I need help on island 5!

Well, I can't get past the second. The ropes keep breaking. Grrrr....

I should never be allowed to be an engineer. It seems bridge building is difficult and I need to retake physics 101.

I was just part of a team that won a bridge competition today, so I should do well. However, I find the ridiculously flexible joints and inability to create abutments in the surrounding rock very annoying. Also, I can't feel pity for the creatures when they refuse to climb any sort of incline.

After about 20 hours testing this game, walkthroughing it 3 different times, and providing (hopefully useful) feedback to Candystand... well... put it this way: I've had dreams for the past 3-4 days where I'm a cute little green or blue alien taking a stroll to fun, happy music. I see a bridge ahead and think how joyous it will be to cross it and see the calming river below. Only then do I actually try and step on the bridge, to have the first segment explode under my feet, and then I'm falling to my watery grave. But the music is so happy that I can't be upset! Yay!

As Dora's review says, this game won't appeal to everyone. But if you give it time and get into it, it IS a fun game. Just be glad you're playing this version and not the one that I played initially. :) And, uh, play BridgeCraft! Yay!

-Tass

All right, structural engineers, here's your chance to break free of your introverted bonds and tell how to build a freaking bridge that won't fall apart!

for level 5:

Okay, I'm stuck on 4....

somebody..
help on level 7
please

I could use some help on level 5, I've tried many things, none have worked.

This is a kiddie, browser, version of Armadillo Run. Still pretty fun.

this could be a really fun game, I think. However, I find it hard to believe that those 5 pound blobs are snapping all those steel girders and cables and finished decks by nature of their weight. That, coupled with an odd gravity system and the fact that they can't seem to walk up a ramp of an incline of more than 25 degrees or so means each puzzle only has one solution which is always stunningly tough to find. Maybe I just can't figure out how the mechanic works.

Also, there have been so many times where I went to put in a deck or girder and found out that it wasn't long enough, or I found that I was a tad short on currency, which just added to the difficulty. Unlike in real life, lots of little tiny steel girders broke so much more easily than one large one.

I had fun with the 10 or so levels I played, but it's just too frustrating and repetitive for me to want to continue.

yeah, i'm stuck on 4 as well, must be some mechanic i am missing

It's super cute, but yeah. Got to level four and had no idea. I tried many different styles of bridge and I couldn't tell if I was on the right track for any of them.

This game could do with an in-game hint system.

Level 9 is what I'm stuck on.

you can double steel to make it stonger by the way

I'm finding it hard to believe anyone who says they got past level four

level 4

basically 2 triangles connected in the middle

im on level 42. if you want a hard bridge building game, play the Bridge Building Game or Pontifex

Oh for pete's sake. Why didn't they say so in the directions?!?! Or at least give some sort of hint!

For level SEVEN (7) - a hint

More of a hint? OK:

Here's the complete giveaway:

Stuck on 9. Any help?

for level 7,

JUST figured that out!

aaronz, thats level 3, and all you have to do is

if you need help i'd suggest clicking on the little menu button in the top right, it shows you what level you're on

for level 9:

No it was level seven (thanks for editing my solution there guys!) I was stuck on. I knew what level it was but since several people were complaining about four I typed "4" instead.

Power of persuasion...

Fun game but frustrating is certainly the word. Whoever made this game doesn't have any clue about structural integrity or tensile strength of materials.

Then again it IS just a game and they can set the rules of physics any way they wanna right?

I am so stuck on lvl 9 I was doing good till now but I need help please

Thanks for posting the level 5 hint/spoiler, that solution works on a couple others. Level 11 was fun. Not sure how much further I'll go.

The hint by fattywads for level 4 didn't help me picture it at all (it totally confused me), but I did actually give it another try and I got it:

And then I tried level 5 and I was equally stuck, and I decided that this was not the game for me. And given that flexiblecarter couldn't get past level 4 and went to school for architectural design, and mebesquee is apparently an engineer, I don't think that this is necessarily down to me being "sucky".

Any casual puzzle game which gets that many people that frustrated at level 4 out of 70 is doing something wrong, IMHO. Unless it advertises itself as being for experts only, which the cute graphics do not--if anything they seem to suggest "Come on in! This is the bridge game for everyone!"

