Factory Balls 4
Some might argue that life working on a conveyor belt is tedious work, but not if you're working for Bart Bonte Manufacturing. As white balls come rolling down the line, your job is to custom craft each ball to a specific order in Factory Balls 4, the latest in the series of Factory Balls puzzlers. You've got all the tools you need to fulfill each order... except the instruction manual.
In each of this installment's 30 levels, you'll see the target design on the shipping box. Grab one of the balls from the tumbler and get to work wrapping, painting, and stretching the ball to match the design by dragging it to the tool you want to use (or by clicking on the tool). If you can create a copycat of the target ball, it's ready for shipping and you're off to your next design puzzle. But you have to be careful, because some actions can't be undone, so you'll have to plan out the order of your moves, or else you'll have to scrap the project and start again.
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Factory balls continues in its challenging tradition of making you think hard about how to achieve the perfect design with lots of layering and careful attention to detail. While solving the puzzles might be slightly problematic for people with colorblindness, the simple, no-nonsense interface (a Bonte trademark) makes this game accessible to any puzzling level, though the difficulty ramps up rather quickly! It's helpful to remember how you accomplish certain patterns for use in later levels, as the puzzles stack on each other, creating new levels of complexity to plow through. If you've got the puzzling intuition, Factory Balls 4 is the perfect diversion to keep you working hard (unless if playing this game means you're shirking off on your real job!)
Walkthrough Guide
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Factory Balls 4 walkthrough
General Tips
As with other games in the Factory Balls series, your goal is to manufacture the ball shown on the box in the middle of the screen.
Drag a ball from the rotating bin in the lower left corner onto one of the tools to start. Keep using different tools until you achieve your goal.
Cans of paint will color exposed areas.
Glasses, hats, helmets, grabbers, belts, and bowls will keep certain areas from being painted.
Plungers and pliers will stretch the ball in certain ways.
The scraper will remove all paint from exposed areas. It is effectively very similar to white paint.
Paint-blocking tools sometimes have to be added or removed in a certain order. For example, you cannot add a belt after you have added a hat. Likewise, you have to remove a hat before you can remove a belt underneath it.
If you make a mistake, you can drag the ball to the recycling bin at the bottom to start over. Often a fresh coat of paint will also let you effectively start over.
Many puzzles are more easily solved if you think about painting one section of the ball at a time.
Main Walkthrough
Level 1
From left to right, the tools are: yellow, black, glasses.
Black
Glasses
Yellow
Remove glasses
Level 2
From left to right, the tools are: red, white, black, small glasses, big glasses.
Black
Small glasses
White
Remove small glasses
Big glasses
Red
Remove big glasses
Level 3
From left to right, the tools are: blue, yellow, orange, small glasses 1, small glasses 2, big glasses 1, big glasses 2.
Orange
Both small glasses
Blue
Remove both small glasses
Both large glasses
Yellow
Remove both large glasses
Level 4
From left to right, the tools are: pink, black, glasses, plunger 1, 2, and 3.
Black
Glasses
Pink
Glasses
Use each plunger twice
Level 5
From left to right, the tools are: red, white, black, small glasses, large glasses, hat.
Black
Small glasses
White
Remove small glasses
Large glasses
Red
Remove large glasses
Hat
White
Remove hat
Level 6
From left to right, the tools are: yellow, orange, green, upper grabber, lower grabber.
Green
Lower grabber
Yellow
Upper grabber
Orange
Remove both upper and lower grabbers
Level 7
From left to right, the tools are: orange, black, white, small glasses, large glasses, pliers.
Black
Small glasses
White
Remove small glasses
Large glasses
Orange
Remove large glasses
Use pliers twice
Level 8
From left to right, the tools are: black, red, blue, upper small glasses, lower small glasses, upper big glasses, lower big glasses.
Black
Upper small glasses
Red
Remove upper small glasses
Upper large glasses
Lower small glasses
Black
Remove lower small glasses
Lower large glasses
Blue
Remove both large glasses
Level 9
From left to right, the tools are: yellow, red, black, glasses, belt, helmet.
Black
Glasses
Red
Remove glasses
Belt
Helmet
Yellow
Remove helmet and belt
Level 10
From left to right, the tools are: black, yellow, green, white, small glasses, large glasses, hat, left bowl, right bowl.
Black
Small glasses
White
Remove small glasses
Large glasses
Green
Remove large glasses
Left bowl
Large glasses
Yellow
Remove large glasses
Remove left bowl
Right bowl
Hat
Yellow
Remove hat and right bowl
Left bowl
Hat
Green
Remove hat and left bowl
Level 11
From left to right, the tools are: pink, yellow, green, orange, upper grabber, lower grabber, belt.
Orange
Lower grabber
Yellow
Upper grabber
Pink
Belt
Green
Remove belt and upper and lower grabbers
Level 12
From left to right, the tools are: black, red, yellow, white, small glasses, large glasses, front plunger, upper plunger 1 and 2.
Red
Use both upper plunger twice
Black
Small glasses
White
Remove small glasses
Large glasses
Yellow
Remove large glasses
Use front plunger
Level 13
From left to right, the tools are: red, black, small glasses, solid belt, toothed belt, scraper.
Black
Small glasses
Toothed belt
Scraper
Remove toothed belt
Solid belt
Red
Remove solid belt and small glasses
Level 14
From left to right, the tools are: orange, blue, red, upper glasses, lower glasses, left bowl, right bowl.
