An Example of What If Mode

I wanted to provide a small example of "What If Mode", so people don't try and misconstrue it with other game mods, engines, ideas, etc...
Let's imagine that in a "mario like" game that there is a switch in a high place that normally using newtonian physics you couldn't reach, but there are 2 random objects in the level that might help you out. There is a gravity gun, and a bouncy ball, but furthermore we don't know what the ellastic forces, normal forces, friction, or the gravity are in that level.

First let's start with the gravity gun. Could we use the gravity gun to either shoot the ball up and kill the switch, or use the gravity gun to shoot other objects in the game that would make the switch turn off? If we took this approach then what has to be the forces of the enviroment for us to accomplish this simple task? What does gravity have to be? What does the elastic forces have to be? Do we have friction in the level? Is it a concern at all? We simply have to experiment.

However, there is a bouncy ball in the level as well. What can we do to the bouncy ball other than the idea of using the gravity gun Could we kick it? Could we bounce on top of the ball? Could we throw the gravity gun on top of the ball if gravity was light enough and kill the switch?

Now let's talk about the forces of the level. The forces of the level either increases, or decreases the options we have to complete a simple task in each level. But what if they're never what we expect them to be? What if for a second gravity is as we know it the constant of 9.815, and friction is close to .250 in a specific level, but then all of a sudden they switch, or they're 1/3, 1/16, their size, or they're 3x, or 16x their constants? What if these constants in the level were to alternate momentarily, or continuously, or until you completed the game, or seemed that there were no constants at all.

Having these random variables that make up the physics of the world makes the game more interesting, fun, and challenging all at the same time. The game is never the same, so you could just play level 1 over and over and over again without having to advance to level 2.

Or could you? This is what I'm going to find out.