Santa's Engineer app for iPhone and iPad

4.8 ( 9328 ratings )

Games Entertainment Puzzle Simulation
Developer: Jundroo, LLC

Free

Current version: 1.2.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 21 Nov 2011
App size: 6.81 Mb

This is a holiday spin-off of SimplePhysics. If you like this game, then be sure to check out SimplePhysics, which has over 10 more amazing levels.

Help Santa at the North Pole with some of his projects. He needs help with everything from building his sleigh to designing toys. You will need to make sure your designs are safe though, and they will be tested with a sophisticated physics engine.

A wise person once said: "An engineer is someone who can do for a dime what any fool can do for a dollar." If you want to impress Santa, your design must not only be strong enough, it must be cheap enough to win.

Create your design in seconds with the blueprints editor. If you make a mistake, simply tap the Undo button. Zoom in and out by pinching the screen and pan the view using a two finger drag.

While testing, you can see how the strain is distributed across your design. Areas that are under immense strain are colored bright red, while other areas are colored green. This allows you to find and fix problem areas in your design.

The finger test lets you use your finger to push and pull on your design. You can use this with pinpoint accuracy, or you can just smash your design to smithereens. The finger test has an explosive new twist. You can now create explosions by tapping the screen for ultimate annihilation.

The playback slider lets you rewind time and play back the simulation in slow motion. Find out why your design failed, or use the slider to replay an awesome explosion in slow motion.

Features
* Realistic physics simulation
* Playback slider
* Slow motion mode
* Stress display shows problem areas in your design
* Wide variety of levels!
* Finger Test - smash your design to pieces, or blow it up with realistic explosions!
* Save/Load designs
* E-mail your blueprints to your friends
* Universal support for the iPad

Pros and cons of Santa's Engineer app for iPhone and iPad

Santa's Engineer app good for

A bit on the easy side compared to SimplePhysics but nicely themed, good ideas, very creative. Thus, for free its perfect, if it had cost me even a few cents, Id have been slightly less enthusiastic.

nice game. i hope we will have more levels for both games as soon as possible :-)

Very interesting, realistic game You can spend hours trying to figure out cheap designs

What can I say, a spin off from Simple Physics. That game was very fun and very accurate. This Santa one just feeds the addiction I have for these games. You make some awesome apps, keep them coming please. :)

Build this, build that. Be artistic, be minimalist, be perfectionist, be architectural, be random. There is no one "right" answer for any of these puzzles and that is why these apps by Andrew Garrison are better than all the other puzzle games in the app store. If you have ever taken something apart that was working perfectly well, you will enjoy this game.

This game has everything you want in a puzzle game. The design is very nice, the physics are exceptional, it has smooth controls, and best of all, its free! Great time killer, I wish there were more levels though. This game obviously gets a 5/5

Some bad moments

Way to short it takes just as long to download it as it does to beat it

Got screwed.. 5 levels.. Get dummy defense only, dont buy this cash grab.

Really nice game. I like the added contraptions. However, SimplePhysics is better on content-in-game. This is like a weak "DLC" money grab. Thats fine and dandy, but be sure to elaborate on Simple Physics, and I dont mean the crappy Santas Helper bogus-ness . MORE SIMPLE PHYSICS!

So far I love the game I have high scores on almost every level!!!

This game is everything that I expected. It is challenging but fun.

Not for dumb people, dont waste your money if you have an IQ below 130

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