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Posted September 14, 2023
Contraption Maker, a physics sandbox puzzle, is now available on GOG with a -50% discount (available until September 21st, 1 PM UTC), alongside its DLCs: Wonderstructs - Part & Puzzle Expansion Pack and Battling Cards - Parts & Puzzles Expansion Pack!

Moreover, its Mighty Knights Parts & Puzzles Pack DLC is coming soon to GOG!

Prepare to play over 200 official puzzles and over 1,000 user created puzzles in the Workshop, play online to build contraptions together with up to 8 players in the Maker Lab, build your own ingenious contraptions and puzzles, and more!

Check out Contraption Maker and its DLCs now!
Posted September 21, 2023
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ssokolow: (…)
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vv221: When I see the base price for Contraption Maker, I am not going to wait for a discount: as soon as a native Linux build is provided I am going to add it to my collection ;)
I spent the weekend getting a linux build done. I still need to some testing to make sure everything is working correctly and then go through the upload and make live on GOG process. Turned out to not be too hard.
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kevryan: ping Kevin
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tag+: Hello mr. Kevin Ryan!
A fan here! Thanks for TIM & Contraption Maker!
Unfortunately the last time I checked, the TIM exes
from the Pack I bought here had a VirusTotal warning...
Would you mind to run a VirusTotal check for Contraption Maker
to make sure is fully clean?
Its the only reason stopping me to purchase CM

May I ask Why vgames discounted prices on itch.io
are non competitive to other e-stores
despite it has the open revenue sharing program
and apparently more freedom to the creators?
Not yet to mention the No regional pricing for Mexico
which kills any attempt to make purchases there...
I invite you to consider to discount it more frequently there
&/or better than the rest of the e-stores :)

Anyway, The best of luck for your current & future endeavours,
Excellent idea of mentoring your kids
on the art in extinction of developing top of the notch quality vgames,
and Thanks for reading this post! Has been an honor to me :)
I'm not involved with TIM at all anymore and haven't been for a long time. I think Disney owns the IP now - so there is no connection to the Contraption Maker code which we wrote from scratch. Not sure what is going on with itch.io. When I get a chance I'll take a look at CM on there.

Working with my kids has been great. One of them now works with my old Dynamix partner, Damon Slye.
Post edited September 21, 2023 by kevryan
Posted September 21, 2023
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kevryan: I'm not involved with TIM at all anymore and haven't been for a long time. I think Disney owns the IP now - so there is no connection to the Contraption Maker code which we wrote from scratch. Not sure what is going on with itch.io. When I get a chance I'll take a look at CM on there.

Working with my kids has been great. One of them now works with my old Dynamix partner, Damon Slye.
Thanks for your reply
Indeed, I was aware of your deatachment of TIM & Disney's ownership,
the association was in case some shared building block among TIM and CM
may trigger the virus warning. Your reply makes clear no chance
Anyway, I'd appreciate a VirusTotal scan if you have opportunity

The reason:
This store invalidates their promoted "30 days refund no questions asked"
once the customer downloads the offline installer...

Thanks in advance!
Posted September 22, 2023
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kevryan: I spent the weekend getting a linux build done. I still need to some testing to make sure everything is working correctly and then go through the upload and make live on GOG process. Turned out to not be too hard.
Thank you for that, it’s very pleasing to see game developers taking such requests seriously.
Posted September 22, 2023
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kevryan:
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vv221:
This is definitely how others should go about gaining/retaining customers.

The very fact that he has taken community feedback into consideration is quite impressive. This is in stark contrast to so many developers.
Post edited September 22, 2023 by Palestine
Posted September 22, 2023
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kevryan: I spent the weekend getting a linux build done. I still need to some testing to make sure everything is working correctly and then go through the upload and make live on GOG process. Turned out to not be too hard.

I'm not involved with TIM at all anymore and haven't been for a long time. I think Disney owns the IP now - so there is no connection to the Contraption Maker code which we wrote from scratch. Not sure what is going on with itch.io. When I get a chance I'll take a look at CM on there.

Working with my kids has been great. One of them now works with my old Dynamix partner, Damon Slye.
Thank you for your work, much appreciated!

I loved playing The Incredible Machine. Yes, I've still got an original boxed copy somewhere.
So I naturally bought a copy of Contraption Maker as well!
All the best wishes to you and your family!
Posted September 23, 2023
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kevryan: I spent the weekend getting a linux build done. I still need to some testing to make sure everything is working correctly and then go through the upload and make live on GOG process. Turned out to not be too hard.
Thanks so much for this. I bought the game already, and knowing now that I will receive a build for my chosen platform is very much appreciated.
Posted October 05, 2023
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tag+: The reason:
This store invalidates their promoted "30 days refund no questions asked"
once the customer downloads the offline installer...
Wow... I'm glad I still generally refuse to pay more than $5 USD for anything non-physical then.
Posted October 09, 2023
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tag+: The reason:
This store invalidates their promoted "30 days refund no questions asked"
once the customer downloads the offline installer...
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ssokolow: Wow... I'm glad I still generally refuse to pay more than $5 USD for anything non-physical then.
Excellent personal policy!
As I keep my budget low, I never thought of setting an explicit limit
I like it, adopted! If you allow me to copy :)
Posted October 20, 2023
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vv221:
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Sulibor:
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ciemnogrodzianin:
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ssokolow:
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g2222:
As posted by maxpoweruser within this thread, Contraption Maker is now available for Linux.

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kevryan:
Thank you very much for making the Linux version a reality on GOG.
Post edited October 20, 2023 by Palestine
Posted October 21, 2023
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g2222:
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Palestine: As posted by maxpoweruser within this thread, Contraption Maker is now available for Linux.

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kevryan:
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Palestine: Thank you very much for making the Linux version a reality on GOG.
Oh good, it showed up! I wasn't sure how long it'd take the GOG team to make it live.

Just got from short hospital in San Francisco with my son. He had a liver transplant at 4 months and checks in with them for checks if his bloodwork numbers are off.
Posted October 21, 2023
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kevryan: Oh good, it showed up! I wasn't sure how long it'd take the GOG team to make it live.

Just got from short hospital in San Francisco with my son. He had a liver transplant at 4 months and checks in with them for checks if his bloodwork numbers are off.
Sincerely, I wish the best to you and your son. Hopefully, the immunosuppressants are well-tolerated.
Posted October 27, 2023
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kevryan: (…)
Thanks for the Linux build, I just bought a copy as promised ;)
Posted November 10, 2023
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kevryan: (…)
The Linux build of Contraption Maker does not seem to work in recent Linux environments, cf. [Linux] Segmentation fault on Wayland.

In addition to the crash description, a fix is suggested in the linked thread.
Posted November 14, 2023
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kevryan: (…)
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vv221: The Linux build of Contraption Maker does not seem to work in recent Linux environments, cf. [Linux] Segmentation fault on Wayland.

In addition to the crash description, a fix is suggested in the linked thread.
Just saw this. I'll look into it, but don't have any timeframe since I'm not certain how difficult or quickly this will be to able fix on the game end - instead of the work-around I saw posted.

Also, just uploaded a new build.:1.4.11

Added a new Stable Candle part and fixed a couple of bugs.
Posted November 15, 2023
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kevryan: Just saw this. I'll look into it, but don't have any timeframe since I'm not certain how difficult or quickly this will be to able fix on the game end - instead of the work-around I saw posted.
I will keep testing this work-around with new game releases to make sure it keeps providing an option until a fix can be found on your side. If I see it breaking with some game update I will send you a notice.
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