Articulus

Connect rigid bodies with joints to build machines and vehicles in this physics sandbox

Tech

• Phaser 3 - game engine
• Matter - physics engine
• Supabase - PostgreSQL database hosting + api
• Next.js - React framework

TODO

• New types of physics objects!
  • sticky wheel
  • magnets
  • controllable wheels
  • piston
• dynamic terrain e.g. move along path, or as free bodies
• premade levels
• add goal e.g. get the thing to the end
• scoring system (time? object count?)
• user login system
• high score system
• show user that object placement is invalid while placing/dragging object
• undo/redo capability
• copy/paste keyboard shortcuts
• multiplayer world
• add a start screen

Work in progress

• ability to view and import from your saved builds
• user authentication
• thrusters

Known bugs

• resizing multiple rotated shapes does not accurately skew the shapes
• can drag existing objects overtop other objects. this should be disallowed

Credits

• inspired by the flash game Fantastic Contraption.