Physics Games

[Mulebear]

http://www.physicsgames.net/

Very interesting website.

99 Bricks is really cool. It looks like tetris, but as the bricks get higher you'll realize that it's not tetris.

Ragdoll Cannon is a lot of fun too.

[Mulebear]

Ooooo.... Contrast Cannon is another good one.

[xouper]

I bookmarked it.

Thanks for the link. Keep 'em coming.

[xouper]

Ooooo.... Contrast Cannon is another good one.

Agreed.

I assume you know that if you download the flash file you can resize the game.

http://www.physicsgames.net/swf/contrastcannon.swf

[Mulebear]

Yes. Yes I do.

[xouper]

Yes. Yes I do.

Can I say I sometimes also play to the peanut gallery?

[Bruce]

99 Bricks is really cool. It looks like tetris, but as the bricks get higher you'll realize that it's not tetris.

I play that game on my desktop at work all the time.

Not my Windows desktop, my REAL desktop, usually with paperwork.

[Bruce]

99 Bricks is really cool.

379 before epic fail. And an epic fail it was! This game would make for some awesome epic fail screen shots!

[Mulebear]

DeConstruction is a bit tough.

[Bruce]

I'm having tons of fun with Fantastic Contraption.

[Mentat]

I'm having tons of fun with Fantastic Contraption.

The Fantastic contraptions had levels that were either way to easy or way too hard (see the upward tube thing). Incredibots is similar, but it gives you more control. It get's too cumbersome after a while. Especially around the monkey bars thing. "Okay. Hold A. Tap S. Hold D. Keep holding G. Tap S again. Hold R. Hold D again. Let go of G. Tap R. Tap H twice. Tap J. Hold A. Tap S. Oops, I forgot holding R. Nooooooooo! *splat* " And that's me talking to myself trying to get past the first few bars.

[Bruce]

Oh, man. I can't believe this worked. Check out my awesome creation.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6638926

Hit start after everything loads up. If it doesn't work, you may have to create an account. It doesn't take long. I promise it will be worth it to see my contraption in action.

[Bruce]

Try the tube challenge, number 18. Bet you can't come up with a simpler, more elegant design than this:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6639428

Sweet.

[Mentat]

Try the tube challenge, number 18. Bet you can't come up with a simpler, more elegant design than this:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6639428

Sweet.

Go rot in hell. I spent hours on that and could never solve it.



OTOH...
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4952053

[Mentat]

While I'm at it...
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2507981

Yes, I have to make things hopelessly complicated where gravity would suffice.

[Bruce]

Gravity is boring. I loved your contraptions, Mentat!

[Mentat]

Gravity is boring. I loved your contraptions, Mentat!

Why do you hate general relativity?

[xouper]

I finally completed level 20 of "filler".





I also managed to complete the first two levels with only three balloons.

[DrMatt]

I'm having tons of fun with Fantastic Contraption.

Played and finished that this evening and "Saved" my contraptions.

There are a lot of different solutions to some of them, especially "To Mars". I used angular momentum and a pair of balanced whips.

The final curve was interesting. If it had to continue up another switchback in the opposite direction, I'm not quite sure what I'd do.

[DrMatt]

While I'm at it...
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2507981

Yes, I have to make things hopelessly complicated where gravity would suffice.

You think like a medieval military engineer!

I think this one is unnecessarily complex, too:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6742480

[Mentat]

I'm having tons of fun with Fantastic Contraption.

Played and finished that this evening and "Saved" my contraptions.

There are a lot of different solutions to some of them, especially "To Mars". I used angular momentum and a pair of balanced whips.

The final curve was interesting. If it had to continue up another switchback in the opposite direction, I'm not quite sure what I'd do.

Easy. Put another set of wheels on top and you may have to make use of the glitch. But I never use it.

[DrMatt]

I'm having tons of fun with Fantastic Contraption.

Played and finished that this evening and "Saved" my contraptions.

There are a lot of different solutions to some of them, especially "To Mars". I used angular momentum and a pair of balanced whips.

The final curve was interesting. If it had to continue up another switchback in the opposite direction, I'm not quite sure what I'd do.

Easy. Put another set of wheels on top and you may have to make use of the glitch. But I never use it.

