Contraption Maker Winter Update: Sleds, Snowballs, and Puzzles

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

Our biggest official puzzle update yet! We've added 50 new official puzzles bringing our official puzzle count to 220 total puzzles! This new batch of puzzles has something for everyone, ranging in difficulty from tutorial to super hard. Get out there, start solving them, and share your ridiculous solutions and exploits :-)

Patterned Scenery Parts

There are now 3 special "primitive scenery parts". The square, circle, and triangle can be colored with a selection of solid colors and repeating patterns. This should allow for all sorts of new creative approaches to contraption backgrounds.

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

[ 2014-12-17 19:26:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

Contraption Maker
Spotkin

Developer

Spotkin

Publisher

2014-07-07

Release

Indie Simulation Singleplayer Multiplayer

Tags

Game News Posts 101
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

Controls

Very Positive

(857 reviews)

Review Score

http://contraptionmaker.com

Website

https://store.steampowered.com/app/241240

Steam Store

The Game includes VR Support

Contraption Maker Linux Depot [244.67 M]

Public Linux depots

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Available DLCs

** Contraption Maker is a 2-pack. Buy it and get a copy for a friend to build together! **

The team that created the original Incredible Machine® is bringing all of the Rube Goldberg craziness to the modern age.

Solve puzzles involving ridiculous chain reactions full of hamster motors, trampolines, alligators, cats, and so much more. Everything you loved about the original game is back and improved with a new physics engine, high definition art, new parts, and even online multiplayer. Over 200 official puzzles, and a whole bunch of community creations.

Steam Workshop integration allows you to share your creations with the world.

Enjoy hours of puzzle solving with over 200 official puzzles and countless community submissions. Fix broken contraptions with specific parts you are given to accomplish goals like turning on lights, opening fireworks factories, and throwing birthday parties for crocodiles.

Enter the easy to use Maker Lab to make your own puzzles or random contraptions. More than 100 parts ranging from gears and dynamite to bears and cats are at your disposal. Use the layered background tool to create settings for your contraptions to exist in, and then animate them to add some life. There's no part or size limitation to what you want to make. Build as much as you can to bring your computer to its knees.

Javascript modding is built directly into the game. Create custom game types using all of the the Contraption Maker parts and physics as a base. Or start with a published mod and use the Maker Lab to make a new level. Easily share and play other mods in the Steam Workshop.

Play online with friends to build contraptions together in the Maker Lab. Up to 8 players can build together in real time. Currently multiplayer is only in the Maker Lab, there is no cooperative puzzle solving yet.

Share your puzzles and creations with the world through the Steam Workshop. Thousands of Workshop submissions are already waiting to be played.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64-bit
Processor: 1.7Ghz or HigherMemory: 2 GB RAM
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 512MB VRAM. Pixel Shader 2.0 or higher
Storage: 300 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: OpenGL: Version 2.0 or higher
RECOMMENDED SETUPMemory: 4 GB RAM

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