Fantastic Contraption

I have currently fallen in love with Fantastic Contraption! It's great and so much fun!

Whoa. Fantastic contraption needs its own JIG entry, it deserves better than being left in an LDF crowd.

I was thinking the same thing, Einar.

I'm a huge fan of physics games in general, and I loved Fantastic Contraption. I think it's interesting to note that my solution for Awash was amazingly similar to OfficiallyHaphazard's, but without the flails.

My solution to Awash: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=13726

Fantastic Contraption definitely deserves its own entry! Really fun game!

My solution to Four Balls. Took me a while!

Fantasic Contraption, although simple, is really great fun. I'm reminded of sodaplay (and wow, that was a long time ago for me).
I'm currently tackling Awash.

wooohoohoohoohoo!
All I can say is that beating Awash felt really satisfying.
Foolish orange balls! You'll never defeat the conveyor-tank!

The "Four Balls" level (of Fantastic Contraption) seems very tricky - haven't managed to beat it yet. But the game is really great.

Fantastic Contraption is pretty great.

Here's how I did Four Balls: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=14208

Totally stuck on Down Under though.

Like many here, I think Fantastic Contraption is absolutely brilliant.

Whoosh... There goes my Friday afternoon.

Why is Fantastic Contraption in Fridays Link Dump, this deserves its own review!!!

BTW: A awash solution that finishes within a minute.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=14435

The big diggr :-)

I prefer simplicity...

The Syntax Reliant Robin Stairclimber ;)

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=14456

Stairs: I like it technical :-) The caterpillar :-)

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=14435

Wow, just look at this solution:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=8871

I don't take credit for it, but this is brilliant :D

Someone please help! Trying to play Fantastic Contraption, I keep getting the "You may have an old version of this site" page, and i've tried ctl+F5 multiple times to no avail! Judging by the rave reviews it's been getting, i reaaaaally want to play it! D:

Any helpful info?

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=13610

That's a solution to "Around The Bend"

hi! my solutions:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=14752

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=14758

O.O

the rock climber
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=14766

the wall destroyer
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=14770

the unicycle!!!!!!!
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=14780

the army truck...
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=14789

messed-up army truck -.-
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=14820

it's a...THING...
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=14841

Thx, folx, for both the double-click info and the four balls setup!

Haphazard,
that ferris wheel solution for the four balls level is simply ingenious!

:( I need help on 'up the hump'.

Uninpossilbe, this one I'm proud of.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=14981

That solution to Unpossible is crazy, I didn't think anyone could do it.

Fantastic Contraption was amazing, should have been reviewed

:o *gasp* it's the creepy stringy catapult of doom!!!
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=15129

My midified version to Haphazard's Ferris Wheel for the "Four balls" level. Now with two wheels! :)

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=15168

I also need help with "up the hump".

Shoot, I got about 95% of the red ball in the goal area on the "Down under" level :D

Yeah! Got it! The Australian Mace :)

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=15278

(Down Under level)

The Slanted Rig of Bio

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=15388

(Mission to Mars level)

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=15539

Up the hump :)

Noticed something strange. If you play the same setup a couple of times, the result will always be exactly the same. Logical. But then, if you, say, change a wooden stick to a waterstick, let it go, then reset the water stick to a wooden stick again, the results will sometimes be different then originally. The nodes haven't been moved so it should be guaranteed that the contraption looks exactly the same as originally. Still sometimes it works differently.

Handling: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=15560

Some of these walkthroughs are amazing ideas!

AndyP, your 'On a chain' one made me laugh. I think it's amazing that people are creating such wonderful designs :) This game is actually a really good game, I'd buy it :P

The Locomotive:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=15580

("Handling" level)

Finally got "mission to mars". It took some tweaking.
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=15604

Another one I found while browsing their forum:

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=15580

The inventive skills of some people is amazing!

Or maybe I found it on here. LOL

Sorry about that. I was just looking through the forum then came back :G

I'm so blonde sometimes.

