Newton Game Dynamics is an
open-source
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physics engine
A physics engine is computer software that provides an approximate simulation of certain physical systems, typically classical dynamics, including rigid body dynamics (including collision detection), soft body dynamics, and fluid dynamics. I ...
for realistically simulating rigid bodies in games and other real-time applications. Its solver is deterministic and not based on traditional
LCP or
iterative
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...
methods.
Newton Game Dynamics is actively developed by Julio Jerez. Currently a new version which will take advantage of
multi-core CPUs and
GPU
A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present either as a discrete video card or embedded on motherboards, mobile phones, personal ...
s is being developed.
Games that used Newton
This is a select list of games using Newton Game Dynamics.
* ''
Amnesia: Rebirth''
* ''
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs''
* ''
Amnesia: The Dark Descent''
*
Amnesia: The Bunker
* ''
b4n92uid theBall''
* ''
City Bus Simulator''
*
Future Pinball
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– a 3D pinball editing and gaming application
* ''
Mount & Blade''
* ''
Nicktoons Winners Cup Racing''
* ''
Overclocked: A History of Violence''
* ''
Penumbra: Overture''
* ''
Penumbra: Black Plague''
* ''
Penumbra: Requiem''
*
''SOMA''
* ''
Steam Brigade
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''
* ''
SALVATIONLAND''
Engines which incorporated Newton
A list of game engines using Newton Game Dynamics:
*
HPL Engine
Frictional Games AB is a Swedish independent video game developer based in Malmö, founded in January 2007 by Thomas Grip and Jens Nilsson. The company specialises in the development of survival horror games with very little or no combat gamepl ...
1, 2, and 3
See also
*
Physics Abstraction Layer (PAL)
*
Open Dynamics Engine (ODE)
*
Project Chrono
Project Chrono is a physics engine developed by University of Parma, University of Wisconsin-Madison and members of its open source community. It supports simulating rigid body dynamics, rigid and soft body dynamics, collision detection, vehicle ...
External links
Github repository with latest development changesOfficial Newton Game Dynamics homepage
References
{{Physics engines
Computer physics engines
Software using the zlib license