I've made fixes to the code to automatically adjust the size of many of the windows, icons, panels, and text on higher resolution monitors. Should be easy to read/play now on all monitor resolutions. Added a new part (Ultra Marble) and also a new state to the Egg part. Found what could have caused a crash deep down in the code of one of the libraries CM is using. Fixed it. Fixed "Snow Computation" puzzle. The official solution for it wasn't solving.

This new build has quite a few minor GUI improvements:

• When open a puzzle pack ("Easy Does It", "Piece of Cake", etc.) it'll take you to the first unsolved puzzle in the pack.
• Level numbers are now shown along with the puzzle names.
• Once completely solving all the puzzles in a pack it'll let you know instead of just moving on to the next puzzle pack.
• Added a Locked button that'll toggle showing which parts are locked. This was already in the using the "L" key, but now there is button.
• Right clicking on a part in the part bin will bring up the help window for it.
• You can now quit from the settings window.
• A few other changes here and there to make GUI flow a little smoother

This is just a quick hotfix which address a couple of small problems with the puzzles and descriptions of the goals. Also fixed a bug where '9' key was being treated like the '8' key in mods.

The New Parts

• Number Blocks -- built in 0 through 100 -- they can go higher/negative using the other parts below
• Fractional Blocks
• Arithmetic Machine
• Evaluator Outlet
• Equation Outlet
• Number Line Outlet

How they Work

New Puzzles

Number Blocks aren't a DLC

Going Forward

This is just a quick update that I'm working on puzzles for the new batch of parts.
Aiming to release these in the first half of June. Here are some of the new parts that'll be in this update:

This is just a short announcement of some new parts that I'm working on. Plan on releasing the new parts along with a group of puzzles at the start of June.
Also dealing with some weather today. Looks like we'll have tornado watch or warning in next couple of days. I'm in Cherokee County.

Just added improvements to the Gravity Bomb and Gravity Bomblet GUIs. Made it easier to select the default directions and also to reset gravity to the default amount. Also has a bug fix where there were times when parts that had hit the Gravity Bomblet wouldn't later be affected when the Gravity Bomb was hit.

Well, I got the new build done. In addition to the new Gravity Bomb part that adjusts gravity for the whole level, from a suggestion here on the forums, I added another the Gravity Bomblet that adjusts gravity only for the part that hits it.
Gravity Bomb - When hit it'll change the gravity of the whole level.
Gravity Bomblet - Only changes the gravity of the part that hit it.
The direction and force of gravity can be set for each bomb and bomblet. Next up will be working on the Number Blocks that have been close to complete for a few years now. I still need to create a set of puzzles that use them. I'm also working on another new unannounced game. I streamed some work on it to my Twitch channel a week or so ago. Got some big weather here last night with lightning and heavy rain and tornado warnings 50 miles northwest of here. Nice here now, but bad weather east of here today/tonight. Hope everyone is safe. Kevin

Just a quick update that I've been busy here on various things including this new part. When hit by another part the Gravity Bomb will change the direction of gravity on a contraption. Should make for some interesting contraptions and puzzles. You'll be able to set both the direction and the amount of gravity.
I may stream myself working on finishing it in the next week or two.

I've activated Remote Play Together - lets the mouse be shared which can be very helpful in solving the puzzles. Made changes to Incredible Puzzles Pack:

• Puzzles #39 - Trap Waldo the Cat
• Puzzles #115 - Hole in the Floor

Made a few minor change to 3 puzzles in the Incredible Puzzles Pack: 65, 96, and 115

[olist]

Profiles

Official Solution

Puzzle Adjustments

• Added support for user profiles (tracks which puzzles have been solved).
• Added a Show Solution button for puzzles that player have previously solved.
• Adjusted Incredible Puzzles Pack puzzles 2, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16, 17, 21, 26, 27, 28, 58, 78, 105, 140, and 159.

[olist]

The Incredible Puzzles Pack has 160 new puzzles that you can play now...

All 160 New Puzzles

• Added needed changes for the new DLC.
• Fixed a very rare crash bug connect to dragging multiple belts at the same time.

Capsule Image Sketches

Design Work

30 Year Old TIM Doc

Sunday to Monday

This is just a quick hot-fix from yesterday's update.

• Fixed crash bug when duplicating Belts.
• Changed locked color to Purple so it is easier for Red/Green color blind folks to see.
• Also locked Conveyor Belts weren't being tinted color when locked.

I've been working on finalizing the puzzles in the Incredible Puzzles Pack DLC that (hopefully) will be coming out in a couple of weeks. There are 160 new puzzles and to make it easier for me to check all the new puzzles, I added a couple of user-friendly additions.

'L' - Toggle Showing Locked Parts

'G' - Toggle Showing Part Goal Locations

Incredible Puzzles Pack

Gravity Slider

Part Clone Fix

So our return to Oklahoma has been delayed (details at the end of this post) - so I tackled a few more requested features for Contraption Maker.

What's New

• Added a "Pause" and "Single Step" mode. Hit "P" to pause a running contraption/puzzle and "S" to advance a single step. Should make it easier for puzzle and contraption building to see exactly what is going on.
• Added projection to see where the the Energy Burst from the Ray Gun will go.
• Added a projection to see where the Water Drop for the Dripping Bucket will go.
• Added green areas to show how far the various creatures (Dog, Cat, Mouse, Toolman Tim, and Zombie Toolman Tim) can see.
• Add CTRL-Z to Undo and CTRL-Y to Redo.
• Workshop puzzles and contraptions now default to the "Most Popular" instead of "Newest"
• Added some more parts to the Part Creator part: Stable Candle, Flying Saucer, Brain, Tennis Racket, Curling Stone, Bucket, Dripping Bucket, Paper Lantern, Dog Toy, and Ghost.
• Added a button to reset puzzles to the default zoom level.
• Changed code so that if a bunch of parts are selected at the same time (in a rect) and one or more of them are locked, it'll just select the unlocked ones. Before it wouldn't allow the selection.

What's Next?

There was a request for a more stable candle that won't tip over so easily. Here it is:
Also:

• Made it so the Bucket can be disposed of by the Part Disposal.
• Fixed a crash bug when the Candle would hit a Sticky Wall.
• Fixed a crash bug when Recycling Box is place between to Pinball Bumpers.
• Put in some better physics update checks so they don't always have to happen.

I probably should label this short update a (lack of) Progress Report.

