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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.
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Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:39 pm
Agreed.
I assume you know that if you download the flash file you can resize the game.
http://www.physicsgames.net/swf/contrastcannon.swf
Can I say I sometimes also play to the peanut gallery?
Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:22 am
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.
Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:39 am
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!
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.
Go rot in hell. I spent hours on that and could never solve it.
OTOH...
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4952053
Why do you hate general relativity?
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.
You think like a medieval military engineer!
I think this one is unnecessarily complex, too:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6742480
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.
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?
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.
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.
Pft. Booorrrrring.
Pft. Booorrrrring.
I go with what works:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6764038
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?
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
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
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.
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.
That's one of mine
That's one of mine
Heh yes what I meant to link to was a horrific solution to the 4 ball problem.
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Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:39 pm
I 
Sonoma Bear
Recently someone accused me of being insensitive. And I thought, how did this fat bitch get her wheelchair up the stairs to my house?
Sonoma Bear
Recently someone accused me of being insensitive. And I thought, how did this fat bitch get her wheelchair up the stairs to my house?
Ooooo.... Contrast Cannon is another good one.
I Sonoma Bear
Recently someone accused me of being insensitive. And I thought, how did this fat bitch get her wheelchair up the stairs to my house?
Sonoma Bear
Recently someone accused me of being insensitive. And I thought, how did this fat bitch get her wheelchair up the stairs to my house?
I bookmarked it.
Thanks for the link. Keep 'em coming.
Thanks for the link. Keep 'em coming.
Mulebear wrote:
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
Yes. Yes I do.
I Sonoma Bear
Recently someone accused me of being insensitive. And I thought, how did this fat bitch get her wheelchair up the stairs to my house?
Sonoma Bear
Recently someone accused me of being insensitive. And I thought, how did this fat bitch get her wheelchair up the stairs to my house?
Mulebear wrote:
Yes. Yes I do.
Can I say I sometimes also play to the peanut gallery?
Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:22 am
Mulebear wrote:
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.
Every so often, you just have to pause your video game and deal with life. - Bruce
Yeah, that's right. I quoted myself in my own sig. Fuck you, AC. - Bruce
Yeah, that's right. I quoted myself in my own sig. Fuck you, AC. - Bruce
Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:39 am
Mulebear wrote:
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!
Every so often, you just have to pause your video game and deal with life. - Bruce
Yeah, that's right. I quoted myself in my own sig. Fuck you, AC. - Bruce
Yeah, that's right. I quoted myself in my own sig. Fuck you, AC. - Bruce
DeConstruction is a bit tough.
I Sonoma Bear
Recently someone accused me of being insensitive. And I thought, how did this fat bitch get her wheelchair up the stairs to my house?
Sonoma Bear
Recently someone accused me of being insensitive. And I thought, how did this fat bitch get her wheelchair up the stairs to my house?
I'm having tons of fun with Fantastic Contraption.
Every so often, you just have to pause your video game and deal with life. - Bruce
Yeah, that's right. I quoted myself in my own sig. Fuck you, AC. - Bruce
Yeah, that's right. I quoted myself in my own sig. Fuck you, AC. - Bruce
Bruce wrote:
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.
It's "pea-can", man.
Lapis Sells . . . But Who's Buying?
Lapis Sells . . . But Who's Buying?
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.
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.
Every so often, you just have to pause your video game and deal with life. - Bruce
Yeah, that's right. I quoted myself in my own sig. Fuck you, AC. - Bruce
Yeah, that's right. I quoted myself in my own sig. Fuck you, AC. - 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.
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6639428
Sweet.
Every so often, you just have to pause your video game and deal with life. - Bruce
Yeah, that's right. I quoted myself in my own sig. Fuck you, AC. - Bruce
Yeah, that's right. I quoted myself in my own sig. Fuck you, AC. - Bruce
Bruce wrote:
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.
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
It's "pea-can", man.
Lapis Sells . . . But Who's Buying?
Lapis Sells . . . But Who's Buying?
While I'm at it...
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2507981
Yes, I have to make things hopelessly complicated where gravity would suffice.
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2507981
Yes, I have to make things hopelessly complicated where gravity would suffice.
It's "pea-can", man.
Lapis Sells . . . But Who's Buying?
Lapis Sells . . . But Who's Buying?
Gravity is boring. I loved your contraptions, Mentat!
Every so often, you just have to pause your video game and deal with life. - Bruce
Yeah, that's right. I quoted myself in my own sig. Fuck you, AC. - Bruce
Yeah, that's right. I quoted myself in my own sig. Fuck you, AC. - Bruce
Bruce wrote:
Gravity is boring. I loved your contraptions, Mentat!
Why do you hate general relativity?
It's "pea-can", man.
Lapis Sells . . . But Who's Buying?
Lapis Sells . . . But Who's Buying?
I finally completed level 20 of "filler".
I also managed to complete the first two levels with only three balloons.
I also managed to complete the first two levels with only three balloons.
Bruce wrote:
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.
 | If masturbation led to homosexuality you'd think by now I'd at least have better fashion sense. --Grayman I SAY BLIND FAITH BELIEVERS WHO REFUSE TO CRITICALLY THINK FOR THEMSELVES DESERVE WHATEVER THE UFO ALIENS HAVE IN STORE FOR THEM!!!--JasonAristotle |
Mentat wrote:
While I'm at it...
