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'''''Crazy Machines''''' is a [[puzzle video game|puzzle]] [[computer game]] created by a FAKT Software [[GmbH]]. Crazy Machines based many of its ideas on [[The Incredible Machine (game)|The Incredible Machine]] series of games.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}} 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.
'''''Crazy Machines''''' is a [[puzzle video game]] created by German studio FAKT Software. Crazy Machines based many of its ideas on ''[[The Incredible Machine (game)|The Incredible Machine]]'' series of games.<ref>Schiffler, A. [http://www.ferzkopp.net/PhD/Appendix/appendix-text-V2.pdf?page=34 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.</ref> 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.<ref>dtp entertainment AG, [http://dtp-entertainment.de/en/corporate/press/press_releases/index.php?objectID=359 Crazy Machines: Award-winning physics puzzle is now available for iPhone and iPod Touch] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223192517/http://dtp-entertainment.de/en/corporate/press/press_releases/index.php?objectID=359 |date=2015-02-23 }}, Press Release, 23 Apr 2009. Retrieved 23 Feb 2015.</ref>
FAKT Software recently released an [[iPhone]]/[[iPod Touch]] application port of the game.


==Gameplay==
==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.
In the game, players build imaginative machines that turn [[Crank (mechanism)|cranks]], rotate [[gear]]s, 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==
==See also==
*''[[Crazy Machines 2]]''
*''[[Crazy Machines 2]]''
*''[[The Incredible Machine (game)|The Incredible Machine]]''
*''[[The Incredible Machine (game)|The Incredible Machine]]''

==References==
{{reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6473871.html Review] in ''School Library Journal'', September 2007.
* [http://www.cm-fanpage.de/solutions-e.php PDF solutions for all officially released experiment packs]
* [http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6473871.html Review] in ''School Library Journal'', September 2007.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120210081627/http://www.powertolearn.com/articles/software_reviews_for_parents/article.shtml?ID=16 Review] in ''Power to Learn''.
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* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/09/AR2006030900666.html Machines is Up to the Challenge] ''Washington Post'', March 2006.
* [http://www.powertolearn.com/articles/software_reviews_for_parents/article.shtml?ID=16 Review] in ''Power to Learn''.
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* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/09/AR2006030900666.html Machines is Up to the Challenge] ''Washington Post'', March 2006.


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Latest revision as of 05:00, 19 May 2024

Crazy Machines
Developer(s)FAKT Software
Publisher(s)Novitas Publishing
DTP Entertainment
Pepper Games
Viva Media
Platform(s)Windows, MacOS, Nintendo DS, iOS, Wii
Release
October 2005
    • Windows/Mac OS X
      • WW: October 2005
      • WW: December 12, 2008 (Steam, Windows-only)[1]
      Nintendo DS
      • EU: October 10, 2008
      iOS
      • NA: April 9, 2009
      Wii
      • EU: August 13, 2010
      • NA: June 14, 2011
Genre(s)Puzzle
Mode(s)Single-player

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.[2] 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.[3]

Gameplay[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Crazy Machines". SteamDB. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ dtp entertainment AG, Crazy Machines: Award-winning physics puzzle is now available for iPhone and iPod Touch Archived 2015-02-23 at the Wayback Machine, Press Release, 23 Apr 2009. Retrieved 23 Feb 2015.

External links[edit]

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