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Coldstone Cream-my-pants
Jun 21, 2007

Koriar posted:

How do you get to the stage with the moving platforms and such? I thought it'd be the sandbox mode but it isn't unlocking.

It is sandbox mode and it was unlocked from the start for me. It flashes a 'not complete' warning or something but I can hop right in from the main menu.

Pretty ok truck base

Coldstone Cream-my-pants fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Feb 4, 2015

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mr. nobody
Sep 25, 2004

Net contents 12 fluid oz.
You know, you work so hard on something and it just

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMkpWfyUzRs

Deanut Pancer
Nov 24, 2012
I showed some of the clips from this thread to some buddies at work today. Chalk up 3 more sales. I hope the devs are enjoying the support.

mr. nobody posted:

You know, you work so hard on something and it just

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMkpWfyUzRs
The thing I love about all the videos like this is the opening moments, where we just get to look around the build and place our bets as to how the thing is going to destroy itself. Most of the time my predictions are never as amusing as what actually happens.

nightwisher
Dec 24, 2004
I had one of those "wow how did I not think of this before" moments when trying to make a bomber flyer that could drop bombs on command, easily and safely. Using two holders facing each other, on steering hinges allows you to make containers that safely store the bombs till you release them. I also strapped some cannons on the front so it feels a bit more like an A-10. It flies extremely well, only thing I haven't set up yet is banking controls but honestly it stays so stable in flight that i can just use yaw controls to spin around quickly.







edit: They also double as landing struts. If I'm feeling skilled enough I'll make a re-arming station that'll let me reload the bombs a few times.

Ben Nerevarine
Apr 14, 2006
^^^ Slick

I wanted a general all-purpose catapult and came up with this baby. The catapult's footprint is pretty small, so I decided to make a hopper and reloader. Works smooth as hell. I'm proud of myself for reigning in my urge to make wildly useless physics demo objects.



Smoremaster
Aug 5, 2009

Don't forget to source your quotes!

mr. nobody
Sep 25, 2004

Net contents 12 fluid oz.

Haha holy poo poo, nice!

Ofaloaf
Feb 15, 2013

The game does have its own official forums, although they're not advertised heavily. Still, there's some neat stuff posted there, such as:



It's a guided missile launcher.

Songbearer
Jul 12, 2007




Fuck you say?
Grabbed this game, started playing it at 9pm, suddenly it's 1:30am and I didn't even realise. Holy poo poo this game is absolutely fantastic and almost justifies the clusterfuck that is Early Access.

I'm cranking out videos of my creations as I go along. They're not gonna be anywhere near as technically proficient as most people's, but I hope they're unique in their own way!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWbd3mvKtmQ

This video has my first three creations. I wanted to see if I could go through the game with one stock creation and then make alterations to it as I went along, sort of evolving it, but that idea quickly hit the fan when I realised I could make a loving DEATH SCORPION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bQyxCxqcBM

The Venus Friedchap (:haw:). I love making trap-like creations and turret buildings in games like these, so when I made a triple trebuchet without thinking about the logisitics of positioning, the obvious happened. I decided to lace the contraption with wonderful soldier slaughtering spikes for added zing and the results were fantastic.


I'm so glad to see a super fun and flexible Nuts N' Bolts style game for the PC. I really enjoyed Cargo but it felt like it was trying too hard for its own good, this game offers the right blend of crazy and chill to really let you make the most of the tools it gives you. Can't wait to play with it more.

AngryBooch
Sep 26, 2009
I built a trebuchet that only pulls itself apart like 75% of the time. 20% of the time the bomb explodes because I forgot to release it or it smacks into its holder too hard. The other 5% of the time I overshoot the target by about a factor of 4. Game owns.

kznlol
Feb 9, 2013
Can you change the orientation of things other than wheels? I keep finding I want to change which axis a swivel pivots on, or change the direction cannons are facing, and I can't seem to figure it out.

K8.0
Feb 26, 2004

Her Majesty's 56th Regiment of Foot
Is there a way to lift a machine up after you drop it on the ground? I want to put wheels on a machine, they would fit just fine but I can't figure out how to pick it up so I can add them.

Bloody Hedgehog
Dec 12, 2003

💥💥🤯💥💥
Gotta nuke something

K8.0 posted:

Is there a way to lift a machine up after you drop it on the ground? I want to put wheels on a machine, they would fit just fine but I can't figure out how to pick it up so I can add them.

Use the little cross shaped move tool at the top of the screen.

K8.0
Feb 26, 2004

Her Majesty's 56th Regiment of Foot
Oh you have to grab the actual vertical arrow. I see.

super fart shooter
Feb 11, 2003

-quacka fat-

kznlol posted:

Can you change the orientation of things other than wheels? I keep finding I want to change which axis a swivel pivots on, or change the direction cannons are facing, and I can't seem to figure it out.

R rotates the block before you place it. F changes the direction that a moving part spins or swivels.

nightwisher
Dec 24, 2004
MECHA-CRAB!





Comes equipped with a powerful cannon-bite and flaming claws of death. It also walks suprisingly well, and I can change direction quite easily. The only real problem is my keyboard's lovely n-key rollover blocking some of the keypresses. I have 6 sets of controls to operate it, and 4 buttons make the legs walk properly.



FEAR HIM!

Songbearer
Jul 12, 2007




Fuck you say?
I made a tiny, tiny mortar!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5O7fwPKYJ4

Being in this topic is like going to a party where everyone is richer, smarter and more succesful than you are. I just feel completely outclassed.

Sparq
Feb 10, 2014

If you're using an AC/20, you only need to hit the target once. If the target's still standing, you oughta be somewhere else anyway.

