The team that created the original Incredible Machine® is bringing all of the Rube Goldberg craziness to the modern age.
The final version will have you Solving puzzles involving ridiculous chain reactions full of hamster motors, trampolines, alligators, cats, and so much more. Our Alpha release focuses on the Maker Lab, where you can create your own contraptions. Everything you loved about the original game is back and improved with a new physics engine, high definition art, and new parts and programmability.
Steam Workshop integration allows you to share your creations with the world. Cooperative play, sub-assemblies, mods and more are coming soon.
Alpha Features
- 70 Parts: An assorted batch of parts from paper lanterns to cats are available for all of your contraption building needs.
- Ridiculous Size: There's no part or size limitation to your contraptions. Build as much as you can to bring your computer to its knees.
- Fun Characters: Toolman Tim and Waldo the Cat are the first of many characters that will add life to your creations.
- Layered Background Tool: Use the background tool to create settings for your contraptions to exist in.
- Video Recording: Record and share videos of your contraptions directly from the game without the need of any third party software.
- Steam Workshop Integration: Share your puzzles and creations easily through Steam Workshop.
Planned Features
- More of Everything: More parts, characters, and tools for the Maker Lab. The Alpha has a very limited selection of parts compared to what's planned for the final version. Expect to see lasers, gates, freeform coaster tracks, music blocks, and much more.
- Polish: This is the very first releasable Alpha, expect the game to become more and more polished as we release updates.
- Puzzles! Contraption Maker will have over 100 official puzzles to leave you scratching your head for days.
- Programmable characters:Characters like Toolman Tim (and his friends) will be able to interact with many of the parts in your contraptions. Use these interactions to program him and make him do what you want.
- Animation Tool: An animation tool will allow you to animate your backgrounds and bring your levels to life.
- More Workshop Integration: Share more than just puzzles. Share your custom backgrounds, sounds, part skins, and more.
- Cooperative Multiplayer: Work on your contraptions with friends and link them together to form giant contraptions!
- Community Challenges: Compete in occasional solo or team challenges to see who can build the most creative contraptions.
- Arduino & External Integration: Connect to Arduinos to power real world contraptions, or link to contraptions across the world for global chain reactions.