Dom,
that's the link I included just above you of my Locomotive :D

Anyone with any working ideas for The Tube level?

So far I don't even know how to construct anything that doesn't fall off the bottom... And even if I can solve that I'm still nowhere...

For the tube I have been trying to create a walker that spreads and will wedge itself in the walls and crawl up.

So far I have been able to slow the decent but not actually go up.

I can't figure out Tube yet either. I managed to wedge a block into the bottom, but I can't get anything to climb the walls...

bioLarzen: I like this one most:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=14845

(isn't mine tough)

What I've been trying for the tube is

But couldn't create a base for it that could wedge in at the bottom. I could create a wedge that would stay but as soon as I built something on it it would fall off :(

Shame we can't link unsuccessful tries, isn't it? Would be huge fun to watch each others ideas.

Fuzzyface,
that's really a great idea. But!!! The target ball is not at the same starting position as on my Tube level... Mine is in the middle and under the link it's on the right.

There's something fishy about this design you linked, fuzzyface. First of all, as I said, the target ball is in a different starting position. Then, as you start the contraption, the target ball starts upward very suddenly and at once as if something was sucking it upwards. What does it???

You can move the starting position.

I recreated the solution and it works.Not sure how. Seems like the little ball is magnetic..

The middle ball rotates cloclwise so not sure how it swings to the right like that

Oh, shoot, Just realized that I can move the target ball... Now i feel stupid :D

Here is the tube solution again.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=15849

I can't see how the ball swings to the right like that.

Jeff, I believe the ball is moving because of the wheel in the middle.

I don't understand how that wheel moves though because it is a clockwise wheel but the ball swings counter clockwise.

I am probably overproud of this contraption, but I think it might be one of the fastest possible solutions to Awash:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=16036

And here's an almost invisibly tweaked version that's even faster!

There is indeed something fishy in that solution, I don't know, has to do with the anchor of the middle wheel.

Okay made a new solution that should be nice and clean:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=16057

How do you like this one?

I feel behind, I can't even finish On A Roll!
Oh well. From what I've beaten, Fantastic Contraption is great. I feel like there should be a limit (maybe in cash like Armadillo Run) of some sort. While it's cool that the only limit is yourself at Zombo- eh, Fantastic Contraption, it doesn't feel right to me. Just my 2 cents.

Around the Bend, simple ;)

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=16157

Absolutely loved Fantastic Contraption. Kept an office of engineers busy all day. Good find.

This is my second solution to Back and Forth. Tried to make it as ridiculous as I could.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=15790

A different approach to the "Four Balls" level.
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=16519

slow but successful solution to 'up the stairs'!!!!!!!

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=16543

This is one of the best physics game ever. I finally solved all the stock levels...I may have to buy it to further feed my addiction.

Einar, your catapult rocks!

I was laughing at some of the contraptions for handling. This is my super simple solution:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=16588

How did anyone do "Big Ball"?

Ask for advice...then beat it moments later.

For those who get stuck, maybe something like
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=16872 that will help.

slightly modified, slightly faster version
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=16875

For "Big Ball" you could also go for speed, like this:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=16972

about the tube level:
that "amazing" solution that was posted works because the middle wheel is held in place by the rods attached to it. it tries to turn clockwise, but since it cant, the torque throws the rod and target ball counter-clockwise. motion is relative :)
my solution:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=17360

I think I figured out why the Tube solution works: there's a center wheel that also spins clockwise, making it so that the right side is always pushing against the wall. The position of the starting ball doesn't matter either: I beat it with it just hanging in the middle.

I would guess that if you reversed it, with the counter-clockwise wheel higher, you would get the same result.