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2507981
Yes, I have to make things hopelessly complicated where gravity would suffice.
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
| If masturbation led to homosexuality you'd think by now I'd at least have better fashion sense. --Grayman I SAY BLIND FAITH BELIEVERS WHO REFUSE TO CRITICALLY THINK FOR THEMSELVES DESERVE WHATEVER THE UFO ALIENS HAVE IN STORE FOR THEM!!!--JasonAristotle |
DrMatt wrote:
Bruce wrote:
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.
It's "pea-can", man.
Lapis Sells . . . But Who's Buying?
Lapis Sells . . . But Who's Buying?
Mentat wrote:
DrMatt wrote:
Bruce wrote:
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?
| If masturbation led to homosexuality you'd think by now I'd at least have better fashion sense. --Grayman I SAY BLIND FAITH BELIEVERS WHO REFUSE TO CRITICALLY THINK FOR THEMSELVES DESERVE WHATEVER THE UFO ALIENS HAVE IN STORE FOR THEM!!!--JasonAristotle |
DrMatt wrote:
Mentat wrote:
DrMatt wrote:
Bruce wrote:
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.
It's "pea-can", man.
Lapis Sells . . . But Who's Buying?
Lapis Sells . . . But Who's Buying?
Mentat wrote:
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.
Every so often, you just have to pause your video game and deal with life. - Bruce
Yeah, that's right. I quoted myself in my own sig. Fuck you, AC. - Bruce
Yeah, that's right. I quoted myself in my own sig. Fuck you, AC. - Bruce
Geni wrote:
Pft. Booorrrrring.
It's "pea-can", man.
Lapis Sells . . . But Who's Buying?
Lapis Sells . . . But Who's Buying?
Mentat wrote:
Geni wrote:
Pft. Booorrrrring.
I go with what works:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6764038
Mentat wrote:
Geni wrote:
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?
Every so often, you just have to pause your video game and deal with life. - Bruce
Yeah, that's right. I quoted myself in my own sig. Fuck you, AC. - Bruce
Yeah, that's right. I quoted myself in my own sig. Fuck you, AC. - Bruce
Nerds.
"Oh, and eat shit SC." Bruce.
Mentat wrote:
Bruce wrote:
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.
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
| If masturbation led to homosexuality you'd think by now I'd at least have better fashion sense. --Grayman I SAY BLIND FAITH BELIEVERS WHO REFUSE TO CRITICALLY THINK FOR THEMSELVES DESERVE WHATEVER THE UFO ALIENS HAVE IN STORE FOR THEM!!!--JasonAristotle |
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
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6736143
| If masturbation led to homosexuality you'd think by now I'd at least have better fashion sense. --Grayman I SAY BLIND FAITH BELIEVERS WHO REFUSE TO CRITICALLY THINK FOR THEMSELVES DESERVE WHATEVER THE UFO ALIENS HAVE IN STORE FOR THEM!!!--JasonAristotle |
Bruce wrote:
Mentat wrote:
Geni wrote:
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
| If masturbation led to homosexuality you'd think by now I'd at least have better fashion sense. --Grayman I SAY BLIND FAITH BELIEVERS WHO REFUSE TO CRITICALLY THINK FOR THEMSELVES DESERVE WHATEVER THE UFO ALIENS HAVE IN STORE FOR THEM!!!--JasonAristotle |
I didn't see a glitch.
| If masturbation led to homosexuality you'd think by now I'd at least have better fashion sense. --Grayman I SAY BLIND FAITH BELIEVERS WHO REFUSE TO CRITICALLY THINK FOR THEMSELVES DESERVE WHATEVER THE UFO ALIENS HAVE IN STORE FOR THEM!!!--JasonAristotle |
DrMatt wrote:
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 wrote:
Mentat wrote:
Geni wrote:
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.
| If masturbation led to homosexuality you'd think by now I'd at least have better fashion sense. --Grayman I SAY BLIND FAITH BELIEVERS WHO REFUSE TO CRITICALLY THINK FOR THEMSELVES DESERVE WHATEVER THE UFO ALIENS HAVE IN STORE FOR THEM!!!--JasonAristotle |
Geni wrote:
That's one of mine
| If masturbation led to homosexuality you'd think by now I'd at least have better fashion sense. --Grayman I SAY BLIND FAITH BELIEVERS WHO REFUSE TO CRITICALLY THINK FOR THEMSELVES DESERVE WHATEVER THE UFO ALIENS HAVE IN STORE FOR THEM!!!--JasonAristotle |
DrMatt wrote:
Geni wrote:
That's one of mine
Heh yes what I meant to link to was a horrific solution to the 4 ball problem.
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.
Did 39 levels of Circular Blot, and gave up on Level 40. More of a twitch game than a puzzle.
| If masturbation led to homosexuality you'd think by now I'd at least have better fashion sense. --Grayman I SAY BLIND FAITH BELIEVERS WHO REFUSE TO CRITICALLY THINK FOR THEMSELVES DESERVE WHATEVER THE UFO ALIENS HAVE IN STORE FOR THEM!!!--JasonAristotle |
Took me way to long to solve this one and the solution isn't pretty:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6826869
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6826869
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