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Truss Me!

Truss Me!

by SCIENTIFIC MONKEY LLC

24 ratings
47 reviews
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📚 Education
🧩 Puzzle
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Released
November 2, 2013
Updated
June 1, 2016

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SCIENTIFIC MONKEY LLC
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Learn structural design principles through engaging challenges. Build light and strong structures to earn rewards, with realistic simulations reflecting real-world physics. Ideal for educational and recreational purposes.

✓Learn structural design
✓Realistic physics simulation
✓Design light and strong structures
✓Earn in-game rewards
✓Educational challenges
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What users say about Truss Me!

Reviews of Truss Me! are mixed: the game is rated 3.4/5 from 24 App Store ratings. What users like most: educational and insightful, brain workout and challenging. Top complaints: no instructions or guidance, frustrating UI/UX. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

  • 💡Educational and insightful
  • 🧠Brain workout and challenging
  • 🎮Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 🔧Realistic physics engine
  • 📈Good for learning structural basics
  • ✨Keeps improving with updates
  • 🚀Intuitive for engineers
  • 🌟Great for curious minds
  • 💯Excellent for learning statics

Negative things

  • ❓No instructions or guidance
  • 📉Frustrating UI/UX
  • 🧱Structures collapse easily
  • ⚖️Physics engine not always accurate
  • 🎮Limited levels
  • 🖱️Difficult to manipulate elements
  • 🚫Camera access requested without reason
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What's New in Truss Me!

1.91

June 1, 2016

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. Various bug fixes.

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User reviews

Most RecentHighest RatedLowest Rated

so fun

idk what i’m doing but this is such a good game
AAhhsaina

Bad

Kinda fell off ngl. Too many bugs.
SScozez

I like

Very noice
TTh3_Borat!!!

Surprisingly addictive

I thought it was great. Don’t let the plain graphics fool you. If you like puzzle games you can get hooked on this one. I will upgrade my review to 5 stars if, in a future update, you can save and load designs you’ve created previously - THEN this game would be just about perfect.
JJimson83

May be accurate but NOT a game

Simply adding 0-3 "gold nut" ratings as a "scoring" mechanism doesn't make something a game. Let's break this thing down:
1) No instructions. Period.
2) Any kind of GOAL for each stage. First stage? I got 3 gold nuggets! Second stage? One. WHY? Who knows! I used the minimum possible struts with the minimum possible widths. What was I supposed to do? Oh, I got it... Delete this.
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User experience

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Reported Bugs

5 issues

Too many bugs

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Crashes regularly

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Screen flickers and shows code

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Items on screen become unselectable after flicker

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Adding members doesn't work or is not obvious

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Requested Features

12 requests

Add save and load functionality for designs

Feature

Implement snap-to features for easier manipulation

Feature

Provide coordinate/angle readouts

Feature

Add a way to make structures symmetrical

Feature

Include word balloons for control identification

Feature

More levels needed

Feature

Add zoom in/out functionality

Feature

Add a multiple undo/redo feature

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Allow saving and recalling structure diagrams

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Easier switching between deleting and adding elements

Feature

Add a more progressive scale of success or target weight

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Add instructions and a tutorial

Feature

FAQ

What is Truss Me!?

Truss Me! is an educational game designed to help users learn structural design principles. It uses advanced simulation techniques to provide realistic behavior for structures, allowing players to design and test their creations.

How does Truss Me! simulate structures?

The app utilizes state-of-the-art simulation techniques, similar to those used by aerospace, mechanical, and civil engineers. This ensures that structures behave realistically under stress, either resisting loads or failing convincingly if flawed.

Is Truss Me! suitable for designing real-world structures?

No, Truss Me! has been created strictly for educational and recreational purposes. It must not be used under any circumstances to design or compute real structures. Its simulations are for learning and entertainment only.

What are the main goals in Truss Me!?

The primary goal is to learn structural design by completing challenges. Players are tasked with designing structures that are both light and strong. Successfully designed structures will earn players precious golden nuts.