Fantastic Contraption seems like a spin off of Phun, the software that allows the user to design and explore 2D multi-physics simulations. Like Phun it allows users to create machines that behave according to simulated laws of physics. Players create a machine and then test their creations to see how they might work in the real world. However, unlike Phun, Fantastic Contraption is more of a game where the ultimate goal is to build a machine that will transport itself into a “goal”.

What is neat about these new computer programs is that it provides players a chance to quickly and easily design and test their creations and to get a sense of how gravity and velocity might play into how a machine works. Best of all, both are described as slightly addicting.

Via Curious Cat: Phun Physics