Contraption Maker
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Developers | |
---|---|
Spotkin | |
Engines | |
Cocos2D-x[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 7, 2014 |
macOS (OS X) | July 7, 2014 |
Linux | April 7, 2015 |
Key points
- Features build in video renderer, which renders with selected resolution and frame rate as VP8 webm into
<path-to-game>\movies\
. - Console can be opened with §.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Developer website | Requires a Spotkin account.[2] | |||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
- Copies bought or activated on Steam, gives additional copy of the game to Steam inventory.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\data\cmprefs.data[Note 1] <path-to-game>\data\layout.data[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Documents/contraptionmaker/cmprefs.data ~/Documents/contraptionmaker/layout.data |
Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\data\puzzles.data[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Documents/contraptionmaker/data/puzzles.data |
Linux | ~/.config/spotkincm/contraptionmaker/data/puzzles.data |
- Rendered videos can be found at
<path-to-game>\movies\
, created levels are stored at<path-to-game>\levels\
.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Steam Cloud | Even though Steam Cloud is enabled, game doesn't use it at all.[3][4] |
Video
General settings. Please note that middle section is for video recording settings, not graphical settings.
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Fullscreen always uses desktop resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Mouse scroll can be used to zoom. | ||
Windowed | Set in Settings or toggle with Alt+↵ Enter. Freely resizeable. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | In-game recording feature and Vsync caps FPS to 60 while in use.[5] Some objects are locked to 60 FPS. |
||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | Mouse driven game, ability to assign keyboard shortcuts for actions. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Volume, Music Volume. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | No speech. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
LAN play | 8 | Co-op Use direct IP with console. |
||
Online play | 8 | Co-op Same as creation mode, but more people can use it at the same time. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP | Use console. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | [6] | ||
Linux |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.7 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.7 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.7 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 512 MB of VRAM |
Linux | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64-bit | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.7 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Contraption Maker “Spring Cleaning” 1.1.4 Update - last accessed on 2020-08-12
- "Our base engine has been upgraded from Cocos2d-x to Cocos2d-x v.30."
- ↑ Contraption Maker - Redemption Instructions – Humble Bundle
- ↑ Cloud Syncing Error? :: Contraption Maker Contraption Maker General Discussion
- ↑ Verified by User:Marioysikax on 7 August 2015
- ↑ Why no 60 fps? :: Contraption Maker Contraption Maker General Discussion
- ↑ 64-bit Mac Build - last accessed on 2020-12-22