Songbearer posted:

I made a tiny, tiny mortar!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5O7fwPKYJ4

Being in this topic is like going to a party where everyone is richer, smarter and more succesful than you are. I just feel completely outclassed.

Happiest mortar.



Medieval tank: Ben Hur spikes edition.

All works like a real tank and handles the slopes of sandbox mode without any isisue, the only shame is that the cannon has only one shot and then you've only got the retractable spike ram.

Dizz
Feb 14, 2010


L :dva: L
Do pistons work well with bomders/bombs? I'm stuck on levels where I have to destroy structures with explosions because I lengthen my pistons to launch the bombs but they just explode immediately.

cock hero flux
Apr 17, 2011



Songbearer posted:

I made a tiny, tiny mortar!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5O7fwPKYJ4

Being in this topic is like going to a party where everyone is richer, smarter and more succesful than you are. I just feel completely outclassed.

If it makes you feel better the best I've managed to do is make this stupid thing, shown here in one of the few runs where the bomb doesn't immediately explode and set the whole thing on fire as soon I hit start.

Jamfrost
Jul 20, 2013

I'm too busy thinkin' about my baby. Oh I ain't got time for nothin' else.
Slime TrainerS
I've been learning how to use hinges, springs, and decouplers.


Songbearer
Jul 12, 2007




Fuck you say?
There we go, finally made something interesting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8cCbEDwxMo

(Interest may vary)

Polka_Rapper
Jan 22, 2011
Another compilation video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srjxT5UI47s

I'm probably going to spring for this game.

nightwisher
Dec 24, 2004
This game can be so drat pretty at just the right angles

frank.club
Jan 15, 2011

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Polka_Rapper posted:

Another compilation video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srjxT5UI47s

I'm probably going to spring for this game.

Oh my god

fatherboxx
Mar 25, 2013

I fully expect a replication of the war machine from The Thief and The Cobbler at this point

Deakul
Apr 2, 2012

PAM PA RAM

PAM PAM PARAAAAM!

Polka_Rapper posted:

Another compilation video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srjxT5UI47s

I'm probably going to spring for this game.

I now have no reason to ever play this game knowing that I'm not smart or spergy enough to create anything.

Sormus
Jul 24, 2007

PREVENT SPACE-AIDS
sanitize your lovebot
between users :roboluv:
Now with added copyrighted music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0eE--c9jfY

WarLocke
Jun 6, 2004

You are being watched. :allears:

Polka_Rapper posted:

Another compilation video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srjxT5UI47s

I'm probably going to spring for this game.

Oh my loving god check out the thing at 8:15 :master:

MadJackMcJack
Jun 10, 2009

Polka_Rapper posted:

Another compilation video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srjxT5UI47s

I'm probably going to spring for this game.

The thing at 6:23 and the one just after had me crying with laughter. Glorious, glorious failure!

frank.club
Jan 15, 2011

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
The actual metal gear Ray was cool as hell

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

Polka_Rapper posted:

Another compilation video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srjxT5UI47s

I'm probably going to spring for this game.

The extent of human imagination for machines of death is truly terrifying.

Woozy
Jan 3, 2006
Someone beat me to making a working MG Rex. :(

Captain Diarrhoea
Apr 16, 2011
And to think everything I end up making is basically some kind of car with like one moving part.

Songbearer
Jul 12, 2007




Fuck you say?

Captain Diarrhoea posted:

And to think everything I end up making is basically some kind of car with like one moving part.

You build on from there. Basically start building things you can't possibly imagine working and then try to make them work, sometimes you can get some inspired results by just randomly slapping some of the advanced powered blocks on willy-nilly and then pushing all the buttons.

Seriously, some people are just sadistic. The creation from 8:15 in the compilation that traps a bunch of people in a room and then clinically burns them to death is actually kind of horrifying. People are so creative when it comes to horribly slaughtering people :ohdear:

I wonder what additions they'll wind up making to the game. Part of me hopes that traveling to other lands will give you different eras of weaponary, or cultural styles like Chinese-inspired creations with firework launchers and so on. This is such an incredibly polished, fun little toy. I bought Dying Light recently and I've completely put it aside in favour of playing this instead.

Daztek
Jun 2, 2006



I made a dumb thing too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpAWLuDCI7g

Sparq
Feb 10, 2014

If you're using an AC/20, you only need to hit the target once. If the target's still standing, you oughta be somewhere else anyway.

WarLocke posted:

Oh my loving god check out the thing at 8:15 :master:

It's just so petty. :allears:

Minarchist
Mar 5, 2009

by WE B Bourgeois

Songbearer posted:

Seriously, some people are just sadistic. The creation from 8:15 in the compilation that traps a bunch of people in a room and then clinically burns them to death is actually kind of horrifying. People are so creative when it comes to horribly slaughtering people :ohdear:

It's the one constant among humans, is that we're really good at finding the best, most efficient, or amusing ways to kill things. The Queen's Fodder map isn't a staple of these compilations for no reason :black101:


Your flamers are setting your balls on fire :v:

e: try swapping the flamethrowers in the center part with the spiked balls on the arms facing outward, your machine might not burn up that way and the spiked balls will still cover the same area.

Daztek
Jun 2, 2006



Minarchist posted:

Your flamers are setting your balls on fire :v:

e: try swapping the flamethrowers in the center part with the spiked balls on the arms facing outward, your machine might not burn up that way and the spiked balls will still cover the same area.

It's a feature! :downs: And who doesn't like flaming balls.

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Firstborn
Oct 14, 2012

i'm the heckin best
yeah
yeah
yeah
frig all the rest
I thought I was making some cool poo poo until I saw what The Internet made.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Weq067NhdS0

And just about everything in this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUnjxftU6r0

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