Post news Report RSS Physics Editor ~ Part I (HD Video)

Phillip has made some pretty good progress on Overgrowth's physics editor. Here is an HD video demoing it so far.

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The latest toolset I've been working on for Overgrowth is the physics editor. There are three big pieces to this, and each is now well underway. First, users need to be able to make and manipulate simple physics primitives (such as boxes, capsules, and spheres) that can be inserted into the Overgrowth physics world. Second, we need tools to link these primitives together with joints. And third, we need a way to attach models to the newly formed physics bodies (model rigging). We will go into more detail about each of these steps a bit later, when our tools are more polished. For now, I'd just like to demo some of the fun physics things I've been playing with:


One cool thing about the physics editor is that it will also serve as the back-end for our animation editor. This will ensure that our animations are part of the physical world and can thus react to impacts and uneven terrain.

Do you guys have any questions or thoughts about the video? (permalink)


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Armageddon104
Armageddon104 - - 3,128 comments

Looks HAWT!

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chris_sloany
chris_sloany - - 2,830 comments

that looks sooo fun! cant wait to play around with this!!

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Ryswick17
Ryswick17 - - 416 comments

reminds me of garry's mod

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Bird_of_Prey
Bird_of_Prey - - 1,616 comments

Reminds me of playing around in Crysis' Sandbox Editor. Looking good.

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Mualama
Mualama - - 238 comments

Cool, can you make objects disform when they impact? Like a squishy box? Or would that be really hard to make?

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jeffr Author
jeffr - - 383 comments

These are rigid bodies, so they are not supposed to squish, but it is possible. :) It will be really cool when we get the joints working.

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willy-wilson
willy-wilson - - 50 comments

is the team going to try and implement some soft body physics as well?

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Frozencloud
Frozencloud - - 425 comments

Awesome! :D.
Will there be any gameplay soon tho? :(

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jeffr Author
jeffr - - 383 comments

Hope so! It is hard to say though.

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7i2i4n
7i2i4n - - 17 comments

i think this is going to be the best indie game on moddb

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matthewdryden
matthewdryden - - 479 comments

Nice icons. Can I steals them?

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jeffr Author
jeffr - - 383 comments

We're going to post about them soon ;)

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SIGILL
SIGILL - - 1,157 comments

Cool, you guys keep amazing me

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-=117=- - - 64 comments

Looking good.

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Dra6o0n
Dra6o0n - - 534 comments

Well with physics, a special prop launching system is a must...
Imagine a well train martial artist rabbit launching a kick in midair to launch a stone to kill a foe from afar.

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PringleX
PringleX - - 55 comments

It's really nice to see the proprietary physics engine holding its own against some the larger contenders out there.

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DuckSauce
DuckSauce - - 969 comments

Looks awesome, nice job.
Keep up the good work ;)

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Kamikazi[Uk]
Kamikazi[Uk] - - 1,412 comments

Great work guys i bet once you make your game you will be selling your engine out to other developers.

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