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

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1224525241.jpg

I'm with you Moses. I've run all the way through the game, but now going back and trying to simplify these.

These aren't simple but I'm happy with them.

Down under:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=3295570

Unpossible:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=3286069

This level took me forever... Kept trying to scoop up the ball and then realized I could create TWO machines.
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=3284479


How's this one for UGLY but effective?
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=3262628

..and HANDLING, the one that took me the longest.
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=3276181

This is how I did Mars.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=3297999

Brilliant!

Dam You ! :D:D:D

My simple 4 balls solution.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1224540936.jpg

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=3303442

Moses--That just flat out rocks!!

I am way over my head with the likes of youse guys.

My contraptions tend to run over themselves and then fall into the nearest hole.

Wow, thats a different approach.

Tubetastic
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=3309467

HANDLING:
http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=3325193

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1224593604.jpg

Why thank you sir! It's funny how our conceived notion of how it should work can get in the way of the solutions. Four balls took be forever because I kept trying to design a vehicle to move the balls and then realized that a stationary conveyer would work.

Just a heads up, you can move the pink ball to where you want it...

My Four Balls: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=3334182

My four balls:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1224612870.jpg

Wow!

I am quite proud of this...

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=3337597

I am going through and making them as simple as possible.

Simple catapult for the stairs...
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=3337332

Beating the big ball by speed.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=3338701

wow, I have some catching up to do if I want to compete with y'all.

Around the Bend - Super, super simple

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=3338401

California tax dollars getting put to good use! I'm addicted.

oh god. this is.... my entire day right here.

Heh! I had the same idea...
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=3348390