Incredible Puzzle Pack

Mighty Knights

Minigolf Blast

Contraption Maker

Minigolf Blast

Sciatica

I just released a demo of the Minigolf Blast game that is coming out near the end of June. Played against my son in an online multiplayer game and it was a blast! It was a 9-hole course and in the race mode where you are trying to get into the cup in the quickest time. He crushed me... lol. https://store.steampowered.com/app/683660/Minigolf_Blast/

• There is a now a playable demo of Minigolf Blast available. This is the first demo so while it is very solid there is still work to be done.
• Minigolf Blast is part of the upcoming Sports Fest.
• Okay one other of thing - Wishlist it if you want to be notified when it the full version comes out.

This will be just a quick short update on how the battle interactions between the different Mighty Knight parts will play out. One initial idea was that each unit would have hearts representing their health and the sword icons representing how much damage they can do. It would play out like this:
As the Grunt (warrior type) makes his way through the the enemy units his health drops until when he gets to the Builder he ends up losing. The other method and the one I'm leaning towards using now is similar to the Rock/Paper/Scissors type result where whoever is toughest will win. It plays out like this:
In this case the Grunt is tougher so he wins each battle. I think this will work much better in the context of solving puzzles where it will be much easier to predict what is going to happen after you hit go and the contraption starts running. Now that more complex interaction with health/hearts - that would work will in a head-to-head real time game. Hmmm.... maybe someday... Kevin

I'm currently working on the way the various Mighty Knights parts interact with each. Right now each part has health indicated by hearts, melee damage indicated by swords, and for the archer, the amount of damage caused by arrows. The values for these are a work-in-progress right now as I balance out how they work. Still not sure about how the Mage works and if he should be included or not.
My plan for the next few updates (which I have to force myself to do - would rather be spending the time doing gamedev) is to have an update focusing on each of the new Mighty Knight parts. Back to work now... Kevin

Mighty Knights is a coming update to Contraption Maker which has Grunts, Diggers, Builders, and other characters that do battle with each other. Right now the goals for the puzzles can be complex or as simple as "Defeat the Enemy King" where you are strategically placing your available units to achieve victory.
It also comes with a terrain editing tool that let's you quickly craft out a battlefield.
All the other Contraption Maker parts can be used along with the Mighty Knights parts to create some crazy contraptions.
I'm currently working on adjusting the design of some of the battle elements. Trying to figure out the best way to resolve the different units attacking each other. Want to get this out as soon as possible, but need to nail down this design issue first. Going forward the updates will be short like this one so I can spend more time on actual game creation. Kevin

Progress

• Archer
• Builder
• Digger
• Mage
• Grunt
• King

Start of Journey

Mighty Knights

Minigolf Blast

Home Improvement

Meant to post an update near the start of January when I arrived in Oklahoma, but the time I spend writing these announcements is time away from doing actually gamedev (and house fix-up work - see below). This will be short and a combined post about all three games.

Contraption Maker

Minigolf Blast

Puzzle Poker

The Other Project

Oklahoma

[previewyoutube=2Q_ZzBGPdqE;leftthumb][/previewyoutube] So, I am no longer a one man band and finally have some HELP on these games from my son, Liam! Progress is being made. I'm just gonna write one short announcement about all three of my current games putting them on all their Steam pages. Someday I'll have more free time and less commitments... maybe I can even hire a marketing type person who knows how to do this stuff.

Minigolf Blast

Contraption Maker

Puzzle Poker

Opus One

Finally after a long delay got the new Moon part added.
Added new physics where the Moon and the Sun will be affected by gravitational attraction.
Create some cool gravity interactions. You can use all the other parts them.

This is just a quick update notice. I did some debugging and figured out why Multiplayer wasn't working. It is working now rbiggrin
I've got a multiplayer game running right now for testing. Feel free to join (room for 8 users) and build anything you want or go ahead and create your own.

So, several things have happened over the last year and a half to bring updates to Contraption Maker to a halt - Fire, some health issues, and mostly work on another future project.

The Creek Fire

Surgery

New Game Project

This new build fixes the crash bug in the Wonderstructs puzzle "Bat Trap".

This fixes the crash when trying to play "Bat Trap" in the Wonderstructs set of puzzles.

I just made the 64-bit Mac build live. It has been on a beta branch for about a month. Also, I know it has been a long time between updates. I've been very busy on another product to just pay the bills. It is just me (Kevin Ryan) on Contraption Maker right now. Still planning on updates to Contraption Maker when things slow down. It is not dead. Really wish I could spend more time on it. Looking forward to getting that Moon part in there.

Just a short announcement. Gonna try something different with the next new part that I add to Contraption Maker. Look for some interesting gravitationally interactions between the new part and the current Sun part.

Just added another new part, the Rubber Band Ball. It is not perfectly rounds so it can have some interesting bounces.
This new build also a very minor bug fix related to the Missile's fuse.

Mighty Knights

Quite a few years ago I did some work on a game called Marble Blast. Various versions of It were released on Windows, Mac, and XBox. My friends, who are the same dev team, have just released a really cool game along the same lines. It looks and plays amazing. I wasn't involved in the development of this one, but it is really worth checking out. https://store.steampowered.com/app/864060/Marble_It_Up/

Bamboo

Bug Fixes

• Tim is no longer reanimated by explosions.
• Fuses no longer collide with laser detection spots.
• Double Lighter is not triggered when only base is hit.
• Dripping Bucket no longer acts weird - moving by itself when all water has dripped out.
• Rope no longer gets huge amount of slack when attached to Light Bulb.
• Zombies are not immediately zapped when eating.
• Fixed some physics blowups caused by Flexisticks trapped by Sticky Walls.
• Laser Outlets now work correctly when a laser beam has gone through two Laser Splitters.
• Fixed bug where Rope selection GUI could sometimes be outside of a puzzle area making it very difficult to select.
• Tennis Racket now draws on the correct layer.
• Fixed Christmas Ornament so it can be broken by explosions.
• Also made Christmas Ornament easier to smash by high mass parts.
• Fixed bug where flames could be blown out from wind hitting base of part instead of the actual flame.
• Also fixed bug where sometimes flames would not be blown out even when being hit by wind.
• Fixed bug with Pumpkins where their physics could act very strangely when smashed.
• Now store that state of unlocked parts in puzzles so they retain that state when the puzzle is being solved.
• Fixed a crash bug that occurred when the 'R' key was hit at the same time that a part was being moved.
• Fixed bug with Snowballs where collision were triggering part actions that shouldn't be occurring.
• Added some more logging information for when workshop sharing to Steam fails.
• Now using FileForget instead of FileDelete when Steam workshop sharing fails.

