Dummy Defense Walkthrough


Dummy Defense By Andrew Garrison

Dummy Defense the spin-off of SimplePhysics. Protect your dummy from explosions, boulders, spiked walls, and more!

Use the blueprints editor to design a structure that will protect your dummy, Melvin, from some random danger. You'll have to work with the available materials. Most of the time you'll use wood, sometimes you'll use concrete, but you must always use your most important asset: your brain.

A wise person once said: "An engineer is someone who can do for a dime what any fool can do for a dollar." In Dummy Defense, your design must not only be strong enough, it must be cheap enough to win. Building cheaper structures will earn you more stars on a level.

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 slow motion slider lets you slow things down so you can see how your design is failing, and it is also incredibly fun to watch explosions destroying your design in slow motion.

Features
* Realistic physics simulation
* Ragdoll physics
* Slow motion slider
* 25 levels
* Stress display shows problem areas in your design
* 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
* Retina display support

Solution for Dummy Defense

Still working on getting 3 stars for the rest of the stages. Please share with us if you have a cheaper solution.

Level 1 Tutorial (3 stars)

Protect Melvin from the boulder on the hill.



Level 2 One Tiny Bomb (3 stars)

Build a wall to protect Melvin from the explosion of a single bomb.


Level 3 Sledge (3 stars)

Protect Melvin from being smashed by the large sledge hammer that will swing down from overhead.


Level 4 Bomb Shack (3 stars)

Protect Melvin from the indirect explosions of three small bombs.


Level 5 Boulder (3 stars) 

Protect Melvin from the boulder that will roll down the giant hill.
Upgraded to 3 stars thanks to the from contribution Roy G. We made some modifications from his blueprint.

Dummy Defense 3 star walkthrough



Level 6 Foxhole (3 stars)

Protect Melvin from bombs exploding over his head.



Level 7 Trash Compactor (3 stars)

Protect Melvin from being crushed by the trash compactor.



Level 8 Bomb Container (3 stars)

Contain the bomb's explosion and be careful to protect both Melvins from debris from the explosion.



Level  9 Introducing Kelvin (3 stars)

Protect Melvin from the explosion, but make sure Kelvin is destroyed!




Level 10 Hailstorm (3 stars)

Protect Melvin from basketball size hail. 3 star blueprint contributed by freaki1.






Level 11 Heavy Sledge (3 stars)

Protect Melvin from a much heavier, solid metal sledge hammer.





Level 12  Trash Compactor with Kelvin (3 stars)

Protect Melvin from being crushed, but ensure that Kelvin is destroyed.




Level 13 Death Pit (3 stars)

Protect Melvin from being crushed by the death walls.




Level 14 Foxhole with Kelvin (3 stars)

Protect Melvin from the explosion, but make sure Kelvin is destroyed!




Level 15 Sledge with Kelvin (3 stars)

Ensure that Kelvin is struck hard by flying debris.




Level 16 Train (3 stars)

Protect Melvin from a runaway train by building a barricade to stop it before it runs him over.


Contribution by Freaki1.

Level 17 Deathpit with Kelvin (3 stars)

Protect Melvin from being crushed, but ensure that Kelvin is destroyed.




Level 18 Meteor Shower (1 star)

Protect Melvin on the moon from a small shower of meteors.




Level 19 Foxhole II (3 star)

Protect Melvin from being blown into the sky. 3 star blueprint contributed by freaki1.




Level 20 Confined (3 star)

Protect Melvin while he's wedged in close range with bombs exploding all around him.

Contribution by Freaki1


Level 21 Foxhole with Kelvin II (3 star)

Protect Melvin from the explosion, but ensure that Kelvin is destroyed!






Level 22 Scaffold (3 star)

Build a scaffold that can support Melvin's weight and protect him from a disgruntled office worker throwing office supplies out of a window overhead.




Contribution by freaki1. Its a 3 star solution but it does not work every time. Just retry if it fails.


Level 23 Sledge with Kelvin II (3 stars)

Kelvin is on top of the wall. You'll have to be creative to kill him this time.




Level 24 Death Pit II (3 star)

The death pit is back, but now it has spikes.

Contribution from Freaki1.

Level 25 Bonus Level (3 star)

Build a wheel around Melvin that can roll down the hill past the flag at the finish line. Melvin's chest will be firmly attached to the center of your design.


40 comments:

  1. http://i.imgur.com/79kti.jpg

    Level 5- 3 stars :)

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    1. Thanks for the contribution. We tried the solution but it wasnt working for us. 😓

      However we managed to find a really cheap solution based on your idea.

