Crazy Machines is a puzzle video game created by German studio FAKT Software. Crazy Machines based many of its ideas on The Incredible Machine series of games.Schiffler, A. New Game Physics: Added Value for Transdisciplinary Teams - Appendix, Crazy Machines, 11 March 2012, Ph.D. Theses, University of Plymouth, UK. Retrieved 23 Feb 2015. The player is given a set of mechanical components to construct a Rube Goldberg-style or Heath Robinson-style intricate machine to solve a goal and advance to the next puzzle in the game.
An iOS version of the game was released in 2009.dtp entertainment AG, Crazy Machines: Award-winning physics puzzle is now available for iPhone and iPod Touch , Press Release, 23 Apr 2009. Retrieved 23 Feb 2015.
Gameplay In the game, players build imaginative machines that turn cranks, rotate gears, pull levers, and more to build a unique contraption. The player can solve more than 200 challenging puzzles and experiment with gears, robots, explosives, and more in a virtual lab. The game uses a physics engine to simulate various in-game variables such as air pressure, electricity, gravity, and particle effects.
See also Crazy Machines 2 The Incredible Machine
References
External links Review in School Library Journal, September 2007. Review in Power to Learn. Machines is Up to the Challenge Washington Post, March 2006.