Simulation

Fantastic Contraption

Single Player

Critic · IGDB

2.8

Users · RAWG

2016

Released

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📅 Release Info

Release DateApril 5, 2016

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🏷️ Game Details

Genres

SimulationIndiePuzzle

Playable on

PCPlayStation

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PCPlayStation 4

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About this game

The original 2008 2D physics building game! With over 1.5 million players, Fantastic Contraption is a true classic.

Your goal is simple: move the red ball from the blue building zone to the pink goal area.

Your tools: wood rods (solid), water rods (pass through stuff), and wheels that turn clockwise or counterclockwise.

Your solutions: NEAR INFINITE. Players have saved over 10 million unique designs, solving levels with everything from cars to catapults to conveyor belts or just pure gravity.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Open-ended building allows multiple solutions to each puzzle.
Stretching rods and placing wheels suit motion-controlled VR.
Physics-driven machines move, wobble, fail, and sometimes succeed.
Life-sized construction perspective demonstrates VR presence and scale.
Surreal environments feature bright visuals and a whimsical tone.

Cons

Main puzzle campaign is short.
Physics can make machines unstable or unpredictable.
Requires standing, reaching, and a suitable VR play area.
Limited sandbox content remains after completing the puzzles.

Pros & Cons are AI-assisted summaries, not our own playthrough reviews. Sources and how we make recommendations.

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