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Box2D is a free open source 2-dimensional physics simulator engine written in C by Erin Catto and published under the MIT license. It has been used in Crayon Physics Deluxe, Limbo, Rolando, Incredibots, Angry Birds, Tiny Wings, Shovel Knight, Transformice, Happy Wheels, and many online Flash games, as well as iPhone, iPad and Android games using the Cocos2d or Moscrif game engine and Corona framework. It has also been used in the Unity game engine.
Box2D was first released as "Box2D Lite", a demonstration engine to accompany a physics presentation given by Erin Catto at GDC 2006. On September 11, 2007, it was released as open source on SourceForge. On January 17, 2010, Box 2D moved the project to Google Code for hosting. On July 12, 2015, hosting was moved again, this time to GitHub.
On March 6, 2008, version 2.0 was launched, introducing continuous collision detection and revamping the API.
On July 27, 2020, version 2.4 was launched, with a variety of changes, most notably the license was changed to the MIT License.
Box2D is itself written in platform-independent C (usable on any system with a C compiler available). The engine may be compiled in fixed point and floating point modes, and has been used on the Nintendo DS, Wii, and several mobile phones (including Android, BlackBerry 10 and iOS) as well as most major operating systems.
The engine has been ported to many other programming languages and environments, including Java, Adobe Flash (in ActionScript and Haxe languages), C#, Lua, JavaScript, and D. Bindings exist to use the compiled library from Python, DarkBASIC and BBC BASIC.
On October 30, 2009, it was announced that Box2D was being integrated into the (now older) Torque 2D game engine.
Box2D performs constrained rigid body simulation. It can simulate bodies composed of convex polygons, circles, and edge shapes. Bodies are joined with joints and acted upon by forces. The engine also applies gravity, friction, and restitution.
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Box2D
Box2D is a free open source 2-dimensional physics simulator engine written in C by Erin Catto and published under the MIT license. It has been used in Crayon Physics Deluxe, Limbo, Rolando, Incredibots, Angry Birds, Tiny Wings, Shovel Knight, Transformice, Happy Wheels, and many online Flash games, as well as iPhone, iPad and Android games using the Cocos2d or Moscrif game engine and Corona framework. It has also been used in the Unity game engine.
Box2D was first released as "Box2D Lite", a demonstration engine to accompany a physics presentation given by Erin Catto at GDC 2006. On September 11, 2007, it was released as open source on SourceForge. On January 17, 2010, Box 2D moved the project to Google Code for hosting. On July 12, 2015, hosting was moved again, this time to GitHub.
On March 6, 2008, version 2.0 was launched, introducing continuous collision detection and revamping the API.
On July 27, 2020, version 2.4 was launched, with a variety of changes, most notably the license was changed to the MIT License.
Box2D is itself written in platform-independent C (usable on any system with a C compiler available). The engine may be compiled in fixed point and floating point modes, and has been used on the Nintendo DS, Wii, and several mobile phones (including Android, BlackBerry 10 and iOS) as well as most major operating systems.
The engine has been ported to many other programming languages and environments, including Java, Adobe Flash (in ActionScript and Haxe languages), C#, Lua, JavaScript, and D. Bindings exist to use the compiled library from Python, DarkBASIC and BBC BASIC.
On October 30, 2009, it was announced that Box2D was being integrated into the (now older) Torque 2D game engine.
Box2D performs constrained rigid body simulation. It can simulate bodies composed of convex polygons, circles, and edge shapes. Bodies are joined with joints and acted upon by forces. The engine also applies gravity, friction, and restitution.
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