Gaming Trend talks to Jon and Jeff Tunnell of Spotkin about their upcoming title Contraption Maker. Contraption Maker is the spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine. In the interview, the Spotkin developers discuss their decision to revive the franchise now and the improvements that have been made for the new game.
Bajo and Hex review the mechanical madness of Contraption Maker - a puzzle game that uses the power of physics.
Excerpt: "A lengthy and involved tutorial will get you started, and cover only the basics. Some of them only require you mirroring what’s already setup, but it introduces you to every gadget and gizmo that you’ll get challenged with. As expected, levels require to think differently as they get convoluted across the three difficulties: easy, medium, and hard. You’ll be using balls to hit scissors to cut ropes, directing mice via cheese wedges to activate switches, and . Each level has more than one way to complete a level, but there is a common way of achieving that goal."
Contraption Maker is everything you would expect a modern version of The Incredible Machine to be, taking the original premise and thoroughly modernizing it for today’s market.
