WiiPhysics

WiiPhysics
General
Author(s)	Beardface
Type	Simulation/TechDemo
Links
[[WiiPhysics-2.2.0b.tgz|Download]]
Source
Peripherals

WiiPhysics is a physics playground for the Wii, much like Crayon Physics or PocketPhysics. It uses Box2D and libwiisprite.

Project Info

Video

Demo video of WiiPhysics 2.1 in action:

SVN

The svn repository can be found here: wiiphysics.googlecode.com.

Donations

Enjoy wiiphysics so much that you feel obligated to buy a beer for the developer? Feel free, I like beer!

Releases

Coming Soon - Contact me to beta test the current development build

• Changelog:
  • +Added holding B to pan camera with cursor
  • +Reset Camera on delete all objects
  • +Added delete button (to selectively remove objects)
  • +Added Camera button for setting camera (or you can still use 1)
  • +Added Save/Load logic for saving and loading worlds
    • +place wii physics files in /apps/wiiphysics/
  • +Added on screen keyboard for saving to file.
  • +Added Save/Load Buttons
  • +Added New Rubber Band Joint, for all your elasticity needs
  • +Added new open pen mode, you can now draw closed polygons or lines. (line rider anyone?)
  • +Added zoom for clouds based on distance in sky (Realism Enhancement)

2008.10.26 - v2.2.0b

• • HBC 9 compatabile

2008.08.31 - v2.2.0

• Changelog:
  • +Added Weld Joint
  • +Added a second player (with limited capability)
    • (Second player can drag, toss, freeze, unfreeze shapes)
  • +Fixed Jumping of pen drawn shapes on create
  • +Fixed placement of pin (proper pin joints now)
  • +Added realistic grass.
  • +Fixed bugs and crashes. (Specficially related to pully)
  • +Restructured backend data management system.
  • +Fixed pointer detection for selecting rectangles.
  • +Added Support Button
  • +Increased Object Limits

2008.08.27 - v2.1.0

• Changelog:
  • +Added fully scrollable world with ground
    • up, down, left, right to pan (Or just move the pointer to the edge of the screen)
  • +Added minimap for scrolling around world
  • +Added ability to fix camera to an object for easy following around world
    • Hit 1 on any object to attach camera (works best on circles and squares)
    • (To detach, just hit 1 anywhere on the screen)
  • +Added sky, with dynamic clouds
    • (You now know when you are in freeze b/c the clouds stop moving)
  • +Fixed jumping of rectangles on draw
  • +Lots of bug fixes

2008.08.25 - v2.0.0

• Changelog:
  • +Added pen joint for moving dynamic objects
    • -You can now "Throw" objects
  • +Added distinction between objects that are frozen and mobile to make it obvious to the user whats frozen
  • +Fixed some bugs (Including crash from drawing small boxes)
  • +Keep objects from jumping when you select them
  • +Improved intro screen
  • +increased pen draw size
  • +started on framework for zoomable worlds

2008.07.08 - v1.3.0

• Changelog:
  • +In Game Help
  • +Pen Drawing added
  • +Reset Button Added
  • +Added BG Music
  • +Bug fixes
  • +Initial action sounds (Using Sndlib)
  • +Intro Screen while wiiphysics constructs
  • +Main Menu
  • +Added Prismatic (Slider) Joint
  • +Added Settings Menu
  • +Added configurable Color
  • +Added configurable Density
  • +Added Show/Hide Menu Button
  • +Increased world size (no longer hit the bottom with too many objects)
  • +Fixed layout
  • +Reset velocity to 0 if you grab an object
  • +Fixed Freeze Unfreeze (Hit B while you have object selected to swap)
  • +Dynamic Gravity Setting GUI
  • +Dynamic Restitution GUI (Change individual object bouncieness)
  • +Dynamic Friction GUI

2008.06.30 - v1.2

• Changelog:
  • +Removed need for /data directory, compacting wiiphysics into single boot.elf file
  • +Added Undo Button
  • +Pulleys, Ropes and Gears (Pin) work great now
  • +Improved Icons and layout
  • +Line Drawing works perfect now
  • +Many Bug fixes, clean up

2008.06.29 - v1.1

• Changelog:
  • +Added Line (Dynamic rectangle) Drawing
  • +Clear Screen Button
  • +Pulley/joint bug fixes to stop crashing!
  • +fixed layout a bit

2008.06.28 - v1.0-Initial Release

Contests

To show off some of the things you can do with wiiphysics; I'm going to start doing a weekly contest. No prizes sadly (Unless someone wants to step forward to sponsor and offer up a prize. But, the winner of the contest gets to choose the next weeks contest.) (A winner will be chosen by the wednesday following the contest end date).

• Currently no contests are underway.

Bug Reporting

Any feature requests/ issues you'd like fixed should be reported here: http://code.google.com/p/wiiphysics/issues/list

Physics Tools Overview

Tools Overview:

• Select - Use this tool to select objects, hold A to drag them around, hold A on an object and press B to toggle static/dynamic
• Pen Tool - Hold A and draw a line with the pen. When you release A the ends of the line join up to form a shape.
• Circle Tool - Press A to place a circle. Use + and - to increase/decrease the size.
• Square Tool - Press A to place a square. Use + and - to increase/decrease the size.
• Clear Screen (Bomb) - Clear everything. Useful to make some space, or when things start to lag.
• Undo - Undo the previous action.

Joints

• Rope Joint - Connect two objects by a rope
  • Click on two Objects to connect them
• PinJoint - Create a rotation joint using 2 objects
  • Single Click on on an object(s) to set up a rotation relationship
    • Clicking on a single object pins it to the screen. Clicking on two items stacked up pins those objects together (e.g. Ragdolls))
• Pulley Joint = Click on three objects to set up a pulley system
  • 2nd object is the pulley anchor
• Prismatic Joint = Click on two points to set up a slider joint.
• Weld Joint = Click on two objects to weld them together.

Object Control

• Mobile Objects - Select this to place dynamic objects which move and obey gravity
• Frozen Objects - Select this to place static objects which stay where you place them

Sim Control

• Run - Run the simulation.
• Stop - Freeze/pause the simulation. You should pause to place dynamic objects where you want them.

Controls

See in-game help for controls.

Icons