The-Powder-Toy/The-Powder-Toy
The Powder Toy
The Powder Toy is a physics sandbox simulator and programmable logic simulator. It provides a real-time environment for modeling the interactions of solids, liquids, and gases using a particle physics engine that calculates movement, heat transfer, and pressure on a 2D grid.
The system is a scriptable simulation environment that supports custom plugins and scripting to automate workflows. It allows for the construction of functional electronic circuits and complex machines using integrated materials and conductive elements.
The software covers environmental dynamics modeling and material interaction modeling, including the effects of gravity and atmospheric pressure. It includes canvas editing tools for material placement, a system for reusable element stamps, and the ability to synchronize simulation states with a community project repository.
Features
- Material Behavior Modeling - Implements a detailed system for modeling the real-time interactions between solids, liquids, and gases.
- Physics Sandbox Simulators - Provides a real-time physics sandbox for experimenting with the interactions of solids, liquids, and gases.
- Cellular Automata - Implements a discrete dynamical system where individual pixels evolve based on grid-based transition rules.
- Thermodynamic Solvers - Computes real-time air pressure, velocity, and heat transfer across the simulation grid using iterative numerical solvers.
- Physical Interaction Simulations - Offers a virtual environment to simulate physical interactions between different material states.
- Logic Circuit Simulation - Simulates digital logic and electronic circuits using conductive materials and integrated components.
- Grid-Based Particle Engines - Implements a computational system that calculates movement, heat transfer, and pressure of particles on a 2D grid.
- Electronic Circuit Simulations - Provides a environment for designing and testing functional electronic circuits using conductive materials.
- Environmental Physics Simulators - Provides a physics engine that models environmental forces such as air pressure, velocity, and heat transfer in real-time.
- Scriptable Simulation Environments - Provides a scriptable simulation environment supporting custom plugins to automate workflows and extend behavior.
- Grid-Based State Management - Uses a dense two-dimensional array to manage material states and physical properties for rapid spatial lookups.
- Visual Layout Editing Operations - Includes standard editing operations like sampling, copying, and undoing changes on the simulation canvas.
- Interactive Terrain Construction - Enables the construction of functional electronic devices, circuitry, and realistic terrains using a variety of materials.
- Simulation Runtime Controllers - Includes tools for manipulating the simulation runtime via pausing, frame-stepping, and adjusting global physics constants.
- Runtime Scripting Interfaces - Ships a runtime scripting interface that allows users to extend core software functionality without compilation.
- Atmospheric Dynamics Modeling - Simulates realistic terrains and weather systems by controlling gravity and atmospheric pressure.
- Workflow Automation Scripts - Supports automating complex simulation workflows and extending functionality through a built-in scripting interface.
- Simulation API Extensions - Exposes core simulation functions to an external scripting language for automating workflows and extending behavior.
- Games and Emulation - Physics-based sandbox game.
- Media & Communication - Physics sandbox
Star history
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