Spider Web

Mighty Knights

Minigolf Blast

Look for a new Halloween themed part this Monday. I'm working on it right now. The update that just went live has a new football part.
After that it'll be a week spent on fixing bugs and other game play issues. Then I'll be back to working on Mighty Knights. https://store.steampowered.com/app/462540/Contraption_Maker_Mighty_Knights_Parts__Puzzles_Pack/?beta=1

New Sun Artwork

Minigolf Blast

Bug Fix

Mouse Size

Extension Cord

Mighty Knights

Just a short quick announcement. I've been working on Mighty Knights. Aiming for an August release. The release date may be later than that because I want to make sure there are enough new puzzles and I'm happy with it being in release state. You can wish list it here and also see a video showing how what it has. Note that the video and screenshots still have work-in-progress artwork: https://store.steampowered.com/app/462540/Contraption_Maker_Mighty_Knights_Parts__Puzzles_Pack/

Yesterday afternoon I thought it'd be fun to make a new part for the Steam Summer Sale. Wanted to make a "summer" type part. So I worked last night on it. Wasn't sure I could get it implemented in time or not. The new part in this update is the Sun. Gives off light. Gives off heat. Has very large mass. Can be moved if bumped into by other parts.

I just wanted to get a quick update out since it's been over a month since the last one. Been busy. Didn't meet any of the goals in the last update though.

Mighty Knights

Electrical Anti-Graivty Pad

Green Sticky Wall

Play with Official Solutions

20 Wonderstructs Puzzles

20 Battling Cards Puzzles

Up Next

• Really need to get some more puzzles using the new parts that have been added in the last 8 months.
• There will be another new part in May.
• Mighty Knights addition. Aiming for June, but won't release until good.
• Looking into adding a weekly competitive race mode to Contraption Maker. Just a germ of an idea right now.
• Minigolf Blast sometime before summer end. Early Access. Have help for this one.
• Gamedev is fun!

Golden Cannon

Puzzles Solved

Minigolf Blast

Up Next

This is a subject-to-change list of what is coming next to Contraption Maker.

Mid April

• A new cannon part with different behavior from the current one.
• 10 puzzles in "Kev's Puzzle Pack".
• Various small GUI improvements.

Also Mid April

• 20 total puzzles in Wonderstructs DLC.
• 20 puzzles in Battling Cards DLC.

Mid May

• Andrew and Zoe's Little Adventure mod game using the built in javascript.
• 15 total puzzles in "Kev's Puzzle Pack"

1st Half of June

• Mighty Knights DLC - Puzzles, Parts, and Minecraft like terrain system. Will be posting development updates here about this big addition to Contraption Maker.
• A few more puzzles in "Kev's Puzzle Pack" (time permitting).

This Summer

This is a subject-to-change list of what is coming next to Contraption Maker.

Mid April

• A new cannon part with different behavior from the current one.
• 10 puzzles in "Kev's Puzzle Pack".
• Various small GUI improvements.

Also Mid April

• 20 total puzzles in Wonderstructs DLC.
• 20 puzzles in Battling Cards DLC.

Mid May

• Andrew and Zoe's Little Adventure mod game using the built in javascript.
• 15 total puzzles in "Kev's Puzzle Pack"

1st Half of June

• Mighty Knights DLC - Puzzles, Parts, and Minecraft like terrain system. Will be posting development updates here about this big addition to Contraption Maker.
• A few more puzzles in "Kev's Puzzle Pack" (time permitting).

This Summer

Made a few minor fixes to the GUI here and there. Also made sure that all the rotational parts show how they will rotate. Makes it easy to see at a glance how they will rotate when activated
Adjusted a few of the new puzzles to eliminate some simple exploits. Also added a couple more Battling Card puzzles bringing the total to 18. We will be increasing the number of them over time.

Made a few minor fixes to the GUI here and there. Also made sure that all the rotational parts show how they will rotate. Makes it easy to see at a glance how they will rotate when activated
Adjusted a few of the new puzzles to eliminate some simple exploits. Also added a couple more Battling Card puzzles bringing the total to 18. We will be increasing the number of them over time.

This latest update has various new stuff. Puzzles, DLC, bug fixes, and a new part.

Battling Cards

Curling Stone

Kev's Puzzle Pack

Bug Fixes

• Fixed problem with paths that have characters like "é" in them
• Trapdoor now correctly shows the weak stick
• Removed 'Destroyed' as a starting state for Zombie Tim
• Fixed puzzle auto-advance so it doesn't advance to DLC packs that aren't owned
• Fixed bug with Flying Saucer. It was reversing direction when hitting sensor shapes.
• Made sure the button to switch between physics layers is present on puzzles that have Wonderstruct parts

Minigolf Blast

Wonderstructs Pack

Future

This latest update has various new stuff. Puzzles, DLC, bug fixes, and a new part.

Battling Cards

Curling Stone

Kev's Puzzle Pack

Bug Fixes

• Fixed problem with paths that have characters like "" in them
• Trapdoor now correctly shows the weak stick
• Removed 'Destroyed' as a starting state for Zombie Tim
• Fixed puzzle auto-advance so it doesn't advance to DLC packs that aren't owned
• Fixed bug with Flying Saucer. It was reversing direction when hitting sensor shapes.
• Made sure the button to switch between physics layers is present on puzzles that have Wonderstruct parts

Minigolf Blast

Wonderstructs Pack

Future

There is a bigger announcement coming tomorrow morning about Contraption Maker, but just wanted to put out this quick announcement now of my new game that's coming out this summer. The "coming soon" store page just went live. If you follow it then you follow along with the development updates as it makes its way to release. http://store.steampowered.com/app/683660/Minigolf_Blast/ At some point I'll probably roll in some new free minigolf themed parts into Contraption Maker.

I just created a new private branch where you can preview Contraption Maker updates before they go live on the default branch. To get it:

• Right click on Contraption Maker in the Steam library
• Select Properties
• Click on the BETAS tab
• Enter this access code: ComingSoon18
• Click on CHECK CODE
• comingsoon beta should now be available
• On the drop down "Select the beta you would like to opt into select: comingsoon
• Contraption Maker will be queued by Steam to download

[Update 02/13/2018] I have reverted to the previous build until I can fix the problem with the new puzzle pack (Kev's Puzzle Pack) in this update. I had to go to San Francisco hospital with my son today - 4 hours from home. This was unexpected. Hoping to get home Thursday evening and then I'll get this fixed and make this update live again. Sorry about his. -- Kevin Ryan

Forbidden Area Part

Workshop Filtering

• Wonderstructs
• Battling Cards
• Mighty Knights

Kev's Puzzle Pack

More Part Goals

• Waldo (Cat): Fighting
• Milton (Mouse): Eating
• Tinker (Dog): Fighting
• Laser Mixer: Color (Red,Green,Yellow,Blue,Purple,Cyan,White)
• Zombie Tim: Destroyed

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Trapdoor so the stick falls way when hit.
• Made Lawnmower Handle correctly fall away.
• Added direction of rotation indicator to the Electric Motor.
• Added arrow showing which way the Jack-in-the-Box will pop out.
• Made mouse cursor larger on higher resolution screens so it is easier to see.
• Made slight changes to a bunch of the part bin icons.

