Newton's Workshop
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Newton's Workshop is a physics puzzle game where each level is a small machine. You aim a cannon, set the power and fire a ball through ramps, rubber pads, ice, seesaws, springs, pendulums, fans, water and dominoes, trying to land it in a green cup.
It is made for curious players, students and teachers. When your shot makes a law of physics happen, time slows down and a chalk note explains it, with arrows showing force and speed. Every law you meet is saved in your Physics Book, seventeen in all.
How to play
- Drag back anywhere and let go to fire; pulling further gives more power.
- The dotted line shows the first part of the flight.
- Get a ball into the green cup. Each shot restarts the machine, and fewer shots earn more stars.
- Some levels offer different balls; switch between them to change how the shot behaves.
- Collect gold gears to unlock new ball colours.
- If you are stuck, the hint button shows the solution path once.
Controls
On a phone or tablet
Drag back and release to fire. Tap the ball button to switch balls and the hint button for help.
On a computer
Drag with the mouse, or use Left and Right for angle, Up and Down for power and Space or Enter to fire. B switches the ball and H shows a hint.
Game modes
Solo
Thirty levels to unlock one by one, with stars for solving each in few shots.
Daily
A new machine every day.
Vs computer
Take turns with an easy, medium or hard engineer over three stages; the first to sink the ball takes the stage.
2 players
Two people take turns on one device in the same three-stage duel.
Tips
- A lighter ball flies faster from the same push.
- Rubber gives the bounce back while clay soaks it up, so pick the surface you want to hit.
- Ice barely slows the ball, which makes it useful for long slides.
- Watch the force arrows on a failed shot to see what went wrong.
- Save the hint for a level you truly cannot crack, since it works once.
About the game
The game is named after Isaac Newton and built on the chain-reaction machine puzzle: one push sets off ramps, springs and dominoes. Each level is designed around a real idea, such as inertia, elastic bounces, friction or buoyancy, so you learn by seeing it happen.
On a phone you aim with a drag, which feels like pulling back a slingshot. On a desktop you can use the mouse or fine-tune angle and power with the arrow keys.
Questions
- Is Newton's Workshop free?
- Yes, it plays free in your web browser.
- Is it good for school?
- Each law of physics is explained in simple words when your shot shows it, and saved in a Physics Book you can revisit.
- Does it save my progress?
- Your unlocked levels, stars, gears and Physics Book are saved in this browser on your device.
- Can two people play together?
- Yes, the 2 players mode is a turn-based duel on one device.
