Crazy Machines

Crazy Machines
Developer(s)	FAKT Software
Publisher(s)	Novitas Publishing DTP Entertainment Pepper Games Viva Media
Distributor(s)	Viva Media
Version	1.5
Platform(s)	Windows, Macintosh, Nintendo DS, iOS, Wii
Release date(s)	October 2005 Windows/Mac OS X INT October 2005 Nintendo DS EU October 10, 2008 iOS NA April 9, 2009 Wii NA May 2, 2011 EU August 13, 2010
Genre(s)	Puzzle
Mode(s)	Single-player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone PEGI: 3+

Crazy Machines is a puzzle computer game created by a FAKT Software GmbH. Crazy Machines based many of its ideas on The Incredible Machine series of games.^{[citation needed]} 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.

FAKT Software recently released the game on iOS.

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

External links

• PDF solutions for all officially released experiment packs
• Review in School Library Journal, September 2007.
• Review in Power to Learn.
• Machines is Up to the Challenge Washington Post, March 2006.