physics
Interactive Web Physics 2.0.2
Interactive Web Physics - design mathematics or physics animations and simulations that run in a web browser more>>
Anyone can quickly design mathematics or physics animations and simulations that run in a web browser. Unlike other solutions, no knowledge of programming is required.
IWP Animator allows a student to fully explore and interact with a physics or mathematics problem: pause, rewind, and step through time as well as adjust the inputs to the problem to change the outcome.
The Animator reads Problem Files (XML files) containing parameter data that describes a situation that could be modeled with parametric equations or Euler + RK2 + RK4 simulations. Automatic graphing of displacement, velocity, and acceleration components is built in.
IWP Designer is a companion tool that makes IWP XML Problem Files easy to create. Many unique types of problems can designed using a combination of primitive objects: mathematical inputs, outputs, solid objects, vectors, window ranges, graph ranges, and time parameters.
With relative ease, anyone can create an equation system that makes an animation move. The designer has visual menus that are responsive and easy to navigate.
Chrysalis-B 1.0.4
Chrysalis-A is a real-time causal pace evolution widget/game more>> Chrysalis-A is a real-time causal pace evolution widget/game
Chrysalis is a real-time causal pace evolution widget/game.
You start with nothing but plants and dirt.
By figuring out the right temperature that promotes growth/evolution you must guide an unknown species through several stages of evolution until it hopefully evolve into the Elders.
Inside Chrysalis-A there are two ways to control the temperature.
A blue value introduces chilled water into the chamber which lowers the temperature over time. A red valve turns on the gas heater which raises the temperature over time. Fumes and excess water are automatically removed from the chamber, so dont worry about it.
Main features:
- Causal game pace. You can check your progress and make changes only once or twice a day without missing out on anything(Prefect thing to have while at work).
- Animated graphics.
- Real-time report of all species inside the chamber.
- Realistic sound effect.
- Physics based animation.
- Each species has its own unique look and temperature requirements
- Available for the Mac and PC
Toy Cars 0.2.3
Toy Cars is a physics-based 2D racing game for Mac OS X more>>
Toy Cars is partly inspired by Micromachines and partly by the old Atari ST game called Jupiters Masterdrive.
Enhancements:
- Renamed configure.in to configure.ac and added a couple of .cvsignore files to better handle cvs updates.
- Renamed this file from changelog to ChangeLog.
- Removed the --enable-data-dir option again. Now properly installs data files into $(datadir)/$PACKAGE location. Can use command line option -datadir to specify an unusual location at runtime.
- Added an --enable-data-dir option to the configure script for setting the location of the data files. Not sure if this is the best solution to this problem.
- GNU Autotools implemented. Has been tested on the Linux machines at uni and works well.
- Changed format of this changelog file.
SDLRoids 1.3.4
SDLRoids is essentially an Asteroids clone more>>
The game can either run in windowed mode or in fullscreen mode. You can (usually) switch between them during play by pressing Alt-Enter.
The play area (apart from the score/lives/etc. display) is square and centred, just like in the the original Hyperoid did. This might not might not change, bug for now that is how it works.
Supported operating systems now are Unix, Win32 and MacOS X. SDLRoids is also known to work on BeOS. An experimental version for PalmOS is also available.
Enhancements:
- hyperoid.c (BreakRoid): Fixed bug #412623. Caused by an astroid being destroyed twice.
- (FireShot): You can now have up to five guns. Gun #4 if facing backwards and gun #5 is firing in random directions.
- (DrawBonuses, DrawHunters, DrawSwarmers, DrawSpinners): Adjusted delays between spawning of these objects. The most important change is that the chance of the bonus and a spinner to occuring at the same time is smaller. Also increased the average time between spinner spawnings (they occurred way too often before).
- (DrawBonuses): Bonuses are now colored based on the type. The type now also changes randomly instead of sequentially, which means that its theoretically easier to get the good bonuses. See the manual for the color coding.
PoolStars 1.3.0
PoolStars is considered as the most realistic feeling, 3D, multi-player game that is developed with the input from 6-time World Snooker Champion Steve Davis. more>>
PoolStars 1.3.0 is considered as the most realistic feeling, 3D, multi-player game that is developed with the input from 6-time World Snooker Champion Steve Davis.
PoolStars is a simple, but attractive pool game, played online with players from around the world. The software is free to download and offers three types of pool - 6-ball, 7-ball, 8-ball, 9-ball, 10-ball and snooker.