Oh, the glitch, is that a cheat somebody found somewhere?

[Mentat]

I'm having tons of fun with Fantastic Contraption.

Played and finished that this evening and "Saved" my contraptions.

There are a lot of different solutions to some of them, especially "To Mars". I used angular momentum and a pair of balanced whips.

The final curve was interesting. If it had to continue up another switchback in the opposite direction, I'm not quite sure what I'd do.

Easy. Put another set of wheels on top and you may have to make use of the glitch. But I never use it.

Oh, the glitch, is that a cheat somebody found somewhere?

Some people have taken advantage of it as a cheat. I find it as more of a nuisance because it has caused some of my contraption to behave very weirdly, such as jumping and shaking for no apparent reason. But that usually only happens when I use my favorite grid design such as http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1844420 . I've noticed that the physics engine tends to not do as well with larger amounts of moving objects, although that isn't always the case.

[Bruce]

Some people have taken advantage of it as a cheat. I find it as more of a nuisance because it has caused some of my contraption to behave very weirdly, such as jumping and shaking for no apparent reason. But that usually only happens when I use my favorite grid design such as http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1844420 . I've noticed that the physics engine tends to not do as well with larger amounts of moving objects, although that isn't always the case.

Pretty cool. You used brute force. I was lazy and just put a conveyor belt of wheels spinning in the opposite direction on the top of my contraption. That way the blocks would be lifted up and deposited behind the contraption. I would recreate it now, but I'm still feeling lazy.

[Geni]

eh I just went over the top

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6762962

[Mentat]

eh I just went over the top

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6762962

Pft. Booorrrrring.

[Geni]

eh I just went over the top

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6762962

Pft. Booorrrrring.

I go with what works:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6764038

[Bruce]

eh I just went over the top

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6762962

Pft. Booorrrrring.

I challenge you to invent a contraption for this puzzle that starts off by going to the left and underneath. There must be a way to do it. Why else would the creators of the puzzle put a floor below with blocks in it?

[asthmatic camel]

Nerds.

[DrMatt]

Try the tube challenge, number 18. Bet you can't come up with a simpler, more elegant design than this:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6639428

Sweet.

Go rot in hell. I spent hours on that and could never solve it.



OTOH...
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4952053

Bucket was clever. Mine was closer to making it around an s-curve, but would have required further mods to succeed.
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6742658

For the tube, I used one more wheel than Bruce, made a 3-wheel solution, but again took advantage of that tiny lip at the bottom of the tube:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6741405

But this was a bit much for Four Balls:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6740732

I think this was the most conceptually difficult for me: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6741875

I only threw wheels into the middle of this one for weight: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6740955

[DrMatt]

My dog does a manuever with her nose under any available hand that looks like this one, and before you know it you're petting her:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6736143

[DrMatt]

eh I just went over the top

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6762962

Pft. Booorrrrring.

I challenge you to invent a contraption for this puzzle that starts off by going to the left and underneath. There must be a way to do it. Why else would the creators of the puzzle put a floor below with blocks in it?

Occam's razor says "To make it interesting."

I used a javelin as a ramp. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6734956

[DrMatt]

I didn't see a glitch.

[Geni]

I didn't see a glitch.

Look at some of the solutions other have come up with. Basicaly there is a trick where you take a wheel and join various bits of it to itself. It wobbles a bit then shoots off at high speed.

[Geni]

hmm I don't always claim elegant solutions:

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=6734956

[DrMatt]

eh I just went over the top

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6762962

Pft. Booorrrrring.

I go with what works:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6764038

Hahaha, yes, I can see how you think. Too bad there were no parts on the menu that functioned as bombs.

[DrMatt]

hmm I don't always claim elegant solutions:

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=6734956

That's one of mine

[Geni]

hmm I don't always claim elegant solutions:

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=6734956

That's one of mine

Heh yes what I meant to link to was a horrific solution to the 4 ball problem.

[DrMatt]

I built one at one point that just barely worked by crawling, but I forget how.

Did 39 levels of Circular Blot, and gave up on Level 40. More of a twitch game than a puzzle.

[Geni]

Took me way to long to solve this one and the solution isn't pretty:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6826869