In a construction puzzle you have to build (assemble) a technical contraption. This may be a static object (such as a bridge) or a mechanical object (like a machine).
In a wider sense a construction puzzle is any
puzzle
A puzzle is a game, Problem solving, problem, or toy that tests a person's ingenuity or knowledge. In a puzzle, the solver is expected to put pieces together (Disentanglement puzzle, or take them apart) in a logical way, in order to arrive at th ...
where you have to assemble a given set of pieces in a certain way. Examples for these types of construction puzzles are the
stick puzzle
Stick puzzles are a type of combination puzzle that uses multiple sticks or 'polysticks' (which can be one-dimensional objects) to assemble two- or three-dimensional configurations.
Polysticks are configurations of joined or unjoined thin (ideall ...
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tiling puzzle
Tiling puzzles are puzzles involving two-dimensional packing problems in which a number of flat shapes have to be assembled into a larger given shape without overlaps (and often without gaps). Some tiling puzzles ask you to dissect a given ...
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mechanical puzzle
A mechanical puzzle is a puzzle presented as a set of mechanically interlinked pieces in which the solution is to manipulate the whole object or parts of it. While puzzles of this type have been in use by humanity as early as the 3rd century BC ...
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Types of construction puzzles
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mechanical puzzle
A mechanical puzzle is a puzzle presented as a set of mechanically interlinked pieces in which the solution is to manipulate the whole object or parts of it. While puzzles of this type have been in use by humanity as early as the 3rd century BC ...
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packing problem
Packing problems are a class of optimization problems in mathematics that involve attempting to pack objects together into containers. The goal is to either pack a single container as densely as possible or pack all objects using as few conta ...
s can be seen as construction puzzles.
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stick puzzle
Stick puzzles are a type of combination puzzle that uses multiple sticks or 'polysticks' (which can be one-dimensional objects) to assemble two- or three-dimensional configurations.
Polysticks are configurations of joined or unjoined thin (ideall ...
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tiling puzzle
Tiling puzzles are puzzles involving two-dimensional packing problems in which a number of flat shapes have to be assembled into a larger given shape without overlaps (and often without gaps). Some tiling puzzles ask you to dissect a given ...
s can be seen as construction puzzles.
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Examples
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Crazy Machines
''Crazy Machines'' is a puzzle video game, puzzle computer game created by German studio FAKT Software GmbH. Crazy Machines based many of its ideas on ''The Incredible Machine (game), The Incredible Machine'' series of games. The player is given a ...
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Crazy Machines 2
''Crazy Machines 2'' is a puzzle video game developed by German studios Fakt Software and DTP Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, and iOS. It is the sequel to '' Crazy Machines''.
Gameplay
The goal in ''Crazy Machines 2'' is to ...
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Pipe Mania
''Pipe Mania'' is a puzzle video game developed by The Assembly Line for the Amiga and published in 1989. It was ported to several other platforms by Lucasfilm Games as ''Pipe Dream''; the company distributed the game in the US. The player must ...
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World of Goo
''World of Goo'' is a puzzle video game developed and published by independent game developer 2D Boy. The game was released on Microsoft Windows and Wii platforms on October 13, 2008, with releases on Nintendo Switch, Mac OS X, Linux, and various ...
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Puzzles
Puzzle video games