It was funny when Penny Arcade joked about the topic, but now someone really has discovered a game-breaking exploit in Scribblenauts. Guys, this is why we can't have nice things.
As posted on GameFAQs, here is a solution to just about any and all action stages: attach the starite to handcuffs, place a vending machine close to the starite, drag the opposite end of the handcuffs to the vending machine and choose "fill," then move and empty the contents of the vending machine next to yourself.
Or, if you're really in a hurry to cheat Scribblenauts due to your lacking creativity, go watch a video of the method in action. I'd say there's nothing wrong with using this exploit once or twice on particularly hard levels, but that leads down a dangerous path, and there's no turning back.
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3:00 AM on 09.25.2009
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Mmm, burgers.
But to get a gold star on each level you'll have to be a tad more clever than this exploit.
@CrocBox: It is clever, the first time you do it. It is ridiculous the tenth time.
Why have levels in the first place? This game seems like one big "sandbox", it seems like the devs didn't even need to add the levels.
Well firstly it's being cheap doing the same thing many times, and secondly, the game actually scores you based on how creative you are.
Yep. Lucky guy.
Anyway, its clever, for sure. But I like the way Topher said it. Its about the journey, noob.
Pretty much done with the game after beating the last action level using 1 item (24 under par...). Just... I dunno. It seems like they focused more on making sure they had a ton of shit, rather than the ton of shit working properly. I was especially disappointed at the level where you had to "heist" and not kill security guards, where I tried a bunch of different stuff like knocking the guards out or trying to spawn invisibility cloak or smoke bombs... (smoke "BOMB" killed the guards... heh. And Invisibility potion = just potion). Ended up beating it by getting frustrated, making a jetpack, and just brute forcing my way through the whole level, security guards, cameras etc and just grabbing the starite.
No, the Penny Arcade thing doesn't work, but the exploit he links to on GameFAQs does. That's what I was talking about.