Fantastic Contraption

Posted by Derek Yu Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:58:00 GMT

Fantastic Contraption

Colin Northway’s Fantastic Contraption is a super-nifty Flash-based physics toy that follows in the steps of games like Armadillo Run and Crayon Physics. The goal in FC is to get a red polygon into a goal area by attaching to it various wheels and rods. It’s an elegant concept, it’s executed very well, and it’s tons o’ fun! Some of the later levels are just devious, too…

A paltry $10 lets you create your own levels and share them with other registered players.

(Thanks, reetva!)

P.S. Does anyone else see something a little, ah, Freudian about that screenshot up there?

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  1. policedanceclub said about 1 hour later:

    I see something BIG kind of freudian thing there

  2. Lim-Dul said about 1 hour later:

    It’s all in your head, guys, all in your head… ^^

  3. TimothyFitz said about 1 hour later:

    Nothing Freudian here, move along now.

  4. Zer0strich said about 1 hour later:

    WTF I think I just made a black hole and the game got totally bugged out.

    I put so many water rods in the same place and then all the stuff lying around the level got sucked into the start box and it doesn’t let me stop it from running. Massive frame rate drop with that many, too…

  5. ugh said about 2 hours later:

    This game is actually sensational. Thank you.

  6. Trotim said about 4 hours later:

    I don’t think that that thing is in my head… cough

  7. Mark said about 4 hours later:

    Yeah. Mind ‘the gap’ indeed.

  8. BeamSplashX said about 7 hours later:

    Fantastic Contraption = Incredible Machine?

  9. Zer0strich said about 8 hours later:

    http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=32531

    SHARK ATTACK

  10. ferret said about 17 hours later:

    Thoroughly impressed with this. It does nothing new conceptually but is beautifully executed. Furthermore, I’m astounded by some of the contraptions created by some other users to complete levels. Some portal-esque moments of “oh my god, that’s so simple yet so clever”. I think I might chuck some money at the creator.

  11. bateleur said about 22 hours later:

    I particularly recommend checking out green solutions, such as this one.

  12. Mruqe said 5 days later:

    Best 10$ ever spent! :)

    http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=81325

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