PSE Game Physics - Summer 13

Term

SS 13

Lecturer

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Bungartz,
Sebastian Rettenberger,
Roland Wittmann,
Oliver Meister

Time and Place

to be announced

Audience

Studenten der Informatik (Bachelor)

Tutorials

-

Exam

-

Semesterwochenstunden / ECTS Credits

6 SWS (6P) / 10 Credits

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Course is held in German, the slides are in English.

Contents

A simple game physics engine is developed in this lab. Starting with simple time steps for moving rigid body objects you will successively extend your developments by collision detection, rotations, friction, etc. to obtain a game physics engine.

Topics:

• Introduction to game engines (Visualization, physics, scripting, ...)
• Game-Physics (Force, momentum, torque, ...)
• Game-Math (Numerical approximations, accuracy, time-steps, ...)
• Modelling of springs, Ropes
• Collision detection
• Resolving of interpenetrations
• Friction
• ...

Prerequisites

• Preliminary knowledge in C++ is advantageous, but it's no prerequisite. However, you should have experiences in object-oriented programming - e.g. Java programming.
• No prior knowledge about visualization is necessary: A framework for visualization, interactivity and the interface for the physics is given. Thus you'll only have to implement the physics part.
• Also no prior knowledge about physics is necessary. We'll give a short introduction to physics.

Timeline

• preliminary session: to be announced

Timetable

to be announced

Number	Topic	Worksheet	Presentation Slides	Date

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

If you have a question, first take a look at our FAQ Website: PSE Game Physics - Summer 13 - FAQs

Recommended Literature

• Game Physics Engine Development, Ian Millington
• Real-Time Collision Detection, Christer Ericson
• Game Physics, David E. Eberly

Preview

• Hanging Bridge simulated with ropes:

• Falling objects (Cubes, Spheres):

• Many balls: