Crazy Machines: The Inventor's Workshop
Crazy Machines: Die Erfinderwerkstatt
Release Date: February 20, 2004
Creative puzzle game, inspired by the popular in the 90s series The Incredible Machine. In the game we play the role of the inventor, who has to construct a fancy machine from predefined parts, able to perform a specific task.
Crazy Machines: Inventors Workshop is a creative puzzle game inspired by the Incredible Machine series by Sierra, which was extremely popular in the 1990s. The title is the result of cooperation between two German studios: FAKT Software and Pepper Games. The game was initially released only in Germany and neighbouring countries (including Poland), and its "export" version called Crazy Machines: The Wacky Contraptions Game appeared in the world almost a year and a half later.
The mechanics of the game is based on the concept of the so-called "Rube Goldberg machine" - an American inventor and draughtsman who used various bizarre machines in his cartoons. In the game we play the role of an inventor, whose task is to create a machine from predefined elements, able to perform the task set before us. It can be e.g. placing an object in a given place of the board, supplying power to a device or lighting a fire to boil water or bake a sausage.
In total, we have more than a hundred different riddles to solve, with increasing difficulty and complexity. In each of them we receive a specific set of items, which we can use to create our own, unique construction. These will include wooden beams, pipes and tools, a wide range of balls, gears of different sizes, various light and fire sources, as well as steam boilers and power generators. Each of these objects is, of course, characterized by different physical properties, which can be used in different ways in the final construction. More than one path can lead to a solution to a given problem and a lot depends on the player's invention.
In terms of binding Crazy Machines stands at an average level, which, however, in this type of productions is rather a secondary issue. The authors focused on the most realistic rendering of the properties of individual objects, using a specially created physical engine for this purpose. An additional attraction is placing in the game an easy to use editor, thanks to which we can design our own, imaginative machines.
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Last updated on August 14, 2015
Crazy Machines: The Inventor's Workshop Summary
Game Series: Crazy Machines
Platforms:
PC / Windows
Developer: FAKT Software GmbH
Publisher: Novitas Publishing Gmbh
Age restrictions: none
Crazy Machines: The Inventor's Workshop System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Pentium III 800 MHz, 128 MB RAM, graphic card 32 MB (Riva TNT 2 or better), 60 MB HDD, Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
Recommended: Pentium 4 1.5 MHz, 256 MB RAM, graphic card 64 MB (GeForce 3 or better), 60 MB HDD, Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
Game Expansions for Crazy Machines: The Inventor's Workshop
Crazy Machines: Inventors Training Camp
Expansion
Puzzle
September 1, 2006
The third of the stand-alone extensions to the best-selling logical game Crazy Machines studio FAKT Software. Unlike previous versions of the series, the game focuses rather on a younger group of players, offering objects and puzzles adapted to the level of pre-school children.
Crazy Machines: New From the Lab
Expansion
Puzzle
October 21, 2005
Second stand-alone addition to the popular German puzzle game Crazy Machines from 2004. The game offers 101 new puzzles, in which we will use previously unavailable items. The developers also improved the game engine and interface and improved the graphics.
Crazy Machines: New Challenges
Expansion
Puzzle
November 5, 2004
Self-contained extension to the game Crazy Machines: Inventors Workshop. The title offers the same setting and mechanics as the original, and the authors focused on the preparation of over 100 new puzzles, checking the creativity of players in the new sceneries (including the moon and space).