# Truss Me!

> Educational game for learning structural design with realistic physics simulations. (iPhone/iPad app by SCIENTIFIC MONKEY LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/truss-me/id732367282 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [SCIENTIFIC MONKEY LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/732367285)
- Category: Games, Education, Puzzle
- Price: Free
- Rating: 3.42/5 from 24 App Store ratings · 47 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 6.0 · 62 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2013-11-02
- Data updated: 2026-07-05
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/truss-me/id732367282/reviews.md

## What is Truss Me!?

Designed by a true rocket scientist, Truss Me helps you learn to design structures while having fun! At each challenge, design structures that are light and strong and you will earn precious golden nuts.

Truss Me utilizes state of the art simulation techniques used by aerospace, mechanical, and civil engineers to provide the most realistic behavior for your structures. If well designed, your structures will resist as they would in real life*. If your design has flaws, the structure will fail realistically*!

*Truss Me has been created for educational and recreational purposes only. It must not be used under any circumstances to design or compute real structures.

## Key features

- Learn structural design
- Realistic physics simulation
- Design light and strong structures
- Earn in-game rewards
- Educational challenges

## Recent user reviews (10 of 47)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/truss-me/id732367282/reviews.md

### 5/5 — so fun

*2024-01-24, version 1.91*

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

### 1/5 — Bad

*2022-04-04, version 1.91*

Kinda fell off ngl. Too many bugs.

### 5/5 — I like

*2021-09-27, version 1.91*

Very noice

### 4/5 — Surprisingly addictive

*2021-02-15, version 1.91*

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.

### 1/5 — May be accurate but NOT a game

*2019-10-03, version 1.91*

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.

### 1/5 — Are you reading your own reviews?

*2019-09-15*

Look at the moon landing, level 14. Where are the requirements? You supply no directions, no explanations of devices that are added to the structure, no required goal.......... This could be easily added as a main menu.
  You were asked for this over 2 years ago.

### 4/5 — Tough crash

*2017-02-02, version 1.91*

Great app, but short of a few things, a more progressive scale of success showing how close you are to the next Gold Nut, or a target weight would be nice. I've completed level 15 lots of different ways but still no Gold Nut and no indication of what I'm doing wrong, only the title 'Tough Crash' to go by. Still love this idea though.

### 3/5 — Need Directions

*2017-02-01, version 1.91*

I was going to use this with my second graders but there are no directions.  Add them please!

### 3/5 — Great, but...

*2016-11-16, version 1.91*

A really great tool for structural design. By the way, this is not a "game". I use the Truss Me tool to evaluate and compare different truss models.  But I'm disappointed that I cannot save any work and, worse, if my iPhone goes to sleep, then all my work disappears.

### 4/5 — Great fun, but...

*2016-07-06, version 1.91*

This game is serious fun, and I mean that very literally.  It's a great idea, it's loads of fun, the 3-star scoring adds replay value, AND it's a seriously great tool for teaching the basics of truss design.  If you're embarking on the design of an epic toothpick or dried spaghetti structure, start here!  This is the most fun I've had since Cat Physics, the best iPhone game ever.  
  
However, after the third level the frustration exceeded the fun.  This game DESPERATELY needs snap: Snap to mid-point of rod, snap to straight, 90 (30, 60, 45) degrees, vertical, horizontal, etc..  It's very frustrating trying to slide a node along a rod, looking for the mid-point, trying to keep the rod straight, getting no feedback, and not being able to see what I'm doing because it's all happening underneath my fingertip (#iphone_needs_stylus!).  It stops being about truss design and becomes a fight with the user interface.  That's not fun, or educational.  Also, at some zoom levels it's impossible to straighten a rod with a node in the (approximate) middle of it.  Snap would fix that.  If I were making a wish list I'd include continuous coordinate/angle readout as I move nodes, and some easy way to make a structure symmetrical.  Word balloons when you tap a control, identifying that control, would speed up the learning curve.

I really hope this app continues to be developed, because I'm eager to get back to playing it, but without the frustration.

## Frequently asked questions about Truss Me!

### 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.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.91 — 2016-06-01

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

Various bug fixes.

### 1.9 — 2016-05-17

IMPORTANT: by updating to this new version you will lose your previous progress, including high scores. This was necessary in order to make Truss Me compatible across platforms. Do not update if you want to keep your progress (the new features are worth the pain, though!)

What's new in this version:
- Completely new version, coded from scratch!
- New features: 3 new challenges, slow motion capability for visualizing the exact moment of failure, automatically save your best design for every challenge, turn on and off sound effects, assign a default bar size to speedup your designs.
- New, cleaner user interface, now unified for iOS and Android devices.

### 1.5 — 2014-11-03

Fixed bug that made the app crash when merging two joints.

### 1.4 — 2014-05-28

Added 3 new challenges and some minor bug fixes.

### 1.3 — 2014-03-04

You ask and we deliver! By popular request now we added the following features:
- Undo and Redo buttons.
- Automatically save your last design on every challenge, so you can think over your ideas and return to them whenever you are ready.
- You can switch between challenges without having to go back to the challenge selection menu.
- Contextual help messages now help you learn how to use the drawing tools.
- Minor bug fixes

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