Thanks fattywad. I actually did something like that at one point - I must have not connected all the dots or something.

that's why I was banging my head - I KNEW that should work!

and now for 9:

OK, I finally have to agree with Joye. Any game that is this annoyingly frustrating at simply level seven or eight out of SEVENTY (?!?!?) isn't worth the aggravation.

OK, any help on 13?

nevermind. got it.

How did you get level 13???

For Level 13

Any help on level 50?

This is so embarassing, but I can't get past level 2!! Any help?

level 50:
hint

solution

now get to 51 and tell me what to do.

2

Stuck on 24...

I made a solution for level 8 where my guy makes it across, but the bridge doesn't survive. :P

24

A more detailed description of level 4:

you think 4 is hard, you should try 70!

Oh my, I totally missed the hook in level 2! Doh!

So I skipped the intro tutorial stuff, and now I don't how to get past the first level. I can't replay the tutorial info either, so I'm totally stuck. Help?

AAUUUGGHHHH C'MON!!! Level 13, attempt like 5,309,289. Seriously, natural selection woulda taken care of these things long before they're bridges washed out; these creatures have absolutely no will power to survive.

JIGuest: Click on the button in the top right corner. That will bring up the emnu - which includes a Help section.

Good luck!

I got the high score! 385,888. Have fun trying to beat it! :)

JIGuest: If you don't follow the tutorial exactly, it breaks and won't let you draw the bridge. Quitting and restarting the level will let you draw properly.
(And it's easy, just draw a bridge, doesn't need supports.)

LOL Komonoway, brilliant :D
Agreed, no race that's sitting around waiting for some disembodied being to save them and build bridges is ever going to survive. They seem rather relaxed when facing extinction.

The hint for level 5 doesn't fit into the budget I was given. Are we even getting the same levels/numbers as each other?

BTW, when you "show stress" blue is tension and red is compression. So any blue steel girders should be replaceable by a rope.

Hold it. You can double up on materials. Like, for a tension member you can use both a rope AND a steel beam connecting the same points. This changes everything.

Level 11 is WAY too easy. 2 steel girdirs and 1 horisontal bridge section. They should rearrange those levels...

I can't seem to get past level 25 any help or ideas? I got that far without any help :) but Im stuck and it has been a few hours now....

Hello all,

My name is Alex, and I'm a game producer with PicasoGames.
Thank you for your comments.

We would like to make BridgeCraft better than now.

Do you have an idea?

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We want to hear from you! Please, post and vote here:

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My solution for 12:

[Edit by Kayleigh ;)]

25 is a complete and total stumper.

This game is similar to Pontifex (originally Bridge Builder) by Chronic Logic, but it's nowhere near as good. As others have said, the physics are odd. The lack of coherent mount points leads to frustration, not to clever puzzle solutions. The game frequently doesn't make a lot of sense.

The hint given in the comments for island 5 doesn't seem to work. Any other ideas?

I find the game almost too easy. I'm on level 16 and haven't found anything that took me longer than a minute yet. Maybe it's because I played too much Pontifex way back when, but a simple triangle combination works on most levels.

Also, if your clever design fails, then the stress meter and doubling up on the breaking steel segments frequently works.

Can anyone help me with level 33 please?
My system starts spinning when the little guy tries to walk :(

I can not get level 25. Anyone have any hints?

I am so stuck on level 11. Any suggestions?

Level 11

Level 25

I am still stuck on level 33, any help?

No offense to the author of the game, but it is, as my British friends might put it, total bullocks as far as bridge architecture is concerned. Those floppy joints are rediculous, and as another poster has pointed out, a *real* bridge would be braced against the solid ground on each side. Heck, if you were that incapable of making a rigid joint between sections, your best bet would be a *pontoon* bridge.

any hints for level 48?

Okay posting helps, after half an hour trying i got it as soon as I posted it :-/

Help on level 8 please?!

its doing my head in, i've tried so many different ways!

Level 14 please? I really desperately need help as I have barely managed to scrape by on some of the other tricky ones. Please, please, help! The rest of my bridge seems sound and safe enough, but it seems no matter how much I try to reinforce the first segment, the fact remains that it is just TOO SHORT to reach the first platform of ground and poor little Crabbi!

Another hint for Island 25? The hint from aygun above doesn't help.

