Fantastic Contraption (2008 video game)

For the 2016 HTC Vive game, see Fantastic Contraption (2016 video game).

Fantastic Contraption
Developer(s)Colin Northway[1]
Publisher(s)inXile Entertainment[2]
Platform(s)Adobe Flash, iOS
ReleaseSeptember 16, 2008[1]
January 26, 2009 (iOS)[2]
Genre(s)Puzzle
Mode(s)Single-player

Fantastic Contraption is a Flash-based physics game created by Canadian indie developer Colin Northway, released September 16, 2008.[1] Northway sold the rights to the game to inXile Entertainment who released the game for iOS on January 26, 2009.[2][3] A sequel, Fantastic Contraption 2, was released July 27, 2010.[4] It was released for iOS on November 5, 2010.[5] In February 2015, inXile discontinued their Sparkworkz web-games division,[6] ending all server support for the games. Colin Northway has expressed interest in reviving the games, and potentially releasing an upgraded version.[7]

  1. ^ a b c "IGN: Fantastic Contraption". December 28, 2008. Archived from the original on December 28, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Fantastic Contraption - iPhone - IGN". Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  3. ^ "GDC Austin: How Fantastic Contraption Became a Fantastic Hit".
  4. ^ "Fantastic Contraption 2". Kongregate. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  5. ^ Fantastic Contraption gamespot.com [dead link]
  6. ^ "inXile entertainment". InXile. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  7. ^ "Fantastic Contraption".