[Update - This update on hold] Forbidden Area Part, Better Workshop Filtering, New Puzzle Pack, More Part Goals, Bug Fixes (Build 1.3.7.30)

[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

This part is very useful for building puzzles. When solving puzzle the players can't place any parts that would overlap the Forbidden Area part.

Workshop Filtering

I have added new filtering buttons to the Workshop so only puzzles and contraptions of the selected type are shown.

Wonderstructs
Battling Cards
Mighty Knights

Right now only the Wonderstructs tab is active. Battling Cards should show up at the end of February. Mighty Knights is looking like late April. I also fixed the code so that contraptions and puzzles that are uploaded to Steam are automatically marked with the correct filtering tab (Wonderstructs, Battling Cards, and/or Mighty Knights). I should note that anyone can play the workshop puzzles and contraptions whether they own the DLC or not.

Kev's Puzzle Pack

I made a new puzzle pack with a more puzzles. Right now it only has a one of puzzle. Over time I'll be adding more new puzzles to it - focusing on making puzzles with some of the new parts. It will show when it was last updated so it'll be easy to see when new puzzles have been added.

More Part Goals

There are a few 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

Genera 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.

I also made quite a few bug fixes related to parts being triggered or activated incorrectly. These were all caused by a sensor shape, which is not a real collision shape, hitting another part. The fixes were to these parts:

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

Up Next

My next focus will be getting the Battling Cards out by the end of this month. The majority of the work left to on that is creating puzzles.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/786010/Contraption_Maker_Battling_Cards__Parts__Puzzles_Expansion_Pack/ --------------------------- I also need to try to make time to get the store page for Minigolf Blast up and running. That is lower priority. Hoping to get it out as Early Access sometime in late May. May be later. I made Sierra's 3D Ultra Minigolf, so it is fun to create some much more advanced.

[ 2018-02-13 15:54:02 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

Contraption Maker: Incredible Puzzles Pack
Contraption Maker: Wonderstructs - Part Expansion Pack
Contraption Maker: Battling Cards - Part/Puzzles Expansion Pack

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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