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ItchyD:
I would love to see an update to the Labyrinth game.  The original wooden ones were very beautiful to me, but not very fun to play. 

How about this:  Labyrinth + levels. 

I had a really tough time with the original game because there were so freaking many holes, so on the first level no holes!  Just a little maze, and the final position of the ball is a little ramp.  Now the idea:  to play level 2 you lay a big plate over level 1.  It would have to be slightly smaller than the original plate so it didn't collide with the walls of the box when you tilted it.  A few strategically placed holes on the back of the level 2 plate could be placed onto some pegs on the level 1 plate.  The ramp where the ball ended up on level 1 is now flush with the surface of the plate on level 2 and you start from there.  Level 2 of course has some oubliettes (holes) so your ball can fall back to level 1, and if it does you gotta start from there.  So you finish level 2 and start level 3 and so on, as many plates as you can stand to make (probably 2 or 3 lol).  Some other ideas I had were obstacles that weren't holes like half pipe sections, knurled floors, curvy walls, way bigger knobs so you can make finer adjustments, a hidey hole in the bottom of the box for the extra levels, chamfered pockets for the ball to almost get stuck in, deep / shallow oubliettes (depending on if the hole lines up with a hole in the lower plate. 

You know what would be a pretty mind bending obstacle?  A weak magnet stuck either under a section or in one of the little walls :)
nox771:
Just do a youtube search for "marble machines".  Usually people use some kind of motor, but you could replace it with a hand crank.  Things like these:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26EE3jG5thM[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z2A6qJyURY[/youtube]

My favorite bit on the first one is the marble elevator, the way the bottom part works is very clever.

JonnyBoy:
Hah, good ideas guys. Let em flow.

Those marble machines really got me thinking though. I felt pretty calm just even watching those videos, maybe a marble machine would be a good thing for a stressed student to have around.

I might come up with a bit more simplistic marble machine, I'll keep you guys updated. I have to gather 20 concepts for tuesday.
ItchyD:
here's a neat one
MinerAl:
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