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Passing the time

#1 Post by Scurra » Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:44 pm

Again, several other forums do this - use a single thread to post links to those silly games on other sites that you want to share without creating lots of new threads to do so. So here it is. Reply to this thread with your own links.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
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#2 Post by Scurra » Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:44 pm

This is what the term "short and sweet" was invented for :D

I Wish I Were The Moon

Figure out the five different endings to the story just by moving the objects around.
It took me a little while to work out the last one, but it is there.
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#3 Post by Scurra » Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:47 pm

Elastic Rope and Ball

I eventually couldn't see the ball at the end of the string at all, let along click it!
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#4 Post by Scurra » Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:11 pm

How about this one:
Meeblings

I've managed to reach level 35 of 50 but now I'm stuck :D
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#5 Post by LAT » Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:36 pm

Now I really do hate you! :D I am only on level 18 so far :(

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Re: Passing the time

#6 Post by giraffe » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:01 pm

I couldn't get past the wall on level 11.

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#7 Post by SparkOut » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:05 pm

I reached 42 yesterday, but no chance to look at it today.

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#8 Post by strep98 » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:35 pm

Level 11 for me to. then I hit the computer :evil:
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#9 Post by LAT » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:43 pm

I eventually got up to level 35 but am stuck there. And I have just been trying level 11 again and can't do it now :?

I think this thread should really be called "Wasting time" :roll:

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Re: Passing the time

#10 Post by SparkOut » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:53 pm

Scurra will know why I'm laughing at that one!

Just finished lvl 50. 3 Big Blocks (lvl 49) is very clever.

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#11 Post by LAT » Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:01 pm

WOW!

Sounds like you're very clever! :D

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#12 Post by MBH » Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:17 am

Thanks a bunch. I saw the Meeblings game at work today and got hooked :P A bit or a pause on 18 (like some other people) but I got up to thirty something before I ran out of time. EDIT: Just checked - it was 35 - surprise, surprise

Some clever practical problems in this game :)

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#13 Post by giraffe » Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:09 am

So how do you do 11? :(

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#14 Post by SparkOut » Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:33 am

Level 11 is quite simple - use the red meebling to burn the wall down:

http://www.maroonraccoon.com/clips/meeblings.htm

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#15 Post by MBH » Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:47 am

I've found some of the red ones to be quite temperamental :( Must come from all that blood rushing to their heads.

[What do you mean "blood rushing from WHERE - they are only heads" :roll: ]

Anyway - sometimes they don't seem to do their job. In some of the later ones I figured that the might have to be upright to work :(

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#16 Post by Scurra » Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:35 pm

SparkOut wrote:Level 11 is quite simple
It's only simple if you know how to do it :D

(Finally finished. Level 49 was clever but annoying.)
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#17 Post by gill216 » Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:39 pm

Can anyone help me get onto the meebling site? From the link I get a blank screen apart from the tiny box with a couple of coloured shapes in it. Clicking that doesn't help. I've tried going direct to the site, I've turned off my firewall, I've lowered the security rating on my comouter and I've even turned off Norton security. Still get a blank screen. Anything else I can try?

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#18 Post by Cenwulf » Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:54 pm

Try this underwater odyssey.

Seascape
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Re: Passing the time

#19 Post by LAT » Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:32 pm

I'm on level 38 now. It does upset me when they get sucked into the fans and cry "Oh no!" :(

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#20 Post by SparkOut » Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:58 pm

For 38, nudge one yellow one towards the other so they both get to the same end of the log which will then tip over. They should fall to ground level and you can use the trapped blue meebling to "push" them towards the exit. The log should hopefully have landed on top of them and keep them from being sucked up in the air by the red fans - if you're quick with the blue one it should help too.
http://www.maroonraccoon.com/clips/meeblings38.htm

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