PoolStars is the first online skill-gaming experience of its kind. Whether day or night, you are able to challenge opponents from across globe in a secure setting from any place in the world. You can play for real money or for fun, and we offer an array of tournaments, head-to-head matches, and sit-n-go tournaments to suit all skill-levels. There is no charge at all to participate in our fun money games.
Major Features:
- Genuine life like physics supervised by Steve Davis
- Proprietary easy to use 3d platform and interface
- 100% free to use for both play and real money
- Community with player profiles, avatars, statistics and leaderboards
Requirements:
- Recommended:
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- 2 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
- 1 GB System RAM
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series, ATI X800 series or higher video card
- Keyboard, Mouse
- Minimum System Requirements:
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- Mac OS X 10.4 or later
- 1 Ghz Intel Pentium or equivalent processor
- 128MB System RAM
- NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX or ATI Radeon 7000
- Keyboard, Mouse
- For full graphics:
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- Any GeForce with a number 5000 or higher
- Any Radeon with a number 9500 or higher
SPIRES Widget 1.1
SPIRES Widget is a freeware which lets you find out articles. more>>
Enhancements:
- A bug with comma fixed
Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
Rally Shift 1.1.4
Take the seat in high performance rally cars. more>>
You get to drive high performance rally cars on a variety of rally courses. Compete against hard to beat computer drivers on both dirt roads and paved roads through forests, windy mountain passes and desert. Two players can also compete against each other on the same computer.
Rally Shift features very realistic physics where you can put your driving skills to the test. Slide through turns on dirt roads, brake and accelerate at the right moment to keep your car on the road or you will see your competitors speed away.
Rally Shift is released with an initial five tracks ranging from country forrest to mountain and desert. More tracks and upgrades will be released later as free downloads.
Rally Shift Demo 1.1.2
Download from CodeBlender Software (38.5MB)
Additional Resources
- Rally Shift Garage: Allows registered users of Rally Shift to fine tune the car parameters and change car performance, handling, etc.
Particles Screen Saver 0.7b
Bouncing and exploding screen saver particles. more>>
The parameters of the physics model are highly customizable, and include the following interactions: gravity between particles, fusion of colliding particles, elastic collisions between particles, and much more. Supports multiple monitors.
Phun 5.26b
Phun lends you the chance of playing an interesting free game-like 2D physics sandbox in which you can play with physics like never before. more>> Phun 5.26b lends you the chance of playing an interesting free game-like 2D physics sandbox in which you can play with physics like never before. The playful synergy of science and art is novel, and makes Phun as educational as it is entertaining.
Enhancements:
- Rendering:
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- Added support for textured geometries
- Added new optional rendering mode for water: software meta surface.
- Scene files:
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- New file format: .phz which is a zip containing the scene, a thumbnail and any used textures.
- Velocities for objects and water particles is now saved to the scene files.
- Water and groups can now be saved in phunlets
- Tools:
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- New brush tool
- New gear tool
- New cut tool
- Polygon tool: self-intersecting polygons are now handled (e.g. figure-of-eight:s)
- Added the ability to choose the chain building blocks (right-click a group of objects with exactly two hinges attached to the world)
- When reconnecting a chain to the first geometry in the chain, the chaintool will now create a perfect closed chain with no hinges to the background
- New behavior: to move or drag something, first select it and then drag it with most any tool.
- Hinge/fixjoint/spring now attaches to selected geometries first (used to always attach the top two entities)
- Added the ability to throw things with the move-tool
- Added snap to axis functionality when holding down SHIFT for Move and Clone tool.
- UI:
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- Added three levels to the user interface: Simple, Medium and Advanced
- Made the camera move smoothly
- Added the ability to rotate the camera with an object (reset rotation with "Zoom to scene" or "Default view")
- Made Phun more touch-screen friendly (especially when "pen input" is selected)
- Added the ability to add text onto boxes
- Pens no longer draw anything when moved in paused mode.
- Added the ability to select water and move it around, clone it etc.
- Added extra cursor icon to indicate which tool is selected
- Added support for non-Latin1 8-bit character sets (youll need to create a new font file and set Font in the translation file).
- Added a loading screen
- Added a splashscreen
- Changed how a hinge is drawn if it is a motor
- Added support for pen tablets (including pressure sensitivity when using new brush tool)
- Mouse-over object highlighting is now only active if the simulation is paused.
