Physics engines

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This is a short comparison of 2d physics engines.

Chipmunk Box2d Phun
License MIT zlib Proprietary
Forums [1] [2] [3]
irc.freenode.net #pymunk #box2d -
Latest Release March 08 March 08 March 08
Language C C++ C++
Library Size 48 kb 1.7 mb ~ 1.5 mb
Platforms All All All
Python Bindings pymunk via SWIG -
XO Compatible yes (with max. 20 elements) probably (not yet tested) not yet (only with OpenGL)
Notes Fast Feature-Rich Feature-Rich


Download & Build Instructions

Chipmunk

  1. http://files.slembcke.net/chipmunk/release/ChipmunkLatest.tgz


Chipmunk, Python API & Examples

  1. http://www.linuxuser.at/elements/elements.zip


Box2d

  1. svn co https://box2d.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/box2d box2d
  2. Download and apply this patch: http://pippin.gimp.org/tmp/box2d-build-diff.txt
  3. run 'make'

If it fails with a suggestion to use the -fPIC flag, add it to Source/Makefile, line 13. So it looks like this: 

CXXFLAGS=   -g -O2 -fPIC


Phun

Binaries for Windows and Linux can be found here:

  1. http://phun.cs.umu.se/wiki/Download
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