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Contraption Maker

The spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine from its original designer and programmer. Play 100s of puzzles. Build and share elaborate contraptions with an huge variety of parts and critters.

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Developer
Kevin Ryan
Publisher
Top Meadow
Release
July 7, 2014
12 years and 29 days ago
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Very Positive1,312 reviews91.5%

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About the Game


Play over 200 official puzzles and over 1,000 user created puzzles in the Workshop.


Use the many characters that interact in amusing ways.


Play online to build contraptions together with up to 8 players in the Maker Lab.


Make your own games with the built-in JavaScript Editor using Contraption Maker's physics and parts.


Build your own ingenious contraptions and puzzles and share them.


Create your own Cheese Factory or anything else that you can imagine.


You can make large elaborate endless machines.
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