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Highly additive and very fun. I went through a few examples in the tutorial and have only made it up to The Wall, but it is great fun. I think the people that designed the Martian Rovers must have made this game. They use the same form of wheel/axle assembly that I seem to use to get over most of these early challenges. Very amusing!! I will definitely show it to DS tomorrow.
OK, I am forcing DS to go to bed. He got through Mission to Mars and I thought he was done. There's a page 2!!! That's for tomorrow. Thanks, Kriston. Those are fun.
Thats the same idea I'm going for, but I can't quite seem to get it to work. I get three balls in and the 4th stops on the hill at the end without going in the goal pit.
So frustrating!
<later...>
Finally got it!
I think it's kind of a funny design. But it did finally work for me. Whew!
Oh. Didn't think about tying the wheels together off center for this one. That probably would have fixed some of my earlier prototypes that tended to get stuck...
Oh, I kind of wish I hadn't looked. That's the one I'm on now!
Still, great design!
My DS loves this site, too. He said, "It's fun, AND it's science! Cool!"
I'm thinking of working it into our homeschool curriculum by assigning him certain parameters to the ones he's already solved in other ways--like "You must use a ramp for this one" or something like that.
Okay I got to the darn gap and am going insane... lol Kriston that's just evil I have to sleep and now I'll be dreaming of a way to get over that gap lol
So Full Up was driving me nuts kidd walked in to show me his homework looked at it for 2 seconds and says.. "you have to knock over the ball.." dang kids making us slap our heads and say "duh" lol
Kriston I will really be hating this tomorrow at work but right now you are my hero for finding this! LOL Put a note in with DS homework with the link for his teacher who is always looking for interesting websites for the kids.
<singing> Duh. Duh. Duh. Another one bites the dust. Duh. Duh. Duh. Another one bites the dust. And another one gone and another one gone! Another one bites the dust! Hey, Fantastic Contraption will get you, too, Another one bites the dust!
You know, I very rarely donate to online games like this. If it's free, I use it without even feeling guilty. With this one I was actively looking for a way to give the creators a little money! I think it's the first time that's ever happened. I couldn't find any way to donate.
So if anyone sees a way to send them a couple of bucks through Paypal, would you please let me know. They totally deserve my cash! Such a great game!!!
On the main page it has an option to get the full version for $10 donation. Definitely worth it but that means more challenges nooooo ...must... go.. to... sleep....
Oooh!! I finally got around to trying this game. Such fun! I'm not at the levels you engineering types are, so i might be back for help soon... I was getting SET-ed out anyway. DS will love this if he ever wakes up.
Hey, that's true, SPG! Once I started playing this game, I stopped playing Set. Not enough time in a day for both, or using a similar part of my brain?
I think with set, it's just old hat - looking at the same patterns (not that i get any faster at it!) But with this, you have options, and have to think a bit more, and i'm sure everyone's contraption looks a bit different. And i sure do feel proud of myself - just did mission to mars!
Darn you Kriston - DS and I are absolutely obsessed with this game the past couple days since bringing our broken computer back up. We are currently stuck on awash.
I have all but Back and forth and unpossible was thinking unpossible would be a catapult but it isn't working and darn back and forth ughh no comment other than "Kriston = Evil" lol
