Fantastic Contraption!!!

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I hadn't realised you could move the target object (red) where you like in the deignated area, that makes things a little easier.
Oh, flaming perdition! That's going to make "Reach Higher" a lot easier. I just wasted 15 minutes trying different things with the pink square all the way over to the left like that.
 
I found this game yesterday and its fun but some levels are really hard. I have got ideas from some of the designs you guys have shared though. I had not even thought about making something to just throw the ball to the target:dunce:
Heres the only one ive done that i thought was even cool enough to share:dopey:
http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=369028

On a side note, how do you do a link with just a word to click on? So instead of it being the entire addy like mine above for it to just say something like "mine" or what have you.
 
On a side note, how do you do a link with just a word to click on? So instead of it being the entire addy like mine above for it to just say something like "mine" or what have you.
In your web browser, select the link you want to direct us to (http://...) and hit Ctrl+c or right-click and click copy. Next select the text you want us to see as the link (in your example "mine"), and click the
createlink.gif
button above. In the box that pops up, hit Ctrl+v or right-click and click paste then OK.
 
My "Four Balls" contraption - very non-elegant. I tried the bulldozer-and-ramp combo a dozen different ways, and couldn't make it work. If the dozer was slow enough to collect all 4 balls, it stalled trying to get up the ramp, and if it was powerful enough to clear the ramp, it left some of the balls behind.
 
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In your web browser, select the link you want to direct us to (http://...) and hit Ctrl+c or right-click and click copy. Next select the text you want us to see as the link (in your example "mine"), and click the
createlink.gif
button above. In the box that pops up, hit Ctrl+v or right-click and click paste then OK.


Thanks mate:tup:






Now the one you just posted was brilliant. It worked smooth and wasn't chocked full of crap to make it do so.
 
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This game sorta reminds me of a simpler version of The Incredible Machine released in the early 90's for MS-DOS. I'm hooked.

I remember that! Do you know if it’s possible to find a copy these days?
 
I remember that! Do you know if it’s possible to find a copy these days?


Link to emulator and where to get the DOS rom for it, i would prob try to find the rom at another site considering the bull this site wants you to go through to just download it:tup: But none the less theres at least a good DOS emulator for you:)
 
Is anyone else having trouble getting to the forum or loading other peoples designs?
 
Is anyone else having trouble getting to the forum or loading other peoples designs?

I keep saving my own designs but then can never find them again. Where do they appear?
 
I think we've killed it.

None of the links work. I tried to create an account, and it just says "working" and I can't cancel. I'm able to play through the basic levels though.
 
It was running creepy-crawly slow. Seems to be better now.
 
Is anyone else having trouble getting to the forum or loading other peoples designs?

I haven't tried the forum, but I can't see anybody else's designs. It keeps saying "Restricted" and then dumping me out in a level like Mission to Mars without the planet. I was able to log in and see my own stuff, though.

[Edit] Actually, that was earlier. Now I don't seem to be able to get on.
 
I keep saving my own designs but then can never find them again. Where do they appear?
After the Play screen, there's a main menu with a series of buttons. The top left one should be My Designs. That takes you to a screen with each saved design listed.

My go at "Down Under".

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Took some tweaking, but I got "Awash".

I'm stuck on "Tube", and I haven't even tried "Back and Forth". My first quick stab at "Unpossible" didn't work. "Handling" was easy and only took a couple minutes.


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I didn't save about my first 6 levels, and now I forget how I did them. Here's a quick solution to "The Hump". I think my first effort was better, but I don't remember it.

2-piece, no-motors solution to "Mind The Gap".
 
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After the Play screen, there's a main menu with a series of buttons. The top left one should be My Designs. That takes you to a screen with each saved design listed.

I thought that would be where they were kept, but all i get is a blank bubble screen!

*edit - its working now
 
Man, I'm stuck on the capture phase of "Back And Forth".
 
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