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Bridge Building Games Explored

Posted by simoniker on from the ferry-cross-the-mersey dept.

Thanks to DIYGames for their review of Bridge Construction Set, the "the second game in the hit engineering simulation series" from Chronic Logic and Garage Games. There are Windows and Linux demos available for this title, which lets you "...design and build bridges, and then stress test them [with trains and other vehicles] to see how your creations hold up under pressure", and there's even an independent fansite, BridgeBuilder-Game.com, which bills itself as "the ultimate bridge builder game website", and deals with the original Bridge Builder and Pontifex games, as well as the forthcoming Bridge It!, which sports much more impressive graphics thanks to the Auran Jet 3D engine.

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  1. Why must all games go to 3D? by Brian_rts · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This new version of BCS (pontflex) runs like a absolute dog on my system...the framerate is horrible compared to the speed and easy of use of the first version. Now the mouse lags to hell and all the non essential fancy 3d stuff is slowing the entire program down. I have a 2ghz P4 w/ 512 meg ram and a GF2 64meg Pro... If it isnt broke..dont fix it.

  2. West Point Bridge Designer! by StormForge · · Score: 5, Informative

    See: http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/ for a really nifty piece of free bridge design & testing software from West Point (the Army military academy). It's lots of fun and the best bridges each year win scholarships (to any college) with nice notebook PCs for the runner ups. -Bill

  3. Excellent by Mr.+Piddle · · Score: 4, Funny


    Finally, a game that lets people explore the old saying, "If we built bridges like we do software...."

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  4. Does it have a deathmatch mode? by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, but if it's 3D it must have a deathmatch mode.

    I can see it now:

    TacomaNarrowsBridge: I'm gonna kick your ass, wanker.

    BayBridge89: lol

    L0nd0nBr!dg3 finds Quakeifyer

    L0nd0nBr!dg3 earthquakes BayBridge89, -40 million tons of damage.

    BayBridge89 finds health cable: Capacity restored by +10 million metric tons
    BayBridge89 finds health cable: Capacity restored by +10 million metric tons
    BayBridge89 finds health cable: Capacity restored by +10 million metric tons

    BayBridge89 dumps 20,000 pedestrians onto L0nd0nBr!dg3.
    BayBridge89 overloads L0nd0nBr!dg3's capacity
    **KILL** L0nd0nBr!dg3 is falling down, falling down, falling down...

    BayBridge89 uses resonance frequency against TacomaNarrowsBridge.

    **KILL**: TacomaNarrowsBridge flutters and disintigrates.

    TacomaNarrowsBridge: Camping loser!

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