[Level 14: Four Balls] Discussion and Solutions

[weasel]

I always thought Four Balls was a good fun level, but I saw Robzone's Spanker and it made me lol.

Good job robzone

[pacifist]

yeah Robzone and nickoolo are both posting pretty interesting contraptions.

I like Robzone's solution to around the bend: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=392
I actually never solved it myself. I just figured it was doable and probably "around level 11 hard".

[Tweek]

Yeah, "The Spanker" is great. I've got a bit of a weird affinity for my own solution to that puzzle, too. Anybody else created a machine that they are especially fond of?

[pacifist]

Oh yeah, I totaly love how you roll out and deploy the right side.

[cahal00]

This was my solution.
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2407

[colonel0sanders]

My solution took a slightly different approach...
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4697

[matth0679]

I kind of mixed yours and the spanker...

[lightkeen]

Something completely diferent...had some fun making this one work

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6548

[Heloed]

Something completely diferent...had some fun making this one work

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6548

Sweet. There are so many rods I can't tell how it works, but it does.. somehow!

[pacifist]

!!

I second Heloed. That _must_ have been luck to get it to catch like that on the third time around. Right? Can that be reproduced?

[pppants]

Jaysus. Nice work folks. I thought my ball masher was elegant until I saw yours...

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=6646

[Paroro]

Wow, I'm amazed at some of the ones here, mine isn't really inventive, but here goes:

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=7278

[harborpirate]

Punchers Chance turned out to be a pretty novel approach. Its one of my favorite designs that I've come up with myself (most of my newer designs are tweaked knockoffs in search of solutions with less pieces).
A version of it currently holds the record for fewest pieces to solve, though this original version works a lot faster with the extra piece left in.

Punchers Chance: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=5320

[pacifist]

I really dig puncher's choice. Simple, effective, and imaginative.

You have to love how that stick both rolls the balls up to the target zone and drives the puncher as well.

[Scigatt]

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=7762

This isn't as simple as Puncher's Chance, but it's up there. It also does the job fairly expediently.

[xchoo]

Here's my solution. Whittled down from my original behemoth of wheels and rods.

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=8274

[brokenhalo]

Props to pppants:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=9924

[DREADxPIRATE]

And I thought mine was cool...

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=10805

[Saggi]

I always loved playing with the four balls... especially using things not seen (to often) before.

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=7004

This is one of my favorite solutions I have come up with.

[weasel]

Props to pppants:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=9924

hahahaha.. if I could nominate this for "Best level evar" I would