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Do you remember TIM, well it’s back as Contraption Maker

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If you’re anywhere near as old as I man you probably spent far more hours than you should have done playing TIM, better known as The Incredible Machine.

Well the makers of TIM are finally back and have released a brand new game called Contraption Maker which appears to be exactly what TIM was just with more things, more places and more physics.

And as we said in Grade 5, morer is better. The trailer launched last night and the game is actually available to buy right now on Steam

But before you start saying you can just download TIM instead,  the guys have added brand new capabilities and features to this game. One of the best of the new additions is multiplayer stage design using the Steam Workshop which then allows you to distribute your levels to the rest of the community across the planet.

The game costs just $14.99 and comes with 140 official levels and an uncountable amount of community levels for your puzzling entertainment. Expect to see a lot of YouTube walkthroughs of the more complicated stages, something that would have saved me days of trying (and crying) when I was a kid.

Last Updated: July 8, 2014

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  1. Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

    July 8, 2014 at 10:07

    Dude, TIM was an incredible game.

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief Fairburne

      July 8, 2014 at 10:09

      Indeed

      Reply

  2. Admiral Chief Fairburne

    July 8, 2014 at 10:09

    $15?

    Hmmm…

    So when is the Steam Winter sale again?

    😛

    Reply

    • Jon Tunnell

      July 9, 2014 at 18:39

      It’s $15, but it comes as a two pack. Give one to a friend and play together!

      Reply

  3. Alien Emperor Trevor

    July 8, 2014 at 10:11

    TIM? NEVER HEARD OF HER.

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    • Admiral Chief Fairburne

      July 8, 2014 at 10:12

      XD

      Reply

    • Sith JJ

      July 8, 2014 at 10:25

      Don’t women usually call you TIM in bed?

      Reply

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        July 8, 2014 at 10:26

        Well yes, but that’s because it was magical.

        Reply

      • Admiral Chief Fairburne

        July 8, 2014 at 10:26

        Don’t be daft, he has to talk to them first before even getting them in bed

        Reply

        • Sith JJ

          July 8, 2014 at 10:27

          lol
          Have you seen the way the Emperor can move his eyebrows? Those things tell intimate stories and lure women in without him even saying a word.

          Reply

          • Admiral Chief Fairburne

            July 8, 2014 at 10:28

            It seems that move works well on those with eye-liner…

          • Sith JJ

            July 8, 2014 at 10:30

            I have a beard. I’m immune to trickery.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            July 8, 2014 at 10:38

            My colleague actually remembered the beard thing when talking to me yesterday.

            “I was being sarcastic. Oh wait, you’ve got a beard.”

          • Sith JJ

            July 8, 2014 at 10:54

            Niiice

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            July 8, 2014 at 10:28

            I don’t like where this is going. I suspect it’s nowhere good.

          • Sith JJ

            July 8, 2014 at 10:31

            I’ll be good. You are safe.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            July 8, 2014 at 10:37

            That’s what she said. 🙁

          • Sith JJ

            July 8, 2014 at 10:54

            LOL
            Eish. NOT what you want to hear

        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          July 8, 2014 at 10:27

          Exactly! Wait… O_o

          Reply

  4. Sith JJ

    July 8, 2014 at 10:12

    O_O
    Loved this game.

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      July 8, 2014 at 10:14

      This kept me up for hours when I should have been studying

      Reply

      • Sith JJ

        July 8, 2014 at 10:14

        Me too man.

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      • Greylingad

        July 8, 2014 at 10:16

        I suppose that viscous cycle is going to start again?

        Reply

        • Hammersteyn

          July 8, 2014 at 10:17

          Definitely. Work an hour play an hour, or two, or three

          Reply

        • Admiral Chief Fairburne

          July 8, 2014 at 10:19

          Viscous you say?

          😛

          Reply

          • Sith JJ

            July 8, 2014 at 10:20

            It’s fishy couscous.
            Know your food, damn it.

          • Admiral Chief Fairburne

            July 8, 2014 at 10:23

            Between solid and liquid?

          • Sith JJ

            July 8, 2014 at 10:25

            My wine is liquid, my food is solid. Keeps things simple.