- Fixed so that Phun binds ctrl over left_ctrl and right_ctrl (same for alt, shift and meta) in hinge/geom controllers and Keys.bind.
- Changed mirror/kill/motor key behavior to only work when the simulation is running
- When rotating objects or creating planes you will now get automatic 15? snapping when the cursor is close to the origin.
- Added the ability to drag-and-drop images and scenes into Phun from explorer (Windows only)
- Mac OS X 10.4 or newer
FieldLines 1.2.1
FieldLines is an especially important screen saver that simulates the electric field lines emitted by charged particles. more>>
FieldLines 1.2.1 is an especially important screen saver that simulates the electric field lines emitted by charged particles. In this screen saver, ions move around the screen and bind to the lines of other ions as they get close and unbind as they move away. As the original author has said, physics never looked so good.
Requirements:
- Required: Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later
- Required: ATI Rage 128 video card or later
Physics never looked so good. FieldLines is an OpenGL screensaver. Enhancements: - Fixed a bug in the way that FieldLines initialized OpenGL that caused the screen saver to not work under certainPhysics never looked so good. Originally by Terence M. WelshDreisatz 1.0
Dreisatz - Calculate the rule of three in a second. more>>
The ultimate artillery duel with 85 weapons of mass destruction! Prepare for an action packed battle leading tanks to global domination. Atomic Cannon features 85 powerful weapons and 25 deformable scenic landscapes to wage war on. Additional features include death match and round based game modes, multiplayer mode with up to 16 players, real time smoke trails, weather effects, real physics, and five music tracks.
Atomic Cannon features two types of game play including a point based round mode, and a death match mode where you fight to the end. Players take turns shooting at each other, and shot trajectories are calculated using real physics. There are also weather effects such as rain, snow, and dust storms that effect game play.
You can blast your enemy with a vast array of weapons. Some weapons have radioactive effects that harm your opponents over time. Other weapons create landmasses you can use to your tactical advantage to hide behind as cover. Your arsenal is outfitted with numerous types of weapons including guns, bombs, missiles, rockets, and nukes.
The landscape you battle on is randomly generated each round. There are six types of land formations including flat, hill, gulley, plateau, slope, and random. Each formation can be in one of the games 25 diverse environments. Atomic Cannon supports scrollable landscapes, so your fight can be over a short distance or can span multiple screens. The battlefield is always altering because each shot changes the landscapes shape, creating vast craters or high mountains.
The game allows up to eight human teams and eight computer teams battling at the same time, ensuring a customizable experience that can include your friends and family. Each team can have up to five tanks. The game features a dynamic set of music tracks to enhance the mood of your battle experience. Weapons have their own unique sound effects for firing and hitting their target.
System Requirements: 5 MB of disk space.
System Requirements: More than 85 weapons. Fully customizable weapon buying and economy system. Shields, armor, life, and many new weapon types. Improved the computers AI. All new tank graphics with 4 types of tanks. Bigger and better explosion effects. 200 other changes not listed.
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Gravitic Screensaver 4.0
A free retro-looking yet modern screensaver for your mac based on the laws of physics. more>>
Years ago I was asked to develop a little animation for a wait screen for a software on Windows. They simply wanted to have a ball move in a box and bounce on the sides of the box.
Well, that was boring! So I started adding some force fields and interactions to the balls. To visualize a force field, typically one will use lines, arrows, or some sort of vector-like graphic. While testing my software, at some point I got interested in the intensity alone. Not the direction. To represent the scalar I used a circle which radius would be linked to the intensity of the force-field at that point. I liked the visual of it. Actually, I liked it so much that I turned my wait screen into a screensaver.
Asteroidz 0.9a
Asteroidz is a small asteroids game with a good fun factor. It has the same old gameplay as asteroids, but splitting the asteroids is much more fun. The game was made using QuickDraw more>> Asteroidz is a small asteroids game with a good fun factor. It has the same old gameplay as asteroids, but splitting the asteroids is much more fun. The game was made using QuickDraw.
PowerPC, MacOS 8.0 or later, 800x600 resolution or better.
Version 0.9a adds real 2D physics with gravity, an in-game menu system, and other graphical enhancements.
FireCracker 1.2
FireCracker - Fireworks screensaver more>>
Internally, its an advanced particle simulation based on real-world physics that you can control.
Enhancements:
- Fixed a stupid bug where the preferences were not saved, thus resulting in a smaller display of fireworks than the user might expect.
