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Fantastic Contraption

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I've done them all, except tube. I've spent a bit of time on it, but really haven't had a chance yesterday or today. I'll be very curious to see other people's working contraptions once I figure it out.
 

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I've done them all, except tube. I've spent a bit of time on it, but really haven't had a chance yesterday or today. I'll be very curious to see other people's working contraptions once I figure it out.

I've done about ten of the levels, but I find myself reading the forums more and checking out the stuff that other people design. Some of them are downright amazing
 

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All right, just got the tube. I started out with some pretty hefty and elaborate designs... ended up with something following the same sort of mechanics I originally had, but a much simpler design:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1464353

i got through all the levels but it was all just quick and dirty. now will go back and do rube goldburge thing. we can even have a comp to see who come's up with the most complicated way of doing a simple task.
 

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speaking of complicated... just got done with back and forth:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1465294
cool

Damn!!!
All right... that's pretty serious stuff...

the first thing i thought when i saw that was:

i could have done that with just one pivot point maybe two. i alway look for the path of least resistance. its still some pretty cool stuff though. mousetrap was my favorite board game, that tinker toys and erector sets.
 

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stuff like this blows me away

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=716181

I couldn't dream of designing something like that
That is amazing! (And also the one I'm stuck on right now. :oops:)

I don't want to look at all of these yet because I'm trying to come up with the designs on my own. But it can be VERY frustrating. And there are better things I should be doing with my time right now. :oops:
 

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Heres my Down Under (took a while and kinda frustrating and experimental):
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1454327

That's cool, here's mine:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1345215


Your's is much simpler than mine, I never seem to make simple designs:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1347221


Similar design, but I went the slightly more over complicated, brute force route:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1346497
 
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Was that your design or did you mistakenly copy and paste a different code. You're definitely the man if that's you who did the one that impressed me.

No, I would have never come up with that. Did I post the link as my own somewhere? I never meant to imply that I made it.
 
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