• Blimp
• Touch Color Block
• Crocodile
• Mechanical Trampoline
• Part Disposal
• Pinball Flipper
• Pool Cue
• Ratchet Clicker
• Touch Sound Block

Up Next

Ceiling Fan

Workshop Wonderstructs Playable by Anyone

New Part Goals

• Trampoline: Bounced, Didn't Bounce
• Pinball Bumper: Hit, Not Hit
• Pinball Flipper: Hit, Not Hit
• Pool Cue: Triggered, Not Triggered
• Scissors: Open, Closed
• Mechanical Trampoline: Bounced, Didn't Bounce
• Laser Splitter: Splitting, Not Splitting
• Thread Bobber: Active, Not Active
• Snowball: Melted, Not Melted
• Ghost: Normal, Bashful
• Wonderstructs Conveyor: Active, Inactive
• Rope Ring: Location Goal
• Rope Hook Bar: Location Goal

Bug Fixes

• Updated the number of undo states to 40 from 10.
• Now drawing the belt artwork on the correct layer.
• Fixed scissors so they are not triggered by sensor shapes.
• Adjusted Part Disposal so it is drawn on the correct layer.
• Fixed 'Nudge Part' bug so part's position is saved correctly if play is.
• Fixed bug with Dog Food so it is activated by a sensor shape.
• Fixed Punching Fist so button must be the shape hit to trigger. Also fixed so sensor shapes don't trigger.
• Fixed bug where locked parts would become unlocked if play button what hit right after they were locked.
• Fixed the Hamster Cage so it is not triggered by a sensor shape.
• Fixed the Electric Toaster so it is only started when the button is hit. And also made so it isn't triggered by sensor shapes.
• Message now show up on Linux machines.
• Linux now remembers if full screen has been selected.
• Trapdoor sound effect now plays on Linux machines.

Next Up

• Add the new Forbidden Area part.
• Add a few more new goals for part.
• Add a new (free) puzzle pack that I can add new puzzles to over time.
• Fix any bugs that show up.

This small update has a few fixes since the update released a week ago:

• Fixed problems with sharing puzzles and contraptions. Should work better and smarter now.
• Cleaned up some text to explain things clearer.
• Fixed bug where some parts were saving out unneeded information making level files very large.
• Fixed exploits on "The Purple Balloon" and "Feed and Get Home" Wonderstructs puzzles. (Thanks to wildgoosespeeder for finding these exploits).

This new build has a few tougher Wonderstructs puzzles.
Also has a few changes including a fix to the official solution for the "Wonder Chimes" puzzle. The next update will have a couple of new parts.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed problem with cloning when multiple parts are selected
• Made right-click to clone work in Sandbox mode
• Added Powered Wonderstructs Conveyor to the electrical part bin tab
• Fixed a crash bug connected to cloning Wonderstructs Chimes

Part Creator

• Sled
• Change-A-Ball
• Glow Ball
• Big Glow Ball
• Gold Lift Balloon
• Silver Lift Balloon
• Poker Chip
• Bat
• Short Flexistick
• Medium Flexistick
• Long Flexistick
• Wonderstructs Marble

Next

Puzzle Poker

Thanks!

The new Wonderstructs Parts Pack is now available. http://store.steampowered.com/app/745580/Wonderstructs__Part_Expansion_Pack/

• 18 Wonderstructs Parts.
• 6 Puzzles using Wonderstructs parts (more coming soon)
• Completely integrated with all the other Contraption Maker parts.

Putting the finishing touches on Wonderstructs right now. Check out this short video showing it in action. https://youtu.be/SXJDhRZcAPQ It is releasing Monday morning - December 11th. http://store.steampowered.com/app/745580/Wonderstructs__Part_Expansion_Pack/

Thought I'd post a sneak peek at what I've been working on this afternoon. Wanted to make sure that Toolman Tim could ride the conveyor without any problems.
Still on target for a December 11th release. http://store.steampowered.com/app/745580/Wonderstructs__Part_Expansion_Pack/

http://store.steampowered.com/app/745580/Wonderstructs__Part_Expansion_Pack/ Click on picture right above in widget to get more info.

Just a quick short announcement that the Wonderstructs Part Pack will be available on December 11th. It will be $0.99.

Flexisticks

Up Next

Bat

Next Update November 5th

This free update has a few new rope type parts.

Rope Hook Bar

Wire

Rope Ring

Silver Lift Balloon

Next planned update is November 5th

So I've been working on our new game Puzzle Poker the last few days. And it occurred to me that I could make a ball type part from the poker chips. Nothing super fancy, but the smaller size can be useful in building contraptions. So.... see below about the new Poker Chip part... Oh, yeah, also added the rotate gizmo to the Gold Lift Balloon.

Puzzle Poker

Poker Chip Part

October 15th Update

Gold Lift Balloon

Puzzle Poker

I wanted to get this out right away. Toolman Tim now correctly throws the snowballs.
I'm planning on getting another new part out in a few days on Monday or Tuesday. Testing and adjusting it right now. Still planning on releasing some new Rope type parts in an update on October 15th.

Change-A-Ball

• You can now choose which types of balls the Change-A-Ball can turn into.
• It now works correctly when it changes into the Snowball - growing when rolling on snow, melting, being thrown by Toolman Tim, etc.
• When changing into Glow Ball, it now correctly emits light.
• Added the ability to choose a goal state.

Big Glow Ball

• Can now choose color of the Glow Ball.
• Slight changes to the physics - a little more dense - doesn't float as much.

Next Update

Ended up adding a two new parts for this update.

Glow Ball

Change-A-Ball

Bug Fixes

• Added missing message for the sled
• Fixed a crash bug in the physics engine. It was very rare, but could happen if just the right combination of events occurred. Was most likely to happen on contraptions that had been running for a longer amount of time.

Next Update

This latest build has a mixture of a few bug fixes and also some general improvements.

• Fixed bug where uploaded puzzles were not showing up on the Puzzles/Community screen when the uploaded button was selected. It was incorrectly showing mods instead of puzzles.
• Fixed bug where the published preview was not matching the expected preview.
• Copy and paste now work in sandbox mode.
• No longer change camera zoom level when changing size of puzzle if the current puzzle size already fits in window.
• When creating a new contraption the default scenery layer is behind the parts layer instead of in front of it. This seems more natural because most the time scenery will be drawn behind parts.
• Made it so that when creating a new contraption, the contraption window does not cover the parts bin window. Minor change, but now you don't need to resize the contraption window to get to the parts bin.
• Changed the Multiplayer screen so it defaults to showing public multiplayer games and also defaults to creating public games. (Hmmm... a multiplayer competitive mode would be neat... need to think about this).

