The Fantastic Contraption

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:37

I've given up on Down Under for now.

Here's my solution to Awash.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=121103

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Yeah, that's near identical to mine

MrD · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2139

To do awash, you need POWAH.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=121369

DO IT WITH GUSTO.

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:16

MrD wrote:

To do awash, you need POWAH.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=121369

DO IT WITH GUSTO.

That fails on my computer.

MrD · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2139

I'm guessing either the conveyor belt falls to bits, or a ball gets dragged in underneath and makes the machine balance atop it all the way to the bottom of the hill. WORKS HERE though.

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:29

Here's my Handling -

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=121927

MrD · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2139

Too many wheelses, I say!

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=122173

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Tue Jul 29, 2008 13:29

Been doing The Tube.

This solution takes over five minutes to run, but does eventually work - on my computer, at least.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=123080

And it pops like a champagne cork at the end, which is nice.

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

kalmar · **Posted:** Tue Jul 29, 2008 13:40

Right, nobody here's done Unpossible yet, have they?

I was up till 3 this morning trying, got to within about 2 pixels of the ball being fully in the goal.. but alas, no further.

I think I'll need to try a whole different approach. Or keep the hell away from this dangerously addictive game.

[edit] Bums. I just checked the one in the list above and it now looks incredibly easy.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Tue Jul 29, 2008 13:47

I keep getting 'YOU CAN'T SEE THIS UNLESS YOU PAY' error messages whenever I follow these links, sporadically :'(

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

I've seen a much more complex solution for that which basically consists of a combination of a huge structure to get it up there and the solution to down below.

kalmar · **Posted:** Tue Jul 29, 2008 13:58

Dudley wrote:

I've seen a much more complex solution for that which basically consists of a combination of a huge structure to get it up there and the solution to down below.

Yeah, that's what I've got saved currently. It's a big platform that raises up and then a little 2-wheeler scoots out and tries to flip over the edge. It's the latter part I can't get right, but it's frustratingly close.
I did try with ramp climbers to start with but couldn't get enough traction to make it on to the platform. That solution linked is pretty sweet.

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Tue Jul 29, 2008 14:07

An simple and elegant solution to Back & Forth. Except, not.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=123510

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Tue Jul 29, 2008 15:13

YAAAAAAAAAAAY!

I finally did Down Under.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=124329

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Not according to my machine you didn't pal.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Tue Jul 29, 2008 15:43

Dudley wrote:

Not according to my machine you didn't pal.

Nor mine. I was so hopeful though; it's massively inelegant, that one!

LaceSensor · **Joined:** 2nd Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 3137

I did the final level.
This took me forever.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=123662

LaceSensor · **Joined:** 2nd Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 3137

over and under was cool

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=124876

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Tue Jul 29, 2008 16:21

Just done Unpossible. Phew.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=125155

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Tue Jul 29, 2008 16:24

Dudley wrote:

Not according to my machine you didn't pal.

Are you leaving it going? It takes a while to finally swing in.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Tue Jul 29, 2008 16:27

The Rev Owen wrote:

Dudley wrote:

Not according to my machine you didn't pal.

Are you leaving it going? It takes a while to finally swing in.

It falls to the bottom of the world on mine.

Nice solution to Unpossible though!

kalmar · **Posted:** Tue Jul 29, 2008 16:29

Blinder! Well done

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Tue Jul 29, 2008 16:32

nynfortoo wrote:

The Rev Owen wrote:

Dudley wrote:

Not according to my machine you didn't pal.

Are you leaving it going? It takes a while to finally swing in.

It falls to the bottom of the world on mine.

Same here, It got so close though.

MrD · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2139

This is the Handling I wanted to do. http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=125383

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

The Rev Owen wrote:

Dudley wrote:

Not according to my machine you didn't pal.

Are you leaving it going? It takes a while to finally swing in.

Unless it can swing in from 10,000 feet below the level, that's not the issue here.

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Tue Jul 29, 2008 16:50

Dudley wrote:

The Rev Owen wrote:

Dudley wrote:

Not according to my machine you didn't pal.

Are you leaving it going? It takes a while to finally swing in.

Unless it can swing in from 10,000 feet below the level, that's not the issue here.

Bother. Well, it works on mine. Does eventually fall off, but only after swinging into the zone at least twice.

MrD · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2139

I've come up with a new way to do Mission To Mars: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=125565

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

That gets a giggle from me MrD

LaceSensor · **Joined:** 2nd Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 3137

no love for mine, nm

kalmar · **Posted:** Tue Jul 29, 2008 21:02

MrD wrote:

I've come up with a new way to do Mission To Mars: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=125565

That is hilarious :DD

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Jul 29, 2008 21:06

kalmar wrote:

MrD wrote:

I've come up with a new way to do Mission To Mars: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=125565

That is hilarious :DD

And infinitely better than my extremely basic one: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=99510

I must say I've loved seeing the minimalist ones. The guy doing the three piece catapult for Awash is a genius.

Also, some really good stuff there, LS.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Tue Jul 29, 2008 22:31

Gah! It irritates me that sometimes I cannae see your designs and it asks me for a donation. Have you lot "bought" the full game then?

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8648

Dimrill wrote:

Gah! It irritates me that sometimes I cannae see your designs and it asks me for a donation. Have you lot "bought" the full game then?

That happens to me quite a bit, sometimes it's a bit slow to load, and this seems to make it get confused about what level you want to see. Just try refreshing the page again.

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Dimrill wrote:

Gah! It irritates me that sometimes I cannae see your designs and it asks me for a donation. Have you lot "bought" the full game then?

It's actually a bug. If you get a server fart and it fails to load the design, it assumes it's a player made level and says that.

AceAceBaby · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:29

LaceSensor wrote:

over and under was cool

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=124876

Mine was similar, but shonkier.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=131418

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 15:12

I've finally made a ball lifter for Big Ball.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=140916

I prefer it to my "slam the rectangle into the target zone before the ball drops" solution.

AceAceBaby · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 15:19

Ooh.

I went the other way http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=130437

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 15:23

AceAceBaby wrote:

Ooh.

I went the other way http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=130437

I like that!

Does this Four Balls solution work on other computers, or just mine?

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=141056

MrD · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2139

The Rev Owen wrote:

Does this Four Balls solution work on other computers, or just mine?

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=141056

Works fine here.

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 16:17

Right, my last Down Under failed for most people, even though it worked on my machine.

How's this one?

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=141900

MrD · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2139

Hooray!

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 16:35

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 19:16

Fear my rediculous SUPADIGGA!

AceAceBaby · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 22:30

Grim... wrote:

Fear my rediculous SUPADIGGA!

I like how yours uses the balls' weight to add traction.

Mine : http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=141445

flis · **Joined:** 26th May, 2008 **Posts:** 3333

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=147256

This took quite a bit of tweaking and isn't the most graceful contraption ever but still, it's the result that counts!

I don't fancy the look of the last 3....

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 22:35

Grim... wrote:

Fear my rediculous SUPADIGGA!

I started that going when I started watching Hitman. At the end of the movie it was only half-way up the hill. This computer is a bit too old, I think.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Rollin your big ball around:http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=103539

Climbin up your chute!:http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=101856

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:45

Good stuff!

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