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Truss Me! on Windows Pc

Developed By: Scientific Monkey LLC

License: Free

Rating: 4,4/5 - 1.144 votes

Last Updated: April 16, 2024

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

Game Details

Version	1.91
Size	18.6 MB
Release Date	June 04, 16
Category	Educational Games
What's New: 3 new challenges for everyone to enjoy! [see more]
Description from Developer: Designed by a true rocket scientist, Truss Me helps you learn to design truss structures while having fun! At each challenge, design trusses that are light and strong and you will... [read more]

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About this game

On this page you can download Truss Me! and play on Windows PC. Truss Me! is free Educational game, developed by Scientific Monkey LLC. Latest version of Truss Me! is 1.91, was released on 2016-06-04 (updated on 2024-04-16). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100,000. Overall rating of Truss Me! is 4,4. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This game had been rated by 1,144 users, 91 users had rated it 5*, 789 users had rated it 1*.

How to play Truss Me! on Windows?

Instruction on how to play Truss Me! on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Truss Me! on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this game on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Install & Play using BlueStacks
Install & Play using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Play Truss Me! using BlueStacks

Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
Once installed, click "Truss Me!" icon on the home screen to start playing, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to play Truss Me! on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Truss Me!" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.91 , 1.9.

Download Truss Me! 1.91 on Windows PC – 18.6 MB

Download Truss Me! 1.9 on Windows PC – 18.4 MB

Designed by a true rocket scientist, Truss Me helps you learn to design truss structures while having fun! At each challenge, design trusses 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 trusses. If well designed, your trusses will resist as they would in real life*. If your truss has flaws, the structure will fail realistically*!

Truss Me works well with dynamic problems as well, so you can build from bridges, roofs, and cranes to impact problems involving crash of spacecrafts into the ground!

As an instructor, you can teach your students how to design trusses using the freestyle mode. In this mode, you can design an arbitrary truss, e.g. a bridge, roof, crane, or even a spacecraft, and show visually the difference between tension and compression. You can also explain the difference between failure under tension and compression. Then, you can use the challenges to organize a truss design competition, in which students would compete to achieve the maximum score at each level. Truss design competitions utilizing Truss Me! have been carried out at top schools in the U.S and abroad!

Usage TIPS:

1) Joints are fundamental, as you can only build bars from one existing joint to another, and add supports and loads to existing joints only.
2) If you keep your finger down when adding a joint, you will see a grid. Without lifting the finger, you can drag the joint to be aligned with the grid.
3) You can also drag existing joints using the same procedure described above.
4) You can pinch and zoom your truss with 2 fingers to tune small-size structural details. Moving two fingers also allows you to pan the structure around.
5) Red color means tension and blue compression. Blue bars will fail at much lower loads due to buckling!
6) Please refer to the educational section on our website for more details!

*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.

3 new challenges for everyone to enjoy!