A 10-year old that can complete a Professor Layton games? Impressive.

Yes, this game would be wonderful for a 10-year old. As already mentioned the controls are an issue, items sometimes just don't work as you know they should, but with so many options available you're able to work through the frustrating bits.

Hit another snag last night. Was in a cavern with a gorge I had to cross with another character. Put a suspension bridge on it and it slid and fell in when I tried to cross. Tried putting vehicles, buildings and even a mountain across it and all of them would either fall in or not let me walk on them. Went back to the suspension bridge, but put a boulder on the far end to hopefully keep it steady. My character moved the bridge and the boulder and fell in. I tried gluing the bridge to the ground. No luck. I tried a plane and helicopter, but they didn't have enough room to maneuver. Finally I placed the bridge and put an escalator in front of it, so I was actually getting dropped on it instead of having to jump onto it. That worked and the other character and I made it over. Then a bat scared the little pussy and he ran the other way, pushing both the bridge and escalator out of the way to fall into the chasm. Just fucking ridiculous. I need to just sell this game before it causes me to snap my DS in half.

Honestly, the bridges sliding off is absurd. How do you keep them on? Glue, what?

I have face this problem too: no matter how heavy an item you conjure - they all have the same weight. Nothing can be fixed to the ground or sides of walls etc.

Ladders are just as difficult. You don't want to use jetpacks all the time, but often times you don't really have a choice.

Interesting editorial about Scribblenauts dissapointment from IGN:

Yeah, that article pretty much nails it. I love the premise of this so much that I keep coming back to it, but it just keeps pissing me off. I did finally find something to help with getting NPCs across gaps last night. Spawn a pegasus for the NPC and one for your self and you can get them to follow you quite a few places that are otherwise too big of a pain in the ass due to the lousy physics.

Also, I backed out of the game last night to play on the title screen. Anyone know what a vampire turns a god into? It seems to be some sort of powerful vampire zombie, but I'm curious if it's a reference to anything specific.

Exactly, jetpacks, wings and Pegasus.

I'd also like to be able to change the orientation of an object. If I choose a fan, I'd like to rotate it to blow in a different direction.

The IGN editorial is very interesting. I'm the type that doesn't mind buying the guide or using walkthroughs for when I get stuck, but for a hardcore gamer I can imagine the frustration.

With a premise this great I hope they'll work on fixing the problems for the sequel...if there is one.

The 1-7 Action level pissed me off to no end. I finally buckled and looked up on how to get past the tornado.

The answer pissed me off even more.

Thank goodness I play this game in very short bursts.

what was the way you found? i eventually got by it by accident.

the L and R buttons rotate the object you have your stylus clicked on. ive used it to create a heater and turn it sideways to melt an ice block

I can't get past the controls. Maxwell moves at the wrong times and it is fucking frustrating. I love the game and the concept, but I dont know if I will ever be able to get past the controls.

I sold mine today. Once you get past the first three levels the game is just too frustrating to even bother with. It's not just the controls, it's the physics that are the most annoying. I think with proper physics some of the control issues would disappear.

Thanks!