Oil rush contest - show your builder skills!

  • savask
    11th Jun 2012 Developer 3 Permalink

    Somewhere far away from civilization, a big storage of oil was found. Exploration started immediately - and soon your team dug a tunnel to oil layer and built a tank for it. But how do you transport oil to tank if pipe sides are very fragile, so you can't build anything inside it? Solution is simple: you as a professional engineer will construct a special machine for it!

     

    Goal:

    Build a machine to transport as much oil as you can to tank.

     

    Rules:

    1. You can't build anything inside oil tube, and your machine can't touch it as well. "Building line" shows you that
    2. You can't create pressure or wind (or this contest will be too easy :-P)
    3. Don't use gravity either
    4. You must transfer oil, not spawn it
    5. After you gather oil, you should leave oil well empty
    6. You can't edit anything in the landscape except of building your machine and deleting signs or marks
    7. Landscape must be untouched, so no explosions
    8. Your machine must have an on button

    Judgment:

    • +0-100 points depending on how much percents of oil your machine transfered
    • +5 if no walls were used
    • +5 if no portals and wifi
    • +10 if no pipe element were used
    • +10 if the machine has realistic look
    • +10 if compact
    • -10 if unstable (doesn't work properly sometimes)
    • -15 if slow
    • -20 if oil storage or tank have something except of oil

    Save:

     

    Now let's continue with boring rules, and I'll explain you how to take part in this contest.

    Firstly you should download the contest save, take a look at it and start building. After you finish your machine, you have to publish it with the tag "oilrush" and any name you want for it. Then you should open this page, and post your save here, like: "I would like to join this contest, here is my save: blah" I will check your save as soon as I can and say you your points. You can re-try then, this is normal. When contest will end, I'll post a list of users with their points, and "give" a prize to the winner - I'll promote his (or her) save to the front page!

     

    Contest date: from 11 of June to 20 of June.

     

    Good luck!

  • MeinFuhrer
    11th Jun 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    Well i dont understand ", and your machine can't touch it as well. "Building line" shows you that" does it mean that my building cant touch brck which oil "place" is made of? although im in :)

  • savask
    11th Jun 2012 Developer 0 Permalink

    @MeinFuhrer (View Post)

     Yep, your machine can't touch brck. You can't even build anything inside "oil place".

  • MeinFuhrer
    11th Jun 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    but can i delete diamond? if i cant do that you cant get the oil out :(

  • savask
    11th Jun 2012 Developer 0 Permalink

    @MeinFuhrer (View Post)

     Yes, yes you can.

  • therocketeer
    11th Jun 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    @savask (View Post)
    can't make anything above or under the building line?
  • BuysDB
    11th Jun 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    Hi,

     

    Can the pipe have pillars that touch the ground?

  • therocketeer
    11th Jun 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    done:

    activate the machine, wait for most of the oil to transfer to the collector, then deactivate.
    -__-
    I've just been owned^
  • Fast-Driver
    11th Jun 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    Here is my entry. It is completely autonomous, it does it's job almost perfectly, and then it goes out with a bang! Enjoy!

  • Simon
    11th Jun 2012 Administrator 0 Permalink
    @therocketeer (View Post)
    You've cheated, I can see the wifi mechanism you've placed in the oil well