Racetrack is a game with
very simple rules which nonetheless does a surprisingly good job of simulating the acceleration, braking, and handling of a race car. It can teach not only about inertia and kinematics, but also about optimal racing lines. Racetrack can be played with nothing more than a piece of graph paper and a pen, but there is also an online implementation called
Vector Racer.
posted by 256
on Aug 11, 2012 -
42 comments
Sprocket Rocket is a physics game whose goal is to collect sprockets to unlock argumentations to your egg shaped rocket ship
(and school you about IP law but you can ignore that part).
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posted by Mitheral
on May 31, 2010 -
41 comments
Blosics 2 is a physics game. Throw blocks off the stage by shooting balls at them. There are many types of blocks, there are many types of balls. 30 levels to finish. (flash, music/sound effects optional)
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posted by crunchland
on Mar 9, 2010 -
26 comments
Friday Flash Fun: Green Moon Lab! Manipulate gravity and momentum to get to the exit in this sleek, simple,
Portal-esque physics puzzler. Contains twenty levels plus an unlockable challenge mode. A little weak in the writing department, but the drunken swooping gameplay more than makes up for it. (
via)
posted by Rhaomi
on Mar 13, 2009 -
16 comments
Physics Invader takes the classic Space Invaders idea and, as you might guess from the name, adds physics. Extra points awarded for pushing the heaps of Invader corpses off the edge of the screen! PEW PEW PEW!
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posted by 40 Watt
on Oct 26, 2008 -
19 comments
This little game lets you learn about G Forces AND have fun. From the University of Cambridge's Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies.
You must build a roller coaster that thrills the occupants, but be warned - if they throw up your score gets reset, and making them black out is also frowned upon.
posted by SciencePunk
on May 2, 2008 -
12 comments
[Friday Flash Fun]
Gravity Pods, a physics-based shooter/puzzle where you use special gravity pods and repellers to alter the course of a projectile and avoid barriers to hit a target.
posted by aerotive
on Jul 27, 2007 -
25 comments
The demo scene is
alive and
well. Showing off just what can be done with your computer with
tiny programs (serious hardware required, video link included). The point of this post?
Sumotori Dreams. A physics based game packed into 96k. It's not the gameplay itself which is so great, it's the stumbling drunk AI characters. Play a round, then sit back and
watch them stumble (youtube). Safe for work, if gales of laughter don't draw suspicion.
posted by tomble
on Apr 25, 2007 -
49 comments
Fun Motion - a blog dedicated to physics-simulating games, currently with 49 reviews (and counting) of well known favorites like Stair Dismount and Truck Dismount, Towers of Goo, Toribash and many, many more. (A follow up to my
previous YouTube post.)
Kiss your precious, fleeting motes of productivity goodbye, cube-farmers!
posted by loquacious
on Oct 19, 2006 -
26 comments
Thursday non-flash fun:
Pendulumania! (Direct link
here.) Swing the ball around to hit the targets, but don't let your line break.
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posted by squidlarkin
on Jul 14, 2005 -
8 comments
Rekkaturvat: You've already pushed a hapless dummy
down the stairs. Now you can see what happens when that same guy
gets behind the wheel - or at least inside the cab - of a truck speeding toward a wall. Scant on documentation, but not hard to figure out (the 1 and 2 sliders control the position of two ramps). Anyone find a good technique for a high score? (2 MB Windows .exe)
posted by wanderingmind
on Aug 3, 2003 -
51 comments
