Ars Physica ----------- About: Ars Physica is a simulation/puzzle game in the tradition of The Incredible Machine. The player is equipped with an assortment of various tools, machine parts, animals, and random gadgets, and challenged to meet a particular task. The player must arrange the parts in a full 3D environment, and watch as real physical laws govern the machine's interactions. An example puzzle might be to shoot a cannon ball up a ramp, guide it around obstacles using magnets, buckets, pulleys, conveyor belts, and fans, and ultimately get it to land in a basket. Controls: - Open the menu during the game: Press ESC. - Select an object: click on it with the mouse. Click again to deselect the object. - Move the selected object: move the mouse around. Hold the right mouse button whlie dragging to move it up and down. - Rotate the selected object: hold Ctrl and move the mouse. Hold the right mouse button while Ctrl+dragging to twist the object like a corkscrew. - Move the viewpoint: Press the arrow keys. - Zoom in/out: Page Up, Page Down. - Toggle blue boxes for objects: Press 1. - Toggle axes: Press 2. - Reset an objects rotation: Press R. - Fine-grained object movement: Z and C, S and X, F and V Level Info: We currently only have one level. Your objective is to place the 3 objects in the lower right corner of the room (marked with blue outlines) so that when you start the simulation, the basketball lands in the wooden bin in the center of the room. Here is some explanation to get you started. The yellow and red striped platform is a seesaw - if an object presses one end down, the other end flips up. The red capsule in the corner is a trigger - when it is hit, it turns green, and turns the conveyor belt on. The conveyor belt is the grey and white striped platform near the basketball. Use these tools to your advantage, but remember, the only tools you can move are the 3 objects in blue - the rest you'll have to use as is. Good luck! Outline Explantation: - A blue box around an object means you can move that object - you can turn the blue boxes off by pressing 1. - A red box means it's selected, but you can't move that object. - A green box means it's selected, and you can move it. - A yellow box means it's selected and movable, but you can't place it because it is inside another object.