And I'll make a new complaint: level 5 is ridiculous, took me probably 50 tries to get it. Then the next 20 levels can almost all be completed with the same technique:

Thumbs down, though I still can't stop playing...

I need help with 14. No matter what I do, Crabbi blunders happily into the bridge and ends up breaking one or more of the deck pieces.

Lvl 8?

Huge spoiler for level 25

I am on island 61 and most of the levels are repeating each other so far.
But nice game. I can't stop playing.

power of posting
Just do 3 pieces of deck & connect to upper junction with rope.

I agree with several above: the physics of this game are completely unrealistic. If a steel reinforced bridge segment is destroyed by a tiny little dude walking across it, your program is out of whack. Good ideas, but please go back to the drawing board.

Bethany, re: level 8

I tried all sorts of variations on what you suggest, and they all fail. Can you be a little more specific?

*sigh* And then, naturally, on the billion and FIRST try...

Stuck on 35 need help

Totally stuck on level 67! It's too long, it seems to need another row of girders but I can't afford them. I tried ropes connecting girders above to the sides, but that didn't do it. Anybody know how to get this level? The rest I've been able to get without more than 5 or 10 minutes of thought, but I've been working on this one for over an hour with no progress.

OMG! I figured out 14!!! Only took me two days of trying ^_^

Did all levels so it is possible. Frustrating but possible.

i got the idea of thirteen, but i cant get it! i want a picture!!!!!!!!!!!

funny these guys drown so easily yet they can survive dropping from huge heights

lvl67, its a close call, but this does the job:

http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lvl67.png

Great building game! Very addictive.
But I m totally stuck on level 20... I tried so many ways, for last 2 hours... Horizontal way, diagonal way, truss up or down (even up AND down!), ropes, nothing works!!
Aaaaaaaarghhh....

Ditto JiGuest

Level 8

@Emi- I tried that! It isn't working!-14
@Ray9na-3 deck pieces across the bottom, then connect the joints between them to the top anchor point with rope.-8

Not original at all.

There is no sense in the difficulty. It's just completely random. Goes from extremely easy to hard back to extremely easy.

Um, i need help with #7!

Level 33

A physics engine exploit found:

Oh haha, nvm. I got 14. Looks like sometimes I forget to think INSIDE the box. For anyone who can't get it:

Sorry if spoilers don't work, it's my first time using them!

Hmm, now I'm stuck on level 20 with JIGuest and Philip098123. Help! It all seems fine and then suddenly the whole thing blows up! If only I had a few thousand pounds more...

AHA!!! Island 20:

Oh good grief!!

For level 8 - pay attention and look around the screen a little.

Level 20 (Not my solution)

[Edit: That was me, the link was dead :). Greetings, Kayleigh]

Help on 17?
Also, I think there's a glitch in the posting thing. What does it mean, "text entered was wrong"?

Oh, okay, it's the captcha thing.

Also, has anyone got a way to do Island 23 without the bridge breaking? Because mine only works by snapping, yet Crabbi manages to get to the last deck. However, it is tilted upwards so he cannot climb it, but it breaks off, dropping him above the finish island to land on the very edge of it in remarkable style. It reminds me of something James Bond or Lara Croft might do...

I found a backdoor way to beat several levels. It takes some tedious work, but it almost always pays off and is good for those extra-tough levels. (Although it doesn't always pay off.)

Just draw the bridge from one side to the other, but make it where each piece of the bridge is only one unit long (so there are a bunch of joints).

Do the same with rope, tracing over each piece of the bridge with one-unit rope pieces.

Finally, make one extra piece of bridge at the far end, as long as it can be, and connect it to your current bridge with all the joints). This just helps the little guy get up if there's a slope.

Hit start and all of the bridge pieces (with the exception of the long one you put at the end) should pop, leaving a long, jointed rope. When the guy starts walking, he should walk over the rope with no problems.

The only times this doesn't work are when there is a big slope and the long end piece is too steep. Level 14 is a good example. I haven't found a way to remedy this yet, unfortunately.

Level 17

Stuck on 27

More on the physics engine exploit (Zachary's "backdoor")

Level 27

For level 5:

How do you get past level 7?

can someone plz just send a picture for number 4???

I'm doing as has been suggested for level 9, but it keeps failing. *cry*

I need it more clear on level 5 please.