This a first pass work-in-progress of where Contraption Maker is going. I want to get a new part out in each update - roughly every month. The dates below are solid, but still figuring out the details of what new parts to add. Going forward - this is going to be fun!

Update #1 (September 3rd)

Update #2 (September 17th)

Update #3 (October 15th)

Update #4 (November 5th)

Update #5 (December 3rd)

In this latest update I fixed a crash bug connected with using Toolman Tim's Sled.

New Devs

Introduction

In this latest free update to Contraption Maker we have added a few new parts. Meet Andrew and Zoe. Two eggs that have some special abilities.

Andrew

Zoe

Zoe's Camera

Have Fun!

Mighty Knights Update Sneak Peek

Hello all, and welcome to another new Contraption Maker update! This update is free for owners of the game, and it should come to your Steam library shortly. If you aren't getting the update, restarting Steam usually does the trick. The main focus of this update is a new type of puzzle that we are trying out. We are calling them "sandbox scenarios", and we are pretty excited about them!

Sandbox Scenarios

New Achievements

Puzzle Fixes

Feedback

To celebrate October and Halloween, we just put out a spooky free Contraption Maker update for you all to enjoy! This is smaller than a normal update, but stay tuned for a few weeks from now when we launch our awesome new "Sandbox Update"!

New Puzzles

New Part

New Project Update

Thank you all for your patience, and enjoy our latest free Contraption Maker update! This update was very helpful to get Justin and his team up to speed on all of our systems in Contraption Maker. This will make it much easier to get future updates out more often. Here are all of the awesome new things you can find in this update:

New Play Blocks

New Puzzles

Menu Revamp

Maker Lab Templates

Achievements

New Project

Hey everyone, long time no update. We've been pretty busy over here at Spotkin. Here is a quick overview of everything that we've been doing:

Farewell to Keith

Contraption Maker Mobile

Contraptioneers & Schools

• 4th Graders Learn Next Generation Science Standards using Contraption Maker
• Building, Tinkering, and Inventing at the Eugene Mini Maker Faire
• Using Contraption Maker in a Language Arts / ELA Lesson

Contraption Maker Updates

New Project

The judging period has ended and the results are in. Time to announce the winners for the Contraption Maker Build-Off #4! This was yet another amazing group of entries. You guys just keep making it harder for us to narrow down the top 3 entries. We had a record number of submissions for this Build-Off, hopefully that number just keeps going up! We love seeing what sort of creative things you all can think of. The longer 2 week submission period felt a lot better to us than the old 1 week period, so it looks like we will keep it 2 weeks for future Build-Offs. Alright, enough talking, here are the winners!

3rd Place: Waldo and Tinker Battle of the Bands!, by Wisakedjak

2nd Place: Playing Cat and... Dog..., by SouldSol

1st Place: Romeo & Juliet 2.0, by Hellwood

People have been asking for a while, and it's finally happened. Contraption Maker is now on Linux! We are excited to be available for a whole new batch of players that didn't have access to our game before. Can't wait to see what sort of awesome contraptions and puzzles you all contribute to the Workshop! You can check out the recommended system requirements on our store page. Note: Please check the system requirements before purchasing the game on Linux. Contraption Maker does NOT have 32-bit support. We are making our Linux debut in the Humble Indie Bundle 14! If you pay more than the average price (around $6), you get Contraption Maker and 8 other terrific Indie games. So for a little less than the price of Contraption Maker currently, you get a whole bunch of other games, as well as the DRM-Free off Steam version. Now we don't have a huge team here available to do a bunch of testing on this Linux build. We are confident that it is a stable build, but there may be a couple things that have slipped by us. Please report any issues you find in the bug reporting forum, and we will address them as soon as we can. Are you a new player here from Linux or the Humble Bundle? Be sure to check out our Build-Off contest that is going on. If you make the best contraption, you can win Steam games of your choice! http://steamcommunity.com/games/241240/announcements/detail/230022562788773396

Submissions for this contest are no longer being accepted Here we are again with another Build-Off contest. Because your submissions for the Build-Offs have been getting better and better, we want to try something different this time. Instead of one week for submissions, this submission window is going to be open for two weeks! This will give everyone all the time they need to make the most awesome contraption that they can think up. As usual, the winners of the Build-Off will receive Steam games of their choice!
Here are all of the details for the contest. PLEASE READ OVER THEM CAREFULLY. We will NOT accept submissions that don’t follow all the rules!

Contest Theme

How to Enter

• At any time during the entry period, create a contraption and submit it to the Steam Workshop. Submit it as a contraption, not a puzzle.
• In your contraption description, make a note that it is a submission for the CM Waldo vs Tinker Build-Off

Contest Dates

Rules

• Entries for this contest must be created by you, and cannot be the work of someone else.
• Do not submit something that was submitted to the Workshop before the contest date. Even if you were the creator, this is not allowed.
• Entries must be submitted to the Steam Workshop as a Contraption, not as a puzzle.
• We can disqualify someone at any time if they are found to be cheating.
• One entry per user only. You can change your submission up until the completion date, but you cannot submit multiple entries.

Scoring

• Technique: How technically impressive is your contraption? How much does it make the judge say, “I can’t believe they actually pulled that off.”
• Originality/Creativity: Are you using parts in a new and original way? Are you doing something nobody else has thought of?
• Presentation: Don’t just submit your contraption on the default blue background. Add some pretty scenery, animate it, give a nice backstory to what’s happening in the contraption.

Prizes

• 1st Place: $100 worth of Steam Game(s)*
• 2nd Place: $60 worth of Steam Game(s)*
• 3rd Place: $30 worth of Steam Game(s)*

Process

• The contest runs for two weeks. During this time, players can create, submit, and edit their entries.
• Once the contest is over, the judges will take a few days to review and anonymously rate the submitted contraptions.
• Contraptions will be judged in 3 categories with a score of 1-10 in each category. The contraption with the highest total score will be the winner.
• There can be multiple winners at any prize level in the case of a tie.
• This contest is NOT a random drawing. Submissions will be judged by us, the developers of Contraption Maker.
• By entering this contest, you agree to let us use your Steam name and avatar when announcing winners or talking about the contest.
• Previous Build-Off winners are still eligible to win.

We just put out an update for Contraption Maker. Your game should update automatically as it gets pushed out. Unfortunately, almost everything in this update is pretty "behind the scenes," so you won't actually see much difference.