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  2. http://image-upload.de/image/HqMZaB/62b2dde104.png

    Level 25 - 3 Stars

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    1. Thanks for the contribution. We made some enhancements to your blueprint. :p

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  3. And on "hailstorm" there's the wrong picture :D

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  4. Thanks for the contributions from Adam Lewis. We have updated more 3 stars blueprints for Dummy Defense. Keep the ideas coming.

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  5. http://www.picfront.org/d/8Don
    Level 10 - 3 Stars

    http://www.picfront.org/d/8Doo
    Level 19 - 3 Stars

    http://www.picfront.org/d/8Dop
    Level 22 - 3 Stars (works most of the time)

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    1. thanks for sharing. will be updating your blueprints once verified.

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  6. I have 3 stars on level 22. How do I upload the picture?

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    1. you can upload the photo to tinypic.com or picfront.org and share the link here

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  7. http://db.tt/7T6YdmC
    Level 16 - Just a bit cheaper

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    1. think something wrong with the url. file don't exist.

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    2. Try this:
      http://db.tt/CYOAwFW2

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    3. The current blue print for level 16 is cheaper :) $3,255

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    4. Sorry, wrong picture :D
      Here's the right one:
      http://db.tt/7Tx6YdmC

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  8. Http://db.tt/XMsEHVfc
    Level 20 - 3 Stars

    http://db.tt/giviMHyL
    Level 24 - 3 Stars

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    1. Thanks for sharing. Just Uploaded the new solutions.

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  10. Level 18 - 3 Stars
    http://tinypic.com/r/i1cpw7/6

    Just try a lot of times if it doesn't work first time.

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  11. Level 1 - 3 Stars (cheaper)
    http://tinypic.com/r/2gx1o2v/6

    Level 2 - 3 Stars (cheaper)
    http://tinypic.com/r/14xcwmf/6

    Level 3 - 3 Stars (cheaper)
    http://tinypic.com/r/sb3ghg/6

    Level 6 - 3 Stars (cheaper)
    http://tinypic.com/r/33arkts/6

    Level 8 - 3 Stars (cheaper)
    http://tinypic.com/r/2ep6jav/6

    Level 9 - 3 Stars (cheaper)
    http://tinypic.com/r/1zdotjn/6

    Level 13 - 3 Stars (cheaper)
    http://tinypic.com/r/3518y0h/6

    Level 15 - 3 Stars (cheaper)
    http://tinypic.com/r/303bvo3/6

    Level 17 - 3 Stars (cheaper)
    http://tinypic.com/r/2624fly/6

    =D

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  12. Will you be adding the new levels released a few days ago? They have the theme Instruments of Death. I've got through with various amounts of stars and got stuck in level 15 ( double envelopment)
    I can contribute my best 3 star levels to help get you started.

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  13. level 24, raise the sides up one more in size, have one bar the length of the current top above the sides with one block of space between the top and sides, at a cost of only $24 you will now be tied with the current first place.

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    1. my apologies, $56 my game was a little glitchy

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    2. if i had waited i could have said the $24 design, a five block long bar directly above him with one block to balance out whichever side is short, I would link to a picture but with my current internet connection it is not possible to get

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  14. For level 13, all you need is two horizontal sticks spanning two boxes above melvin's head. I got 8th place for this last night for cheapest and efficient.

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    1. Here's the screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/1I9Ix.png

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  15. Here's some more.
    https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2424950/001.png
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    https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2424950/012.png
    https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2424950/013.png
    https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2424950/014.png
    https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2424950/015.png

    Dna

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  16. For "Deathpit" and "Trash Compactor", you can put a straight vertical or horizontal line.

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  17. I’m still learning from you, but I’m trying to achieve my goals. I certainly love reading everything that is posted on your websiteand it helped me as well.keep it up.

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  18. I need help on the guillotine saw level. Can you please tell me how to do it.

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    1. There it is: http://pt-br.tinypic.com/r/28180ow/8
      Or this: http://tinypic.com/r/4tpr81/8

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  20. Cheaper for level two, $8
    http://imgur.com/HGgTrFr

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  21. Hat about the level trial and error

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  23. Here is a cheaper better way to beat Foxhole II.

    https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzAYbCUZmZxjcXEtT0Exc0pfUXM

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  24. Here's a cheaper way to beat Scaffold.

    https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzAYbCUZmZxjSURaTDRhRXkydnM

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  25. Does anyone know how to pass level 15? It's no where on the internet. There is 2 boats and Kelvin is in the middle.

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