GamePhysicsJS

Game Physics JS

This project aims to summarize the theory of 3D physics and implement it into a small JS library.

Summary

• 1. Introduction

Particle Physics

• 1. Mathematics of particles
• 1. Laws of motion
• 1. Particle physics engine

Mass aggregate physics

• 1. Adding general forces
• 1. Springs
• 1. Hard constraints
• 1. Mass aggregate physics engine

Rigid Body Physics

• 1. The maths of rotations
• 1. Laws of motion for rigid bodies
• 1. Rigid body physics engine

Collision detection

• 1. Collision detection
• 1. Generating contacts

Contact physics

• 1. Collision resolution

Implementation

Resources

• Ian Millington’s Game Physics Engine Development (mainly)
• Gabor Szauer’s Game Physics Cookbook
• Gregory Hodges’s Game Physics in a weekend
• David H. Eberly’s Game Physics
• Kenwright’s Game Physics: a practical introduction
• Cody Ebberson’s js13k 3D physics

Other resources to consider

• David M. Bourg’s Physics for Game Developers
• Danny Kodicek’s Mathematics and Physics for Programmers
• Christer Ericson’s Real-Time Collision Detection
• Gino van den Bergen’s Collision Detection in Interactive 3D Environments and Game Physics Pearls
• Game engine architecture books (David H. Eberly, Jason Gregory, …)