Got hours to waste, try this!
 

http://www.addictinggames.com/fantasticcontraption.html

I had to step away before I blew the rest of my day.

That is very cool.

wow... that is an awesome flash game!

yup, theres 30 minutes down the drain...

How do you get past the big ball?

i beat every level of this game last round it was posted here :D

here are some links to my designs, sometimes you can beat it with brute force, other times takes finess, don't look at my solutions if you want to figure it out on your own :D

i have many hours in this game, also these solutions are not super elegant :D

tube... http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=3183224
uturn.... http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1370681
awash..... http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1348073
big ball... http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1347539
wall..... http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1347104
junkyard.... http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1347024
unpossible.... http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1342806
back and forth.... http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1341944
u-turn... http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1106247

ok 4 hours later, beat up to 18 the tube. Can't figure out how to make a catapult.

I am quiting at 4 balls. My head hurts.

OK, dude. You seriously need to step away from the computer. You have spent WAY too much time with this. BTW, pretty nice work figuring these out.

bill helped, tube was the only one which kicked my butt, and unpossible lol

OK, it's Friday night and I'm at home trying to get past the big ball. I got close on a couple designs...still working on it.

Holy cow!!!

It's a good thing I am not an engineer. :)

Thanks, that is kind of like introducing a crack addict to meth.
There is a good reason I don't have video games in the house, I would never get anything done.
OK, now back to the game....

If anyone gets fully stuck on any level ill post the solution :D

4 balls is really pissing me off right now......

you guys should try http://www.squakenet.com/computer_games/download.asp?game=746&title=The-Incredible-Machine had it on an old computer long ago. got up to around the 180-190 level out of 250 levels. looks simple, but gets extreme at those levels. I'd sometimes work on one puzzle for days. similar to the game linked above but increasingly difficult. thinking out of the box instead of what you learned in engineering class helps. had a little contest with a know it all contractor/builder who could go thru them faster. he lost. believe he pussed out around 40-50.

I used to love that game :).

I've just spent way too much time there as well...

Got all of them except "tube", which drove me nuts! Thanks for helping me sleep again Bell!

I like SIMPLE.

By the way, I've become obsessed with this!


http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=3290952

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