Box2D Announced for Torque 2D
We've given you sneak peeks of
Torque 2D development in previous blogs, but we've been holding out on some of the best features yet to come. Today the Torque team is proud to announce that the next version of our award-winning 2D game engine,
Torque 2D, will include Box2D physics.
The new 2D Physics Model system is what binds your in-game objects to the physics system. This model contains all the physics elements you'll ever need such as Bodies, Collision-Shapes, Joints, and Render-Actions. Other features include:
* Continuous collision detection
* Convex polygons and circles
* Multiple shapes per body
* Fast broadphase AABB queries
* Collision filters
* Continuous physics with time of impact island solver
* Persistent body-joint-contact graph
* Contact, friction, and restitution
* Revolute, prismatic, distance, and more joints
* Joint limits, motors, and friction
* Momentum decoupled position correction
* Reaction forces/impulses
Read more about
Box2D physics in the Torque 2D development blog.
Artists Unite: Unearthly Challenge
We here at
TorquePowered.com understand that art can make the difference between a mediocre game and a great one. That's why we are proud sponsors of the
Unearthly Challenge. The Unearthly Challenge gives environmental artists a chance to showcase their work. Each year the contest invites users from GameArtisans.org, Polycount.net, LeewiArt and CGTalk to show off their talent and represent their various communities.
One of the main requirements of the contest is to show the environment running inside a game engine or inside your art app lit in real-time, no renders allowed. With
Torque 3D's intuitive art pipeline and state-of-the-art rendering, you can really set your entry apart by proving that you art looks great and runs in a game environment.
As sponsors, TorquePowered will be giving away copies of Torque 3D to the grand prize winners. In addition, we will be scouting
our own forums and select one lucky team to win copies of Torque 3D for all their team members!
How can you participate without a copy of Torque 3D? Simple! Just download
the Unearthly Challenge Torque 3D demo from our site.
Read the
Torque blog to learn more about the Unearthly Challenge.
Featured Torque Game
Metal Drift is a vehicular sport combat game set in a distant future. As the player, you command an agile, high powered hover tank in a futuristic sports arena. Core game play centers on intense tank-on-tank team combat seen through an immersive, first person cockpit. Players can level up to unlock new ranks, weapons, skins, and upgrades.
Featured Developer
Based in Portland, Oregon,
Black Jacket Studios is the creative group behind the award winning action game Metal Drift. Co-founded by a former Torque developer, Black Jacket Studios is comprised of an experienced group of industry veterans devoted to building focused and fun casual and hard core games of all genres.
Featured 3rd Party Add-On
Arcane-FX, the popular special effects add-on for Torque, is now even better with a monumental version 2.0 upgrade. AFX 2.0 makes it easier than ever to create mind-blowing special effects for any game type. AFX 2.0 comes with all the core tech plus a huge list of special effects already made.
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