Right bowl
Orange
Upper glasses
Blue
Remove upper glasses and right bowl
Left bowl
Orange
Lower glasses
Blue
Remove lower glasses, then right bowl
Add both upper and lower glasses
Red
Remove both upper and lower glasses
Level 15
From left to right, the tools are: orange, blue, upper grabber, lower grabber, belt.
Orange
Upper and lower grabbers
Blue
Remove upper and lower grabbers
Belt
Blue
Remove belt
Level 16
From left to right, the tools are: yellow, green, red, belt, helmet.
Yellow
Helmet
Red
Remove helmet
Belt
Green
Remove belt
Level 17
From left to right, the tools are: orange, red, black, small glasses, large glasses, left bowl, right bowl, scraper.
Black
Small glasses
Scraper
Remove small glasses
Left bowl
Large glasses
Red
Remove large glasses and left bowl
Right bowl
Large glasses
Orange
Remove large glasses and right bowl
Level 18
From left to right, the tools are: yellow, black, white, small glasses, large glasses, orange stamp, pliers.
Black
Small glasses
White
Remove small glasses
Large glasses
Yellow
Remove large glasses
Orange stamp
Use pliers twice
Level 19
From left to right, the tools are: green, black, red, yellow, upper grabber, lower grabber, belt.
Green
Add both grabbers
Yellow
Remove both grabbers
Belt
Black
Add both grabbers
Red
Remove both grabbers and belt
Level 20
From left to right, the tools are: red, yellow, upper glasses, lower glasses, left bowl, right bowl.
Red
Right bowl
Upper glasses
Yellow
Remove upper glasses and right bowl
Left bowl
Lower glasses
Yellow
Remove lower glasses and left bowl
Level 21
From left to right, the tools are: orange, blue, black, solid belt, toothed belt.
Orange
Toothed belt
Black
Remove toothed belt
Solid belt
Blue
Remove solid belt
Level 22
From left to right, the tools are: black, white, upper grabber, lower grabber, helmet.
Black
Upper grabber
White
Remove upper grabber
Helmet
Lower grabber
Black
Remove lower grabber and helmet
Level 23
From left to right, the tools are: pink, black, small glasses, large glasses, hat, left bowl, right bowl, scraper.
Black
Left bowl
Small glasses
Scraper
Remove small glasses
Large glasses
Pink
Remove large glasses
Hat
Scraper
Remove hat and left bowl
Right bowl
Small glasses
Pink
Remove small glasses
Large glasses
Scraper
Remove large glasses
Hat
Pink
Remove hat and right bowl
Level 24
From left to right, the tools are: red, black, white, small glasses, large glasses, orange stamp, pliers, eyebrow stamp.
Tip: You won't be able to dip the ball in paint all the way if something is obstructing it.
Black
Small glasses
White
Remove small glasses
Large glasses
Red
Remove large glasses
Eyebrow stamp
Orange stamp
Use pliers twice
White
Level 25
From left to right, the tools are: pink, black, upper grabber, lower grabber, belt, helmet, scraper.
Pink
Upper grabber
Black
Remove upper grabber
Helmet
Lower grabber
Pink
Remove lower grabber and helmet
Belt
Scraper
Remove belt
Level 26
From left to right, the tools are: blue, red, yellow, green, upper small glasses, lower small glasses, upper large glasses, lower large glasses, left bowl, right bowl.
Left bowl
Blue
Both small glasses
Red
Remove both small glasses
Both large glasses
Green
Remove both large glasses and left bowl
Right bowl
Red
Both small glasses
Blue
Remove both small glasses
Both large glasses
Yellow
Remove both large glasses and right bowl
Level 27
From left to right, the tools are: black, white, red, blue, upper grabber, lower grabber, belt, helmet.
Red
Upper grabber
Black
Belt
White
Remove belt and upper grabber
Helmet
Blue
Lower grabber
White
Remove helmet
Belt
Helmet
Black
Remove helmet, belt, and lower grabber
Level 28
From left to right, the tools are: black, orange, upper small glasses, lower small glasses, upper large glasses, lower large glasses, left bowl, right bowl, scraper.
Black
Left bowl
Lower small glasses
Scraper
Remove lower small glasses
Lower large glasses
Orange
Remove lower large glasses and left bowl
Right bowl
Both small glasses
Scraper
Remove upper small glasses
Upper large glasses
Orange
Remove both glasses and right bowl
Level 29
From left to right, the tools are: yellow, green, blue, red, belt, helmet, left bowl, right bowl.
Left bowl
Red
Helmet
Blue
Remove helmet and left bowl
Right bowl
Blue
Helmet
Red
Remove helmet and right bowl
Belt
Left bowl
Green
Helmet
Yellow
Remove helmet and left bowl
Right bowl
Yellow
Helmet
Green
Remove helmet, right bowl, and belt
Level 30
From left to right, the tools are: black, orange, pink, green, upper small glasses, lower small glasses, upper large glasses, lower large glasses, left bowl, right bowl, scraper.
Left bowl
Green
Small lower glasses
Orange
Remove small lower glasses
Small upper glasses
Large lower glasses
Black
Remove small upper glasses
Large upper glasses
Scraper
Remove both large glasses and left bowl
Right bowl
Black
Small upper glasses
Pink
Remove small upper glasses
Small lower glasses
Large upper glasses
Green
Remove small lower glasses
Large lower glasses
Scraper
Remove both large glasses and right bowl
Posted by: Mike | September 30, 2011 3:52 PM