Bridge Constructor Playground vs Ship Maneuvering Simulator

The #1 app with millions of players! "Bridge Constructor Playground is even more fun than the prequel." – Chip.de "Bridge Constructor Playground convinces by a fresh look and a lot of fun for several hours." - apfelnews.eu "Bridge Constructor Playground offers players of all ages an introduction to the topic of “bridge building”. This game gives you the freedom to let your creative side run riot – nothing is impossible." – appshopper.com "This is a very good sequel and satisfies with all the improvements." – apps-news.de ------------------------- Bridge Constructor Playground offers people of all ages an introduction to the topic of “bridge building”. This game gives you the freedom to let your creative side run riot – nothing is impossible. Across 30 innovative levels you have to build bridges over deep valleys, canals or rivers. Following this your bridges will be subjected to a stress test to see whether they can support the weight of the cars and/or trucks which drive across them. In comparison to the #1 hit Bridge Constructor, Bridge Constructor Playground offers an even easier entry to the game incl. an extensive tutorial. With no fixed budget, and next to no limitations on building materials, there are almost no limits: you can build and construct to your heart’s desire. Here you are free to do as you please and let the time fly by with creative bridge building. Experienced players will enjoy the challenges of the new badge system: for every bridge there are 5 badges to be won for which you must fulfill certain requirements. For example, building a bridge that can carry no more than a certain load limit. All of this, paired with a bright and friendly look, makes Bridge Constructor Playground an exciting and also educational experience for the whole family, offering hours of gaming fun. FEATURES: • New badge system for beginners and pros • 32 Levels • 5 Settings: City, Canyon, Beach, Mountains, Rolling hills • Survey map with unlocked worlds / levels • Extensive tutorial for easy entry to the game • 4 different building materials: wood, steel, steel cable, concrete piles • Percentages and colored visualization of building material’s stress loads • Two different stress levels: car and truck • High score per Level • Connection to the Game Center with leaderboards and achievements • Connection to Facebook (Upload screenshots and bridge scores)

Handle a real ship the way a pilot does. Ship Maneuvering Simulator runs on the MMG hydrodynamic model, the kind of mathematical model used in professional ship handling simulators, so every ship turns, stops and drifts like the real thing. Made by a working maritime pilot. REALISTIC SHIP BEHAVIOR • Propeller walk when going astern • Drift and a pivot point that moves as the ship turns and slows down • Rudder that bites in the propeller wash and fades at low speed • Bow thruster that loses its grip as speed builds up • True speed at every engine order, from dead slow to full: a loaded bulker carries her way a long time • Suction and bank effect when passing other ships • Wind on hull and superstructure, current, and swell up to 10 m with roll, pitch and heave CAREER Start as a Cadet and earn your stripes. 24 missions in 4 chapters take you from following a buoyed channel to entering a lock, berthing alongside, a night entry by buoy lights, overtaking and meeting ships on the river, and a pilot run. The Big Ships chapter puts you on a large container ship in a strong wind, takes a loaded bulker into the lock with two tugs, springs a ship off the berth, anchors on the river, weighs anchor in a crowded anchorage and backs a big ship into a tight berth. Earn up to three stars per mission, unlock new ships as you rise through the ranks and compare your times on the weekly and all-time leaderboards. ANCHORS • Port and starboard anchors: let go, pay out, hold and heave • The chain lies on the bottom and the anchor digs in, holds, drags or dredges, in the real water depth • Dredge an anchor to hold the bow, or swing short round on it • The windlass stalls under too much weight: ease it with the engine • Let the chain run out too fast and it goes over the bitter end MOORING AND TUGS • Six mooring lines: head, stern, breast and spring lines, each with heave, hold and slack • Lines take the real load and part when you pull too hard • Order tugs to push or pull, alongside or on the centre line, then cast them off • Let go fore and aft and take your ship off the berth SHIPS Cargo ship, navy supply ship, frigate, battleship, bulk carrier (loaded and in ballast), large container ship and cruise ship, including twin-engine ships. FREE PLAY Pick a ship, a place and the conditions: dawn, day, dusk or night, wind, current and swell. Sail at sea, on the river, through the lock and into the port, with other ships under way showing their navigation lights. VIEWS Follow your ship from outside, look around freely or stand on the bridge.