I am stuck on level 6.

how do you beat level 24?

The physics of this game are some of the weirdest I've ever seen. In level 25, why does the first deck piece snap when the little guy bumps up against? He's not even ON it! I like these kinds of games, but this one is more difficult than it needs to be.

Lv 54 is so epic when you fail. Its so worth the struggle to get there.

I totally love this game and I don't mind any of the things people have complained about. I am, however, stuck on island 36 and could use some help -- particularly with the left side.

Thanks!

Also -- in the write-up for the game, Dora complains about the "undo" button only taking away one step and having to restart completely if you make a mistake. I don't think it is a spoiler to point out that just clicking on any of the pieces will remove it, at any point in the game.

Just mentioning for anyone getting started.

Figured out 36 as soon as I posted:

Whew, just finished. Final Review:

Need help on lvl 22.

I'm stuck in level 15! can somebody help me please? :)

Walkthrough for level 45:

BRIDGECRAFT WALKTHROUGH

This list is not by any means the "right" way to do any of these. I wasn't striving for a high score, but rather simply to muddle through to the end. I accomplished the muddling at least.

Before the levels, I'll cover a few gameplay basics you are probably already familiar with. I'll hide these just in case someone wants a completely virginal playing experience.

The physics of the game are kind of sketchy sometimes, so even though I tested all these solutions a couple of times, there's no guarantee they'll work for you. Look at the weirdness of level 34 for evidence.

Levels 1 through 70:

The level 9 walkthrough pic isn't working for me....

nevermind. got through it a different way.

Curse you elastic ropes why do you torment me so.

WHY are the ropes like rubber bands?! Seriously.....

level 70 dudes, eat it

@AaronzDad:
I don't think the "cheating" you talk about in the spoilers is really cheating. In any case, here are my solutions for the levels you mentioned using it on:
65:

68:

69:

70:

@Bethany and @Crank:
elastic ropes can be very useful:

@coolpilot, alternate level 9 solution:

Do these little critters weigh 2 tons each? Or is the steel really some cheap tin foil? The physics of this game are not very realistic. Too many reasonable solutions result in failures. Did the authors lose the popsicle stick bridge-building competition in high school? This game needs a total overhaul. Just my opinion.

The Euwins need to sue their contractor for using cut-rate materials! :-) Fun, albeit frustrating at times, game.

God.. The cuteness is burning my eyes! lol just kidding ;)

I love this game. Of course, it isn't a new idea, but it's done really well and attracts a new audience.

I've come up with a lovely solution for level 23 =D

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj253/Diegofloor/solution23.jpg

Another solution for Level 44.
SPOILER:
Follow the link

[Edit: html for link ~ Kayleigh]

Looks like the images that the walkthrough links to are gone.

Yay! I did level 15 more simply and cheaper than in the walkthrough. I'm learning! :-)

I've come up with another solution for Level 61.
Here :

It's more difficult than in the walkthrough above but I think it's really what the author(s) of the game wanted us to do. I also use the glitch to get the deck at the beginning.

And, that's just another way to do things ;)

your solution for level 9 doesn't work!!

Here's my solution for level 61. No glitch needed.

Could someone give me some hints for level 69 (I don't want to look at spoiler pics)? I thought I had it several times, but Greenie could not get his little fat ass over the tiniest of inclines! He was at the edge of the other side but nooo! Argh...

Never mind! I finally got Greenie's fat butt across level 69!

BRIDGECRAFT WALKTHROUGH FOR POINTS

Want to increase your score? Then this is the walkthrough for you. It scores over 50K points more than the original walkthrough and may help your score.

INTRODUCTION

POINTS WALKTHROUGH

My review if anyone is interested. Contains gameplay tip spoiler.

REVIEW

I managed to get more points than the points walkthrough for level 29:

In level 29, if u use rope in the left one (replace for steel), u safe a few points. Not a lot, but a few

Bit of a cheap way of doing it, but here's a way to do level 52 WAY cheaper:

You know, I saved a ton from my budget (and gained a ton of points) by

:P

Haven't finished the rest quite yet. I'll try it tomorrow... mmmk... *yawn*

Am I the only one who seems to be able to blatantly make an unsupported bridge work on some levels? (Example, on level 45 and I put just decks all the way across and finish the level without the bridge breaking)

Aw SHOOT! I just found out I was playing the game on Easy. I clicked Normal - I DID! *rips hair out*. Well, at least my solution for level 4 works for all those enormous gaps - just add a more steel parts to the sides. Most of the time something breaks, but the bridge didn't "collapse", and the alien dude still makes it across.