Engine Upgrade

Backend Dashboard

Bug Fixes

• Assorted puzzle exploit fixes
• Fixed bug causing text to change to white after contraption runs
• In-game workshop now shows downloaded puzzles & contraptions
• Ropes no longer detach occasionally after running a puzzle
• Fixed some laser issues having to make outlet always work correctly and and inverse laser not pulse on on the 1st frame
• Fixed a bug that would cause contraptions to freeze if camera was panned while running
• Removed unused sensor on candle that was causing anti-grav pad to affect it when it was below the pad
• Fixed function to detect when text is being edited
• Allow steam workshop downloaded levels to be deleted
• Fix scenery loading - mismatch in case on PNG
• Fixed bug so that projected part correctly shows rotation and scale of the original part
• In Steam levels were not downloaded
• Added a routine to compute a body's mass from area and density
• Fixed crash bug when rescaling a part which has a rope attached that goes through a pulley
• Use publish id as puzzle key for non-official levels
• Do not process events for disabled widgets
• Do not hide icon container when the goal has a location
• Make text selection rect translucent
• Steam workshop fixes
• More work on display Steam workshop downloaded levels
• Clear all publish ids when level is renamed
• Crash reporting works on windows again
• Check for null camera layer
• Fixed the green arrows showing when/where ropes will attach
• Ignore touch end events in part selector if physics is active
• Camera now correctly animates when recording movies
• Fixed quotes in the script editor. Removed unnecessary extra touch listener for TurboBadger
• Fixed bug where projected paths wouldn't adjust when a part was flipped
• Fixed a save crash
• Tightening up accessing deleted parts
• Fix clipping on movies
• Fix publishing videos to youtube
• Fix flicker when recording
• Fixed bug where projected lines were being drawn when the shouldn't have been. Only happened when overlaps occurred during dragging of group of parts
• Added check for bad stash data

After another tough period of judging, we are ready to announce the winners of our third Contraption Maker Build-Off! The quality of submissions blew us away as usual. It looks like people really took the time to create something that was unique, pretty, and fun to watch. No need to keep you all waiting on the edge of your seats. Here are the winners!

3rd Place Tie: Winter Showdown, by Evajeva & Line Rider, by Blueeyedrat

2nd Place: Jinglebells, by Dr34dd

1st Place: Indiana Tim 3, by Hellwood

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The Great Contraption Maker Build-Off is back! Everyone has one week to make and submit their best contraption. The winners of the Build-Off will receive Steam games of their choice!
Here are all of the details for the contest. PLEASE READ OVER THEM CAREFULLY. We will NOT accept submissions that don’t follow all the rules!

Contest Theme

How to Enter

• At any time during the entry period, create a contraption and submit it to the Steam Workshop. Submit it as a contraption, not a puzzle.
• In your contraption description, make a note that it is a submission for the CM Sled Build-Off

Rules

• Entries for this contest must be created by you, and cannot be the work of someone else.
• Do not submit something that was submitted to the Workshop before the contest date. Even if you were the creator, this is not allowed.
• Entries must be submitted to the Steam Workshop as a Contraption, not as a puzzle.
• We can disqualify someone at any time if they are found to be cheating.
• One entry per user only. You can change your submission up until the completion date, but you cannot submit multiple entries.

Scoring

• Technique: How technically impressive is your contraption? How much does it make the judge say, “I can’t believe they actually pulled that off.”
• Originality/Creativity: Are you using parts in a new and original way? Are you doing something nobody else has thought of?
• Presentation: Don’t just submit your contraption on the default blue background. Add some pretty scenery, animate it, give a nice backstory to what’s happening in the contraption.

Contest Dates

Prizes

• 1st Place: $100 worth of Steam Game(s)*
• 2nd Place: $60 worth of Steam Game(s)*
• 3rd Place: $30 worth of Steam Game(s)*

Process

• The contest runs for one week. During this time, players can create, submit, and edit their entries.
• Once the contest is over, the judges will take a few days to review and anonymously rate the submitted contraptions.
• Contraptions will be judged in 3 categories with a score of 1-10 in each category. The contraption with the highest total score will be the winner.
• There can be multiple winners at any prize level in the case of a tie.
• This contest is NOT a random drawing. Submissions will be judged by us, the developers of Contraption Maker.
• By entering this contest, you agree to let us use your Steam name and avatar when announcing winners or talking about the contest.
• Previous Build-Off winners are still eligible to win.

http://youtu.be/a9KJaew9yLk Our latest Contraption Maker update is here to spread some holiday cheer! This FREE update adds a bunch of new fun features to the game. Tim's sled is a great new addition to the game. Use it to send Tim spinning, flipping, and sledding all over the place. For those people waiting for new official puzzles, you are in luck. We've added 50 new official puzzles! The puzzles come in a wide range of difficulty, including some super hard ones for all you puzzle experts out there. Steam should automatically update the game for you. It can sometimes take a little while to roll out, so if you don't have the update yet don't fret! Here's what you can find in this update:

New Parts

• Tim's Sled: The is a special new Tim part. When Tim uses the sled, he will give it a little push and hold on for dear life! Send him jumping and flipping all over your contraptions. There is also a "non-Tim" version of this part that can be used to transport other parts.
• Snow Wall: Snow walls have more friction than normal walls. Roll a snowball down a snow wall to make it larger.
• Ice Wall: A super slippery wall type.
• Snowball: The snowball is another type of ball with some special behaviors. If it rolls on a snow wall, it will get bigger. Roll one large enough, and it will trap Tim inside of it! If you place a snowball near a heat source, it will start to melt.
• Snowball Pile: This pile of snowballs can only be used by Tim. Set the number of snowballs, and how hard & often Tim will throw them.

New Puzzles

Patterned Scenery Parts

Assorted Fixes

• Impact sound effects. Walls now make sounds when they hit something
• New save/load window. Sort by name or date, delete contraptions, search for contraptions
• Correctly handle various situations when Tim is owned by another part (right now it can be the sled or the snowball)
• A handful of tutorial and puzzle fixes
• Fixed draw layers so the plugs show up on generators
• Fixed bug where a part that owned Tim would exit world borders and be deleted and cause a crash because Tim thought he was still owned by the deleted part
• Also some various fixes to correctly handle parts going inactive or being deleted while the own Tim
• Fixed bug where plug would sometimes not show up when plugged into outlets
• Give save text input focus when saving, respond to enter when saving (mouse must be over save dialog)
• Turn off Zombie lightbulb when he is embedded in snowball
• Fixed bug in the Electric Switch code so that myCpShape and otherCpShape are always correctly set
• Fix leak with specials
• Only use _setjmp _longjmp on OSX
• WIP geometry drawing with JavaScript
• Generalized Toolman Tim being owned by other parts
• Fix bug where explosions could sometimes create incorrect holes in walls
• Lock containers for part goals
• Cycle art selection under mouse when ctrl/command is held
• Scenery ZOrder improvements
• Default to descending by date in load contraption window
• Ensure parts which have goals are locked when testing and when serializing
• Undo/Redo tweaks
• Fixed bug so Toolman Tim correctly processing multiple instruction parts if his is standing and overlapping them
• Fixed undo/redo for ropes
• Fixed bug where Toolman Tim would be stuck in falling state
• Added new routine to compute mass and moment of interia when area of a shape changes
• Added support to change radius of a collision circle
• Added support to change width and height of a heat receiver
• Added support to change base width and height of a part sprite
• Adjusted Toolman Tim to generalize his toss part routine
• Started saving max normal velocity in arbiter so it can be used other places
• Added TM_PI_64 to be used where 64-bits of resolution is needed
• Fixed locked parts disappearing.
• Added fuses to Missiles and Rockets
• Made sure that hotkey flipping only tries to flip parts that can be flipped
• Added goal state for turning Toolman Tim into a Zombie
• Added goal state of Eaten for Brain
• Correctly handle projections and overlaps when multiple parts are moved at the same time
• Fixed some leaks

