Contraption Maker

Contraption Maker is comprised solely of puzzles for solving or creating yourself in Maker Lab mode. Each puzzle or contraption that players engage with follows the Rube Goldberg machine style of being overly complex. Players maybe be asked, for instance, to get a bowling ball into a specific spot using a baseball, a soccer ball, and two sets of conveyor belts. In addition to encouraging creativity and imagination, Contraption Maker also helps children or people of all ages develop problem-solving and physics skills.

The game is perfectly accessible for kids as well as adults, though some of the puzzles may be more difficult to solve than others.

In online multiplayer mode, players can join their friends to cooperatively build puzzles and contraptions.

• Do you prefer solving the puzzles or creating your own? What different types of thinking does each one use?
• Why do you think Rube Goldberg machines are fun to play with? Would you ever want to build a real one?