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[Maarten Baert]

The Machine

The goal of the game is to get the ball to the goal. To do this you have to build a machine with the parts you get. The game is physics based and uses my physics engine ExtremePhysics.

The first level:

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The level list:

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Download (2.14MB)
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Have fun .

Edited by Maarten Baert, 16 August 2010 - 09:50 AM.

[theludicrous]

Looks awesome, downloading.

MECCANO!

Edit: wow, this is amazing! Very polished gameplay and amazing physics . I like how much you thought it trough, how you can attach joints before you take the object out of the box. Brilliant.

Edit: after a longer play through, it feels like this game could benefit from some kind of pause button, it can be a little tedious in the later levels.

Edited by theludicrous, 16 August 2010 - 09:00 PM.

[posva]

really nice ^^
you jhave used your physics engine very well
i love it, i think it's a bit difficult thought >.<
it's simply perfecttly done


Good Job!

[Brother156]

That's awesome! I always loved these kind of physics games
The graphics are really good, and the physics are aswell. But it is kind of hard (takes me a few minutes to figure out just one level, usually it takes me just one in other games.)

[Fiender]

Hey, great project here; I am truly blown away by this!

I only with that this topic was more active so people could post their solutions... so I could stop being so stuck :

[Brother156]

I decided to try to play it again and now I'm stuck on "motor"
I think the hardest two that I have done so far are the "bridge" and the "motor"

[Khelder]

"Motor" is quite easy - try putting stuff under where the ball starts, so it's moving faster when it reaches the bottom

"Stairway" is annoying me at the moment - the second motor keeps getting in the way of the ball

[slayer 64]

I figured out motor and bridge pretty easily but i don't see how to beat "maze", and it's like the 4th level, lol.


this game is fun.
it would be nice to freeze the physics to make building easier.
sometimes i want to attach a beam to something, but it's hanging off the bottom of the screen, if the tool box was to slide in and out then it would be easier to attach a bolt to the end of it.
good game, i haven't beaten all the levels but i will eventually. nice job =)

[Brother156]

Thanks for the "motor" hint slayer
EDIT:
Now I'm stuck on stairway

Edited by Brother156, 20 August 2010 - 01:32 AM.

[icuurd12b42]

I had trouble figuring how to build stuff. You should specify in the help to click a bolt first in the inventory then click a hole on a beam in the inventory and drag the whole thing to where you want to anchor the bold and beam on the play field.

Anyway, These are my favorite kinds of games. I am stuck though.

I cant do Stairway, Frozen Motor and Elevator. They all probaly use a concept I have not though of, concepts that should maybe have been introduced beforehand on easier levels.

I would appreciate a screen shoot for Frosen Motor and Elevator. Stairway is probably solvable with a little more trial and error

[Fiender]

I'm stuck on "motor", "frozen items", and "stairway"... lol

[icuurd12b42]

I'm stuck on "motor", "frozen items", and "stairway"... lol

[santa22]

ill give it a try and see what its like

[Pinpickle]

I am terrible at this game.
So far I can only do Hanging, and I've been at it for about half an hour.

I gotta keep going, but it's a little non user friendly. Bolting things is really annoying and so is positioning the bars correctly.
Liking everything else though.

Gotta... win...

[Maarten Baert]

I would appreciate a screen shoot for Frosen Motor and Elevator. Stairway is probably solvable with a little more trial and error

There are many ways to do Frozen Motor, if you solved Motor you can solve this too. The idea is the same, but you have to use a second beam as a lever. Alternatively you can use the motor to build some kind of catapult.

Elevator is actually incredibly easy if you know how to do it. My solution uses just 5 parts. But there are also more complicated solutions, like this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz532M4TSlM
It's very hard to reproduce though .

[Fiender]

I'm stuck on "motor", "frozen items", and "stairway"... lol

Thanks, but I messed up. It wasn't "frozen Items" it was "more items"

[icuurd12b42]

There are many ways to do Frozen Motor, if you solved Motor you can solve this too. The idea is the same, but you have to use a second beam as a lever. Alternatively you can use the motor to build some kind of catapult.
Elevator is actually incredibly easy if you know how to do it. My solution uses just 5 parts.

Thanks I'll give it a shot. Incredibly easy you say?

Thanks, but I messed up. It wasn't "frozen Items" it was "more items"

Really!!? LOL

Edited by icuurd12b42, 20 August 2010 - 01:42 PM.

[Brother156]

Now I'm stuck on the catapult

More Items:


EDIT:
Lol, icuurd beat me to it

Edited by Brother156, 20 August 2010 - 02:15 PM.

[santa22]

sandbox mode was really fun
i made some amazing things, like a device that can get dropped and just bounce right back up

[edit]
heres what i did for Maze for those that have trouble.

Edited by santa22, 21 August 2010 - 08:20 AM.

[theludicrous]

Made it to "Go Up".
My mind has exploded.