With Halloween coming up, it made sense to put out a suuuper spooky update for you guys! This free update adds new parts, scenery, puzzles, and more. Check out Zombie Tim, a fun new part that chases Tim for his delicious brains. This update also adds guidelines to lasers so you know exactly where they are aimed before you even run your contraption!

New Parts

• Zombie Tim: He shuffles around looking for brains, and will follow Tim if he's near. He can turn human Tim into a zombie if he catches him. Being a decaying zombie makes him fairly fragile. He can easily "splat" or "fry" in a bunch of different ways.
• Braaaaiiiins: Zombie Tim loves brains. He will stop chasing Tim if there are brains nearby. There is also a "Tim Part" version of this that must be picked up and dropped by Tim.
• Pumpkins: Use these to decorate, or roll them around your contraptions. You can attach a rope to the top to swing them around. If a pumpkin is hit too hard, it will break.

Guidelines

New Puzzles

New Scenery & Music

Assorted Fixes

• Add copy&paste support for TB to osx
• Made sure that projected parts don't mess up goal parts
• Fixed crash bug when target goal part was deleted while contraption was running
• Made sure rope damping of attached parts only happens when approriate (updated physics version for this one)
• Did some more required clean up when parts are deleted
• Add an animated "colorizing text" to status bar
• Fixed bug where Tinker would behave differently between runs because mAlwaysSetDesiredAngle was being incorrectly set.
• Fix cppcheck
• Fixed cannon so that the cannonball is created with the correct id.
• Made sure all touching shapes wake up when a shape's verts change
• Fix to script engine check so that it doesn't crash
• Fixed grammar in Game Over dialog.
• Made sure that both ropes and belts don't try to project or stop projecting part location in editor
• Fixed belts so they don't try to project their path (causing a crash in Windows)
• Fixed level manager mutex so multiply levels in separate window never have problems.
• Fixed call to remove part which doesn't need second parameter.
• Fixed crash bug related to Toolman Tim items being added/removed from art list
• Fixed up quite a few animation ids that were duplicates of artwork ids
• Added on part deleted method and fixed parts that need to know when other parts are deleted
• Fixed Toolman Tim so he tells the difference between vision sensor shape and whistle sensor shape so that he doesn't always attract Tinker.
• Made collision shapes debug lines update correctly when physics is active

After a tough judging period, we have our results for Build-Off #2! We had way more submissions than our first Build-Off, which was great. Not only were there more submissions, the quality was through the roof! Just like last time, don't worry if you didn't make the top 3 as we will continue to do more of these contests. I said this before and I will say it again, I wish there was some way to pick all of these as top 3 finishers. There was so much creativity and effort put into these!

3rd place: The Kidnap of Tinker, by DancingSlime

2nd Place: Tinker's Costume Showoff, by The Governor Penguin

1st Place: Escaping from the lab, by evajeva

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Did you miss the first Contraption Maker Build-Off? Have no fear, the second Build-Off is here! Work like a dog to make the coolest Tinker-centric contraption that you can. Check out the results of our last build off to get an idea of what to expect. The winners of the contest will receive Steam games of their choice! The prize pool has increased since last time, with 1st place winning $100 worth of games!
Here are all of the nitty gritty details for the contest. PLEASE READ OVER THEM CAREFULLY. We will NOT accept submissions that don’t follow all the rules!

Contest Theme

How to Enter

• At any time during the entry period, create a contraption and submit it to the Steam Workshop. Submit it as a contraption, not a puzzle.
• In your contraption description, make a note that it is a submission for the CM Dog Build-Off

Rules

• Entries for this contest must be created by you, and cannot be the work of someone else.
• Do not submit something that was submitted to the Workshop before the contest date. Even if you were the creator, this is not allowed.
• Entries must be submitted to the Steam Workshop as a Contraption, not as a puzzle.
• We can disqualify someone at any time if they are found to be cheating.
• One entry per user only. You can change your submission up until the completion date, but you cannot submit multiple entries.

Scoring

• Technique: How technically impressive is your contraption? How much does it make the judge say, “I can’t believe they actually pulled that off.”
• Originality/Creativity: Are you using parts in a new and original way? Are you doing something nobody else has thought of?
• Presentation: Don’t just submit your contraption on the default blue background. Add some pretty scenery, animate it, give a nice backstory to what’s happening in the contraption.

Contest Dates

Prizes

• 1st Place: $100 worth of Steam Game(s)*
• 2nd Place: $60 worth of Steam Game(s)*
• 3rd Place: $30 worth of Steam Game(s)*

Process

• The contest runs for one week. During this time, players can create, submit, and edit their entries.
• Once the contest is over, the judges will take a few days to review and anonymously rate the submitted contraptions.
• Contraptions will be judged in 3 categories with a score of 1-10 in each category. The contraption with the highest total score will be the winner.
• There can be multiple winners at any prize level in the case of a tie.
• This contest is NOT a random drawing. Submissions will be judged by us, the developers of Contraption Maker.
• By entering this contest, you agree to let us use your Steam name and avatar when announcing winners or talking about the contest.
• Previous Build-Off winners are still eligible to win.

After just a couple months of being 1.0, we are super excited to bring you the first major update to Contraption Maker. This update adds new parts, features, puzzles, and even JavaScript mod support. This is completely free, so go update your game and start playing today! To celebrate this update, we are also running a huge sale on Contraption Maker this week. Contraption Maker is 90% off making it only $1.50 for the 2-key pack! If you have been holding off on getting the game, now is the time to come check it out. Come make some puzzles or contraptions, and join everyone else in our Steam Workshop!

