Mekanik: Physics Puzzle

Mekanik is a physics puzzle drawn like a page from an engineering textbook: ink lines, a paper grid, grey weights — and a single blue trajectory. Every puzzle uses one gesture. Drag a spring, a pendulum or a weight to a notch, let go, and watch the mechanism do the rest. Your goal: get the ball to come to rest inside the dashed circle. HOW IT PLAYS • Pull, then release — that is the whole control. • Pulls snap to notches, so every puzzle has a small set of choices you can reason about. • The physics is deterministic: the same release always gives the same result. Watch, think, try again. • Your previous throw stays on the board as a faint trail, so you can compare and adjust. 50 HANDCRAFTED PUZZLES • Throw — springs and parabolas • Collide — heavy and light balls, walls that bounce back • Pendulum — height becomes speed • Pulleys and belts — counterweights, rollers, conveyors • Combined…