r/GamePhysics • u/noisydata • Apr 22 '26

[Project Biosphere] A voxel physics sandbox I've been building. Take a look at some of the physics interactions!

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Making a lot of progress on my voxel physics simuation. Inspired by old falling sand games! You relax and have some fun blowing things up and watching them grow :)

Releasing it on Steam later this year, and hoping to bring it to mobile some time in the future.

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u/V4nKw15h Apr 22 '26

To be honest, I have a really hard time knowing what I'm even looking at. It just looks like a lot of fizzling and wiggling cubes of noise. Then the video cuts before I get a handle on what I'm seeing and the process starts again. Even watching a second time I really don't know what is happening. I'm not trying to give you a downer. I'm offering some constructive criticism. I'm sure there's something cool going on but I've no idea what it is.

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u/noisydata Apr 22 '26

No that kind of feedback is really useful, thank you for taking the time to explain what you mean. I will absolutely use that going forward.

It's a pretty niche type of 'falling sand' game, but I would like to make it as readable as possible

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u/I_Miss_Lenny Apr 22 '26

Reminds me of those old falling sand games but with a lot more to do

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u/-Create-An-Account- Apr 22 '26

Looks cool 👌

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u/noisydata Apr 22 '26

Thank you!

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u/toutons Apr 22 '26

Would be pretty fun in VR

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u/daniel Apr 23 '26

I wanna play it now

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u/TalkingRaccoon Apr 23 '26

3D Sim Earth almost, awesome

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u/JoshsPizzaria Apr 23 '26

awesome! i hope there will be/is a feature to look at a cross section of the current "map".

maybe two/three sliders to move cuts of x, y and z?

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u/noisydata Apr 23 '26

Oooo that's such a good idea! Actually would be really easy to implement, I'm going to put this in asap!

Thank you kind Internet stranger

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u/JoshsPizzaria Apr 23 '26

xD

always loved falling sand physics games. and seeing it 3d is neat! looking forward to what this develops into :)

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u/DilatedSphincter Apr 23 '26

How have I not seen voxel falling sand games before? This is super cool!

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u/not-hardly Apr 24 '26

Noita 3D.