          • Weanerdog

            July 8, 2014 at 17:58

            I seriously hope you are not eating soup. Cause then you are doing it wrong.

          • Sith JJ

            July 10, 2014 at 08:42

            Soup is for sick people

          • Weanerdog

            July 10, 2014 at 11:57

            So for all of us then 🙂

          • Greylingad

            July 8, 2014 at 10:30

            Yep viscous… with full intent on sludging productivity

          • Admiral Chief Fairburne

            July 8, 2014 at 10:32

            Indeed

  5. Admiral Chief Fairburne

    July 8, 2014 at 10:12

    I can see it already….pay to win unlocks for hints how to complete the levels, and gems, always with the gems

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    • Hammersteyn

      July 8, 2014 at 10:13

      Didn’t see EA anywhere in the trailer 😛

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      • Greylingad

        July 8, 2014 at 10:13

        Nope, me neither, then there would’ve been a massive DLC announcement too…

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  6. Hammersteyn

    July 8, 2014 at 10:12

    Who doesn’t remember TIM? Except maybe for Timmy with his COD games.

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  7. konfab aka derp

    July 8, 2014 at 10:14

    I loved making perpetual motion machines in it o_O

    Reply

  8. Sith JJ

    July 8, 2014 at 10:14

    Imagine this as an EA mobile game.
    Pay for a platform
    Okay, now pay for a pipe
    Now pay for a curved pipe
    Now pay for the weave of the rope.

    Reply

  9. Hammersteyn

    July 8, 2014 at 10:15

    Me and my friends(both of them) would sit and work out some of the puzzles for hours, no internet meant you had to figure it out on your own, which was awesome

    Reply

    • Sith JJ

      July 8, 2014 at 10:16

      Yes man. Good old days those.

      Reply

  10. Milesh Bhana

    July 8, 2014 at 10:17

    TIM was awesome. I was wondering when we’d see an iOS / Andriod port for it. Seems like a good match. Let’s hope this comes to tabs.

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  11. Sith JJ

    July 8, 2014 at 10:19

    Wow. Timster never thought he’d hear all the people from Lazygamer say so many nice things about him.

    Reply

    • Unavengedavo

      July 8, 2014 at 10:45

      Except it sounds like they are praising him after his death O_o

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      • Sith JJ

        July 8, 2014 at 13:13

        O_O

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  12. SP Van Zyl

    July 8, 2014 at 10:21

    I spent more time playing TIM than should have when I was younger. Good times

    Reply

  13. Jonah Cash

    July 8, 2014 at 10:22

    That is just awesome!! Spent hours sitting in front of my PC trying to figure this crap out!!! Only why not make this a mobile game as well, I would love to play this on my iPad!!!

    Reply

  14. Pieter Smal

    July 8, 2014 at 10:24

    Here, take my money!

    Reply

  15. Martin du preez (D4RKL1NGza)

    July 8, 2014 at 10:34

    OMG!

    Reply

  16. Unavengedavo

    July 8, 2014 at 10:44

    I need this

    Reply

  17. N@te

    July 8, 2014 at 10:58

    TIM was the amazing…loved the balloons and rockets.

    Reply

  18. SlasherZA

    July 8, 2014 at 11:02

    Seeing as I bought the game earlier on steam as early access (way in the beginning) and at a lower price, they gave me a second copy to give away… Lemme see if my family wants it, else I can sponsor one for a giveaway…

    Reply

  19. HvR - Still dislikes Random.or

    July 8, 2014 at 11:03

    AAAAaa TIM, hours and hours of cat torturing fun.

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  20. Mossel

    July 8, 2014 at 12:04

    Almost all my friends are engineers – all of us played TIM. It was then concluded that in order to become an engineer you need TIM as background knowledge.

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    • HvR - Still dislikes Random.or

      July 8, 2014 at 12:15

      Definitely.

      Reply

  21. Consumer of Little Rabbits

    July 8, 2014 at 12:13

    😀

    Reply

  22. Brian Murphy

    July 8, 2014 at 16:22

    Yes, I do remember, and I bought Contraption Maker last week 🙂

    Reply

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