New Parts

• Tinker: Tinker is the newest addition to Contraption Maker's cast of characters. He loves eating and chasing cats. Attach a leash (rope) to him to control your contraptions in a new way.
• Dozer: All Dozer wants to do is sleep. Like Steve the Crocodile, Dozer doesn't move. If something falls on his back, they will bounce off of him like a trampoline. Just stay away from his mouth, he will eat anything!
• Dog House: Tinker's house. Use this as a puzzle goal.
• Dog Bone: The dog bone will attract Tinker. Tie a rope to it to pull it around. It can be set to 3 different sizes that determine how long Tinker takes to eat it.
• Dog Toy: Tinker loves to chase these toys.

• Dog Toy: This dog toy behaves just like the other, but it wont move until Tim picks it up. When he does, he will throw the ball a short distance. If it hits another Tim after being thrown, the new Tim will throw it again.
• Dog Treat: Once Tim picks up the dog treat, he wont use it until he gets in range of Tinker. Once he sees Tinker, Tim will place the treat on the ground to bring Tinker to him.
• Dog Whistle: When Tim picks this part up, he uses it immediately. The whistle will attract any dogs in a circle around Tim.

Mod Support

New Puzzles

New Scenery & Music

Camera Animation & YouTube Uploading

Assorted Fixes

• More thoroughly integrated script collision callback handlers into chipmunk and CMLevel code. Also made how they are tracked and store for the callbacks to the script much more efficient. Added 8 Waldos to the PlatformTim level, gave them all onSensor handlers in script, and then copied and pasted a bunch of walls in front of their sensors and script was only taking roughly 2% of total time profilier.
• Added a #ifndef check to chipmunk_private.h to keep from being included twice (and causing a boatload of compile errors)
• Set up some flags so shapes can be marked as sensors in chipmunk but be treated as "onCollision" calls in script
• Converted a few sensor flagged collision into real flagged collision but didn't change actual behavior. Do not call handleCollision if there is no collision callback function
• Added applyForce to script part proxy to allow force (impluse) to be applied at the passed in angle
• Added new routines to allow getting and setting of part's rot, setting of part's rot velocity, setting part disabled gravity, setting disabling of creature intelligence, and setting of creature's state
• Deduping collisions
• Remove onSensorCollision call
• Do not redirect stdout/stderr in testcompat mode
• Changed force value passed into jsAddForce so it is 1000x less powerful to allow smaller forces to be applied. Current forces used should just be scaled up by 1000 and the mods will then run the same.
• Created a faster rope segment integration method to be used by electrical cords
• Made number of integrate steps used by dynamic rope segments a var instead of a fixed value
• Made the high priority repulse distance a var that can be set by different creatures instead of a fixed value
• Clamped Creature rotations to min/max values - only used by Tinker for now
• Clean up Fishbowl and Hamster Cage - same behavior but more efficient code
• Script window comes up too large on small screens
• Egg contraption states
• Modified animations to to handle looping animations that have a intro that don't loop
• Clear console on play, also scroll to bottom when new text
• Can now scroll console too
• Handle scroll wheel in the script editor
• Fixed: Milton's goal state crashes game
• Republished mod to Steam - it was blank
• Fixed: :Big grey pipe” part message
• Misspelling on plug in bulb message
• Fixed touch activated sound block help
• Missile now plays blast off sound
• Fixed: Highlight for spring board is not drawing correctly

Now that we've had all of your submissions for a week, it's time to announce the winners. This took a little longer than expected because you guys definitely didn't make this easy on us! The quality of the submissions was absolutely amazing, and it was very hard to decide on the top 3. There were a couple of bumps in the road along the way, but this was our very first contest. Things will go smoother and easier as we do more of them. This contest was definitely not some one-off thing. We plan to do these fairly often, so if you didn't win this one you can come back and try again next time! If you didn't make it into the top three, don't fret. Like I said, this was a super hard decision and I wish you could all be winners. I know that sounds cheesy, but we were seriously blown away by everything you guys submitted :-)

3rd Place: Four Seasons Of Eggtraption, by aztimh

2nd Place: Egg Coloring, by Scott

1st Place: Eggcity, by Thesandwichcake

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Welcome to the first ever Contraption Maker build-off! You all have one week to build the coolest, most awesome contraption that you can using the egg part. You can use as many parts as you want, but keep your focus on the egg (or eggs!). After the contest deadline, the Spotkin team will score the submissions based on technique, creativity, and presentation. Try to make something that will make us all say, “Wow!” The winners of the contest will receive Steam games of their choice!
Here are all of the nitty gritty details for the contest. Please read over them carefully. We will not be able to accept submissions that don’t follow all the rules! <>

Contest Theme

How to Enter

• At any time during the entry period, create a contraption and submit it to the Steam Workshop. Submit it as a contraption, not a puzzle.
• Post a screenshot of your contraption on Twitter with the hashtag #CMbuildoff so we can find it.
• Put a link to the Twitter post in your Workshop submission description to confirm that it is yours.

Rules

• Entries for this contest must be created by you, and cannot be the work of someone else.
• Do not submit something that was submitted to the Workshop before the contest date. Even if you were the creator, this is not allowed.
• Entries must be submitted to the Steam Workshop as a Contraption, not as a puzzle.
• We can disqualify someone at any time if they are found to be cheating.
• One entry per user only. You can change your submission up until the completion date, but you cannot submit multiple entries.

Scoring

• Technique: How technically impressive is your contraption? How much does it make the judge say, “I can’t believe they actually pulled that off.”
• Originality/Creativity: Are you using parts in a new and original way? Are you doing something nobody else has thought of?
• Presentation: Don’t just submit your contraption on the default blue background. Add some pretty scenery, animate it, give a nice backstory to what’s happening in the contraption.

Contest Dates

Prizes

• 1st Place: $60 worth of Steam Game(s)*
• 2nd Place: $30 worth of Steam Game(s)*
• 3rd Place: $10 worth of Steam Game(s)*

Process

• The contest runs for one week. During this time, players can create, submit, and edit their entries.
• Once the contest is over, the judges will take a few days to review and anonymously rate the submitted contraptions.
• Contraptions will be judged in 3 categories with a score of 1-10 in each category. The contraption with the highest total score will be the winner.
• There can be multiple winners at any prize level in the case of a tie.
• This contest is NOT a random drawing. Submissions will be judged by us, the developers of Contraption Maker.
• By entering this contest, you agree to let us use your Steam name and avatar when announcing winners or talking about the contest.

Our next big 1.1 update is coming along great. Lots of new stuff coming your way soon. To help the wait, we have a little bonus for you guys. 10 new official puzzles have been added to the game, enjoy!

Contraption Maker is a part of Indie Piñata, an event organized by indie developers to promote similar titles, all available on Steam. http://youtu.be/41rlaIwZwBQ

How does it work?

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