My solutions for:

Back and Forth
http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=150211&sc=507

Down Under
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=13976

Mission to Mars
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=13976

Tube
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=17790

Sorry to double post, but I figured out how to move the red object. Step 1: connect a water bar or stick to it. Step 2: select the move cursor. Step 3: click the middle of the bar from before. Step 4: when you move the bar, the object moves too. Example:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=17808

aaaand one of my links is wrong -_- please remove all 3 posts at this point, i'll do them over later. its too late atm.

back and fourth simple
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=18042

Man. I've just made a flying contraption! I'd never guess this one would behave like it does:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=18203

Not a solution, just looks funny :)

Remastered the Flyer :)

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=18208

Mutevampire, you can also just select the move cursor and move the red object.

Here's my solution to unpossible:

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=18151

bioLarzen, your one just acts crazy :)

Check this one out for 'Handling'! Now there was 20mins well spent!

All of you who think you solved "Back and forth", I have to disappoint you: I am the one who really managed to get that red ball "back and forth":

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=18374

Not a solution, but at least i did what the level's name asks for :D :D :D

And with one small adjustment here's the working one (Back and Forth level):

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=18385

Not a solution yet, still I'm kinda proud of my trapdoor idea (Unpossible level) :D

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=18494

To complete Awash in 35 seconds:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=18592

I'm rather proud of this Unpossible solution: only three wheels used!
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=18666

Trapdoor technique fixed (Unpossible level):

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=18693

Back and forth solution:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=18718

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=20194

my handling. getting the timing right was a pain.

I beat the tube! Woot!

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=20480

Mission to Mars on Fantastic Contraption...
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=22809
Watching this design work cracked me up.

My solution to Back and Forth.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=24487

This is for "Mission to Mars":

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=23665

I really didn't expect THAT to happen. It looks elegant in a kind of explosive way.

This was built to do something else and then it just flipped out! It still works though!

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=24998

This thread in the forum got me to pay the $10. Even if I never use any of the for-pay features, it was worth $10 to see all the "green" solutions.

I found a really simple solution to the "stairs" level. Only two wheels!

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=25219

I've only figured out five levels... I suck at this game :(

On the other hand I made some awesome solutions.
Check it out:

On a Roll:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=25306
Completed in like five seconds. Woo!

Full Up:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=25254
Inspired by the Bridge Building Game.

Solution for Around the Bend

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=23499

Awesome way to complete reach up. Totally useless, though awesome http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=9939897

2 really awesome solutions up the stairs and around the bend, both astoundingly simple http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=9941194

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=9941205

This is for big ball: why beat it to the goal when you can beat it up? http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=9941276

Golden gate: why mind the gap when you can use a bridge? http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=9947824

Solutions for Junkyard and the Wall:
Junkyard uses the pink piece in an unusual way
The Wall is freaking fast

Junkyard
http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=9947926

Wall
http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=9947956

Over easy, a little complex, but oh well.
http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=9948367

Awesome sandbox-style level, with a simple contraption that goes a long way (it works)
http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=9951056

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=10096447

I don't understand why some of your designs explode, speed up and then fly away. Why does that happen? If you have the answer please reply

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=10105704
I love it! My solution to Awash is so quick and it looks so proffetional.

Down under:

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=10183472

Back and Forth:

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=10197588

Unpossible:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=10198229

U-Turn

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=10198315

Mithy:

Mission to Mars Solution:

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=10198425

Big Ball:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=10259012

Four Balls!

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=10259288

Feel free to copy this one

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=10537782

Very originall new way to beat U-Turn. Hasn't been done before. http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=10541905

Down Under. Solved in style

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=10579034

Back and forth:

Pls dun ask me how this works

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=10579127

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=10895376
An answer for thejunkyard

Oops i messed up on the name/description, i thought it was MY name/discription

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=10895395
Mobile bridge =D

Dancing worm solution for back and forth:

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=10994745

And Fred Flintstone's car for Unpossible:

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=10995803

http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11338345
This is a treadmill I tried to make. I'm not so sure what I got ... It helps in some levels

http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11752506

It climbs awash like nobody's bussiness