I'm really... ah, lets just say, annoyed, at the physics of this game. They don't make sense.

It was a challenge though. I'm admittedly trying to outdo Bad Dog's walkthrough. Need to see how much from my budget I saved by using my steel-doublebridge thing.

Hey Ainegue, I'm really interested to see any new solutions. As I noted in my review, the key is rope so you're on the right track. And my score only ranks 30-something on the all-time list so there are better solutions out there. Have you indeed figured out a better Level 4?

JIGuest's June 12th post for Level 52 didn't save any points over mine (perhaps they compared to the original walkthrough). However, it's a good idea that I was able to utilize for a solution that saves another 795 points:

Insert's Level 29 solution is good, too. Let's see some more!

Ha! On 52 above, you can save another 33 points by replacing the shortest steel section with rope!

can't figure out number 63

6855 for level 70. The solution, which I understand some may consider as using an improper shortcut, is

A refinement of the walkthrough method for level 31 saves a total of 1546, by

POINTS WALKTHROUGH OBSOLETE

There's nothing about your solution for level 70 that can be considered an improper shortcut, Peachy. However, there's already one in the points walkthrough scoring 7797. As for level 31, I arrived at a similar solution. It's a single deck section and placement is different but it saves 1576. In fact, I found a lots of better solutions than my walkthrough. How so?

Several weeks ago, I became curious about the most recent comments. One was able to simply use deck in what I considered to be a very hard level. Another talked of all the points being saved before realizing they were in "Easy Mode." There were no skill modes when I played so I revisted the game. I found I was able to easily eliminate major structural supports to many bridges and use approaches previously impossible. Replaying the entire game on normal mode increased my total by an astounding 40K points!

Apparently, Picaso Games decided to redesign the game to significantly reduce the difficulty level. Thus, my Points Walkthrough has been rendered obsolete. I understand making a game easier to gain a wider audience. But they achieved that by adding an easy mode. Why they changed the overall difficulty is beyond me.

Creating and uploading new images is a lot of work. So I won't revise the walkthough because there's little interest now. But for anyone interested in seeing just the scores, here they are:

If anyone wants to know about a particular level, just holler.

I found a way to do level 65 without the cheat.

Level 65 Screenshot

I've got a much better solution for level 46

@hollyghost:

For level 46: Yes, after they made the game easier (per my post above about the points walkthrough being obsolete), you can eliminate the bottom support altogether. But your score is probably lower than 3505 if you're using extra rope from the crane. There's a cheaper way. Can you guess what it is?

On level 45, just make 3 decks, it will work!

@Anomynous: Yes, on EASY mode. But not on normal mode.

how to get past all levels!

Why am I so bad at this?

Okay, I'm giving up.

Maybe it's me, but this game is just too hard. And too easy. The levels vary wildly in difficulty. One level will be really easy then the next will be so hard I have to resort to a walkthrough.

Another issue I had was that the ground is only half-solid. Only the deck can touch it. So when I go to lean a piece of steel up against the ground, it just goes right through. What sort of steel is this?

And am I the only one who found the "show stress" function to be completely useless? Maybe if I could see it when the little dude wasn't already walking across, it would've been more help.

All in all, I found this game to be pretty unenjoyable.

I can't get through level 7!! Please help!!!!!!

I finally finished all 70 levals

I have actually got more points than you on several levels, but for the rest you completely beat me. If someone could tell me how to leave a screenshot, I could help improve this walkthrough. Also, the level with the diego cage thing doesn't work.

You can beat lvl 64 by just building bridges all the way across with no support. O.O

Level 44, try my crushing design!! Seems like it doesn't work... :) but it works!

I recently started playing this game, and dont know how many people use this guide anymore, but here is my point saving bridge for level 42:

Im stuck on level 11. i'v tried every thing. please help me.

level 68, no cheat:

i have a more cheap and higher scoring bridge for lvl 29 budget 619 left! =D see if you can figure it out yourself

Use girder bridges, people! They work for a lot of levels.