. FireFox 2.0.0.16 The very last one from Daniel flops off of the ‘earth’ ball to the left after jittering for about 20 seconds. ---
**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 25, 2008, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233/180 "2008-07-25T03:24:55Z")
[QUOTE=InvisibleWombat] Interesting. Are you both using Windows? On my Mac, those rockets just sit there with their central wheel spinning. They don’t jump around or launch or anything. I wonder if there’s a bug in the Windows Flash player that makes them do that. [/QUOTE] No more rockets: > [@From the website](#): > > "_Gameplay Change: You can no longer attach a single stick to two points on the same wheel. This is the cause of many of the wacky-physics bugs that occur and also was fairly useless as the sticks didn’t interact with the terrain anyway. All previous designs you may have with this kind of setup will break (one end of the rod will fall off when you hit Go)."_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233.md?page=10)