Bridge Construction Set Demo

Although the concept of a bridge is quite easy to grasp and understand, actual bridges are far more difficult to build, since they must take a huge number of variables into consideration, not to mention the stress resulting from vibrations, wind and the traffic. On the other hand, they can also be designed in a variety of ways and made to look quite impressive, especially in the case of suspended bridges spanning over long stretches of water.

Bridge Construction Set is a simulator that provides you with everything you might need in order to design and build your own bridge, as well as test it with a realistic physics engine, in order to find out whether it can withstand the traffic. Moreover, there are multiple scenarios to play through, as well as a variety of maps and conditions that put additional stress on the construction.

To start off with, you are given a certain budget and access to every type of material you might require, including a wide range of cables, support beams and many other components, all of which can be manually pieced together manually. Naturally, each element costs money, so you need to make sure that you can afford them all and not end up with an unfinished bridge.

After you are done with the actual construction, you can leave the design view and fire up the simulator, which turns on the physics engine and spawns the traffic cars. Thus, you are able to see whether the bridge is sturdy enough to sustain itself, as well as the vehicles that go over it. Although your first creations might quickly crumble to pieces before the cars even reach it, you get to see why the designs didn't work and what steps are required in order to increase their resistance.

To provide you with a closer view of the bridge, the game also features a full 3D engine to render the objects, which allows you to zoom in and out, as well as rotate the camera as you see fit. Although the vehicles and the construction itself are not very detailed when it comes to the polygon count, they get the idea across quite well.

In the end, Bridge Construction Set's sandbox nature means that you can go through the scenarios as many times as you wish, in order to try out different designs, or just toy around with wild ideas and see what happens. On the other hand, you can also do your best to limit the budget and get the best results with very little money.