Category Archives: Physics
The physics of rolling
Hello and welcome back to my blog! This time I’m going to talk about the physics behind simulating a rolling circle, Super Monkey Ball style but in 2d. The key The key to making this work is understanding how we … Continue reading
Posted in AS3, Circles, Collision Detection, Geometry, Physics, Technical
Tagged collision detection, contact, physics, physics engine, programming, simulation
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How to make Angry Birds – part 2
Hello and welcome back to my blog! This is the 2nd part of my series on how to make a game like Angry Birds by Rovio – and its been a while coming… You can read the first part here. … Continue reading
Posted in AS3, Collision Detection, Graphics, Making angry birds, Physics, Technical
Tagged adobe flash, angry birds, game developement, games, physics engine, programming
137 Comments
Collision detection for dummies
Hello and welcome back to my blog! This article is a kind of companion article to Physics engines for dummies and talks about the act of actually detecting a collision between two shapes. This article assumes the reader has a … Continue reading
Posted in AS3, Collision Detection, Geometry, Physics, Technical
Tagged bounding box, collision detection, conservative advancement, continuous, discrete, physics, simulation
93 Comments
Physics engines for dummies
Hello and welcome back to my blog! This time i’m going to talk about the basic components that make up a physics engine and how to put them together; this tutorial is aimed at programmers who have a basic grasp … Continue reading
Posted in AS3, Beginner, Collision Detection, Geometry, Graphics, Physics, Technical
Tagged collision detection, constraint, contact, game engine, joint, physics, pong, simulation
160 Comments
Speculative Contacts – a continuous collision engine approach
Hello and welcome back to my blog… Today i’m going to talk about a continuous collision detection technique called Speculative Contacts which has been employed in games such as Little Big Planet PS3 and PSP versions. First of all we need to answer … Continue reading
Posted in Collision Detection, Physics, Silverlight, Technical
Tagged collision detection, games, physics, simulation
95 Comments
2d isometric land – breaking out of the grid update
Welcome back to my blog Ok, so i’ve realised i was a fool; i totally overcomplicated what you actually need to do in order to collide with a landscape composed of overlapping circles in part 1 and part 2. An … Continue reading
Posted in Collision Detection, Graphics, Physics, Silverlight, Technical
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2d Isometric land – breaking out of the grid part 2
Welcome back! In my last post i covered how to find the distance from a point to a circular arc-length, and how to computer intersection point, normal and penetration distance (assuming a circular collision shape). This time i’m going to … Continue reading
Posted in Geometry, Graphics, Physics, Silverlight, Technical
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