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rootX said:
I know a game in which you build infrastructure and make profits! - You can run it for hundreds of years. In it, you build transportation and factories/industries.

"Rise of nations" is one.
http://www.microsoft.com/games/RiseofNations/
You control all nation (including economy, military, and foreign disputes). This runs for thousands of years.

I never played that one. The one computer game I always liked was SimCity. Unfortunately, I could never maintain fiscal discipline. Sooner or later, I'd run up debts building interstates, railroads, and subways (these are horrible money pits; you should always go for the bus stations, instead - except subways are a lot more fun to build).
 
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Ok, I've spent way too much time on this game...

There are some nice ones here though:
Janus said:
A different solution to "Down Under":

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=876443
Like the way it hangs around swingin'.

Hurkyl said:
Aha, victory! All four big balls are destroyed!

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=819001

This one gets extra credit. The balls even drop all about the same time!

out of whack said:
Yes, he must be evil! :devil:

Janus, for your punishment, take THAT: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=802699"

EDIT: I won't even come close to your intricate clockwork systems!
Love the way it goes in before the ball drops, and it's so simple!

Sakha said:
This design isn't mine.. but its very funny. Glitches make very weird things. http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=603932"

Neat way to violate the laws of ... fisics?

out of whack said:
I don't like U turns. I took a http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=817079"
I like these slingshots.

Gokul43201 said:
I kept looking for a one stick solution, but couldn't get close enough.

Try http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1147896"

And this one took waaaaay too long to figure out.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1145544
 
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Q_Goest said:
I like these slingshots.
Like any good contraption, slingshots are better with more power! Ho ho ho! (Oddly, I can't seem to make it any faster by adding more wheels)

It's fun to make one that just keeps going too... (my last version worked better; it ran for well over an hour. But it stopped working after the last update to the website)
 
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Hurkyl said:
Like any good contraption, slingshots are better with more power! Ho ho ho! (Oddly, I can't seem to make it any faster by adding more wheels)

It's fun to make one that just keeps going too... (my last version worked better; it ran for well over an hour. But it stopped working after the last update to the website)

Here's one that just keeps going, and keeps putting the target in the goal:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=763215

With a slight modification, you can cause it to keep the target in the goal.

Doesn't keep running, but cute:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=924179

This one does keep running:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1154259
 
Hurkyl said:
Like any good contraption, slingshots are better with more power! Ho ho ho! (Oddly, I can't seem to make it any faster by adding more wheels)
Perhaps it won't go faster with more wheels because the wheel speed is already maxed out?

How about a trebuchet?
 
You've invented a hovering contraption. :eek:
 
but without the bug it becomes obvious that it doesn't work.
 
humanino said:
Look really close to the rightest wheel : there is a "hidden" very short blue link. The bug disappears with it.
I don't see it. I tried erasing bits but there was no extra piece.

[EDIT] Ah. There. I thought you meant rightmost wheel object (which is pink), but you mean rightmost uh ... "traction" wheel (only orange ones in this setup).
 
I like this solution to unpossible, although the current form isn't very aesthetic. :frown: Red wheel stays in goal!
 
Hurkyl said:
I like this solution to unpossible, although the current form isn't very aesthetic. :frown: Red wheel stays in goal!

Holy crap. too bad they don't give you a bigger area to completely fill up with your contraptions.
 
SHHH everyone. Don't tell Janus, because i think he's probably too honest for this. If we can get him to keep posting his solutions to the levels you have to pay to see then we can play them ourselves by using his link then erasing his contraptions.
 
tribdog said:
SHHH everyone. Don't tell Janus, because i think he's probably too honest for this. If we can get him to keep posting his solutions to the levels you have to pay to see then we can play them ourselves by using his link then erasing his contraptions.
What a devious crook you are. I respect that.
 
out of whack said:
Oooh, you spent some money!
Nope, it's a free level; it's one of the 12ish 'bonus' levels.

http://fantasticcontraption.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=299 , at the bottom of the first post, has the blank setups for them.

There are a variety of unfinished levels too; just replace the design id in the links with 1, 2, 3, ...
 
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Hurkyl said:
What broke? :wink:
Blast! Where's the EDIT button?

Goshdarnitalltoheck...

EDIT: He-he, fixed that in MY post. I don't know what post you guys have been quoting.
 

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