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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
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Down Under
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Paddles? We don’t need no stinking paddles!
This game is utterly brilliant! And like somebody said, totally reminds me of “The Incredible Machine”.
I’m afraid I haven’t saved any of my contraptions though, so nothing to add in that department.
[QUOTE=Bayard]
I’m pretty happy with my solutions to Awash and Handling, but Down Under and Unpossible are still giving me fits.
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Ooh, that “Handling” is very nice. I didn’t like that level because it seemed like a lot of the solutions were essentially just luck in getting it to spin or bounce just so.
Here’s my brute force solution to Awash: Fantastic Contraption - Launch Level
Here’s my solution to handling. It just barely works, but it does use fewer pieces than the other solutions I’ve seen.
You know, everytime I click on a link to someone’s solution, I just get to the loading screen. Very annoying, as I want to see what you guys have come up with!
[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. I may go back and put an anchor or brake on it so it doesn’t go off the island.
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Here ya go,** Mtgman**. I spent two flippin’ hours last night trying to get it to go off the left side and land on a peg and bounce into the goal, or use a backwards wheel to catch the bottom wheel and pull itself into the goal… no dice. And then I spent an hour this morning trying to get this one to stop without falling off, but I couldn’t, so I changed it back to the basic design. The triangle is just there for balance… it’s easier to fine tune than moving the wheels.
[QUOTE=Santo Rugger]
Here ya go,** Mtgman**. I spent two flippin’ hours last night trying to get it to go off the left side and land on a peg and bounce into the goal, or use a backwards wheel to catch the bottom wheel and pull itself into the goal… no dice. And then I spent an hour this morning trying to get this one to stop without falling off, but I couldn’t, so I changed it back to the basic design. The triangle is just there for balance… it’s easier to fine tune than moving the wheels.
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Here’s something similar, with two backwards wheels. The forward wheel is not driven, its just a static element so the timing works out; it could have been a static ‘blue’ wheel.
Yea, I had to do some fine tuning on mine for “around the bend” to meet those criteria. I made it too hard on myself though, I never noticed that you can move the ball around within the workshop. So I left it in the starting position and built around it. :smack:
Enjoy,
Steven
[QUOTE=squeegee]
Here’s something similar, with two backwards wheels. The forward wheel is not driven, its just a static element so the timing works out; it could have been a static ‘blue’ wheel.
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Well, if you’re going to go that route… 
Just kidding, I like the way it uses the other ball at the end.
[QUOTE=squeegee]
Here’s something similar, with two backwards wheels. The forward wheel is not driven, its just a static element so the timing works out; it could have been a static ‘blue’ wheel.
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I love that! What great timing.
I finally, barely, got Down Under. Now I can get on with my life.
[QUOTE=Sage Rat]
Ooh, that “Handling” is very nice. I didn’t like that level because it seemed like a lot of the solutions were essentially just luck in getting it to spin or bounce just so.
Here’s my brute force solution to Awash: Fantastic Contraption - Launch Level
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Wow, that tractor is a thing of beauty.
My solution for Awash is a little cruder.
No idea how this works!
[QUOTE=brewha]
Byyyaaahhh!
No idea how this works!
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Awesome! It seems to go up quite high, too… And then comes down threshing, flailing and twitching.
I think I’ll have to back of from this for a while… I’m not sure I can out-do my two-piece solution for The Wall. It’s all about balance!
[QUOTE=brewha]
Byyyaaahhh!
No idea how this works!
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On my computer, it doesn’t. It gets all the way out of the light-blue “starting zone,” but then twists up and falls.
[QUOTE=Half Man Half Wit]
AI think I’ll have to back of from this for a while… I’m not sure I can out-do my two-piece solution for The Wall. It’s all about balance!
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Wow. Just wow. I love the simple, elegant solutions, and that definitely is one.
[QUOTE=Half Man Half Wit]
I’m not sure I can out-do my two-piece solution for The Wall. It’s all about balance!
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That is brilliant!
My solution for “Back and Forth”:
I spent several days finetuning this, and I’m pretty pleased with it.
Unpossible, on the other hand… :eek:
Back and forth took me forever! The ramp was kind of a lark–I had no idea it would work as well as it did.
Daniel
I found Back and Forth to be almost harder than Unpossible… I had everything: car going backwards, then reversing, self deploying bridge, tethered hook; but then I threw out all that crap and was able to streamline the design a bit… 
[QUOTE=InvisibleWombat]
On my computer, it doesn’t. It gets all the way out of the light-blue “starting zone,” but then twists up and falls.
Wow. Just wow. I love the simple, elegant solutions, and that definitely is one.
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[QUOTE=barnyard]
That is brilliant!
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Thanks! Makes the time I spent working out the balance almost worthwhile… 
Took me awhile to settle on this solution to Handling.