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
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
July 8, 2014 at 10:07
Dude, TIM was an incredible game.
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 8, 2014 at 10:09
Indeed
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 8, 2014 at 10:09
$15?
Hmmm…
So when is the Steam Winter sale again?
😛
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!
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 8, 2014 at 10:11
TIM? NEVER HEARD OF HER.
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 8, 2014 at 10:12
XD
Sith JJ
July 8, 2014 at 10:25
Don’t women usually call you TIM in bed?
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 8, 2014 at 10:26
Well yes, but that’s because it was magical.
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
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.
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
Sith JJ
July 8, 2014 at 10:12
O_O
Loved this game.
Hammersteyn
July 8, 2014 at 10:14
This kept me up for hours when I should have been studying
Sith JJ
July 8, 2014 at 10:14
Me too man.
Greylingad
July 8, 2014 at 10:16
I suppose that viscous cycle is going to start again?
Hammersteyn
July 8, 2014 at 10:17
Definitely. Work an hour play an hour, or two, or three
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 8, 2014 at 10:19
Viscous you say?
😛
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
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
Hammersteyn
July 8, 2014 at 10:13
Didn’t see EA anywhere in the trailer 😛
Greylingad
July 8, 2014 at 10:13
Nope, me neither, then there would’ve been a massive DLC announcement too…
Hammersteyn
July 8, 2014 at 10:12
Who doesn’t remember TIM? Except maybe for Timmy with his COD games.
konfab aka derp
July 8, 2014 at 10:14
I loved making perpetual motion machines in it o_O
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.
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
Sith JJ
July 8, 2014 at 10:16
Yes man. Good old days those.
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.
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.
Unavengedavo
July 8, 2014 at 10:45
Except it sounds like they are praising him after his death O_o
Sith JJ
July 8, 2014 at 13:13
O_O
SP Van Zyl
July 8, 2014 at 10:21
I spent more time playing TIM than should have when I was younger. Good times
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!!!
Pieter Smal
July 8, 2014 at 10:24
Here, take my money!
Martin du preez (D4RKL1NGza)
July 8, 2014 at 10:34
OMG!
Unavengedavo
July 8, 2014 at 10:44
I need this
N@te
July 8, 2014 at 10:58
TIM was the amazing…loved the balloons and rockets.
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…
HvR - Still dislikes Random.or
July 8, 2014 at 11:03
AAAAaa TIM, hours and hours of cat torturing fun.
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.
HvR - Still dislikes Random.or
July 8, 2014 at 12:15
Definitely.
Consumer of Little Rabbits
July 8, 2014 at 12:13
😀
Brian Murphy
July 8, 2014 at 16:22
Yes, I do remember, and I bought Contraption Maker last week 🙂