Have you ever wanted to blow something up? Or maybe you always dreamt of operating an atomic power plant? Do you have a will to develop your own CPU? The Powder Toy lets you to do all of these, and even more!
Sand Painting Game. Try our updated version of our most-popular game, the Sand Painting Game! We replaced the Flash version with this HTML5 version, which allows you to play on all devices: computers, tablets and mobile phones! There is no end or goal of the game other than to create interesting patterns and have fun. Falling Sand is a cool particle simulation game about nature and how it works and you can play it online and for free on Silvergames.com. Play God in this simple, yet very interesting game and go from lava and stone to a nice and colorful forest using nothing else than nature's path.
The Powder Toy is a free physics sandbox game, which simulates air pressure and velocity, heat, gravity and a countless number of interactions between different substances! The game provides you with various building materials, liquids, gases and electronic components which can be used to construct complex machines, guns, bombs, realistic terrains and almost anything else. You can then mine them and watch cool explosions, add intricate wirings, play with little stickmen or operate your machine. You can browse and play thousands of different saves made by the community or upload your own – we welcome your creations!
There is a Lua API – you can automate your work or even make plugins for the game. The Powder Toy is free and the source code is distributed under the GNU General Public License, so you can modify the game yourself or help with development.
A falling sand game is a genre of video game and subgenre of sandbox games using a two dimensionalparticlegame engine.
The user can interact with (e.g. place and remove) particles on a canvas which can interact with other particles in various ways, which can lead to complex emergent behaviour.[1] As Sandbox games, they generally have an emphasis on free-form gameplay, relaxed rules, and minimal goals.[2]
History[edit]
Title | Year | Platform | Details |
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Falling sand game | 2005 | Java | A.K.A 'Hell of Sand' or 'World of sand'. Presumably the first game of its type[3][4][5][6] |
wxSand | 2006 | PC | The first standalone version[7] |
Powder Game | 2007 | Java, HTML5, Android, iOS | Multi-platform with liquid simulation[8] |
This is Sand | 2008 | Flash | Added changing the colour of the sand[9] |
The Powder Toy | 2010 | Windows, Linux, OS X, Android | Has liquid simulation[10][8] |
The Sandbox | 2012 | Flash, PC, Android, iOS | A whole game franchise going into 3D as well[11][12] |
Cortex Command | 2012 | PC | A side-scrolling action game [13] |
Noita | 2020 | PC | A hybrid of 'falling sand' style game with a Roguelike[8][14] |
The first known popular example in the 'falling sand' genre was a web-based Java applet on the Japanese Dofi-Blog in 2005[3][4] which was later expanded and rehosted as the 'Falling sand game',[4] which kick-started the genre as a trend and gave it its name.[15][5]
The genre is not limited to free play canvas-style games; games such as the 'Powder Game' contain additional mechanics, such as pressure based fluid simulation[citation needed] allowing for example water equalisation, and RPG elements such as controllable characters.
Noita blends the traditional sandbox physics with Roguelike RPG mechanics, with sophisticated playable characters and enemies.[16][17][14]
References[edit]
- ^bittker, max. 'making sandspiel'. maxbittker.com.
- ^'The History and Theory of Sandbox Gameplay'. www.gamasutra.com.
- ^ ab'DOFI-BLOG どふぃぶろぐ'. ishi.blog2.fc2.com.
- ^ abc'Overview'. Falling Sand Game.
- ^ ab'Falling Sand Game'. boredhumans.com.
- ^Carless, Simon (2005-12-24). 'Welcome to the World of Sand'. GameSetWatch. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
- ^Quilty-Harper, Conrad (2006-02-15). 'Falling Sand: The Sequel'. Joystiq. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
- ^ abc'From falling sand to Falling Everything: the simulation games that inspired Noita'. rockpapershotgun.com.
- ^'Digital Play: This Is Sand'. wired.com.
- ^'Explosive fun for students'. edgalaxy.com.
- ^'the sandbox'. metacritic.com.
- ^'The Sandbox gaming platform receives $2.5m investment'. finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^http://www.datarealms.com/games.php
- ^ ab'Sand Physics Go Wild in Noita'. techraptor.net.
- ^'Time Killer: The Sand Game (It's Great Fun)'. PC World.
- ^'Noita: a Game Based on Falling Sand Simulation'. 80.lv.
- ^'Noita wiki - Falling Sand Game'. gamepedia.com.
Falling Sand Game Original Version
History[edit]
Title | Year | Platform | Details |
---|---|---|---|
Falling sand game | 2005 | Java | A.K.A 'Hell of Sand' or 'World of sand'. Presumably the first game of its type[3][4][5][6] |
wxSand | 2006 | PC | The first standalone version[7] |
Powder Game | 2007 | Java, HTML5, Android, iOS | Multi-platform with liquid simulation[8] |
This is Sand | 2008 | Flash | Added changing the colour of the sand[9] |
The Powder Toy | 2010 | Windows, Linux, OS X, Android | Has liquid simulation[10][8] |
The Sandbox | 2012 | Flash, PC, Android, iOS | A whole game franchise going into 3D as well[11][12] |
Cortex Command | 2012 | PC | A side-scrolling action game [13] |
Noita | 2020 | PC | A hybrid of 'falling sand' style game with a Roguelike[8][14] |
The first known popular example in the 'falling sand' genre was a web-based Java applet on the Japanese Dofi-Blog in 2005[3][4] which was later expanded and rehosted as the 'Falling sand game',[4] which kick-started the genre as a trend and gave it its name.[15][5]
The genre is not limited to free play canvas-style games; games such as the 'Powder Game' contain additional mechanics, such as pressure based fluid simulation[citation needed] allowing for example water equalisation, and RPG elements such as controllable characters.
Noita blends the traditional sandbox physics with Roguelike RPG mechanics, with sophisticated playable characters and enemies.[16][17][14]
References[edit]
- ^bittker, max. 'making sandspiel'. maxbittker.com.
- ^'The History and Theory of Sandbox Gameplay'. www.gamasutra.com.
- ^ ab'DOFI-BLOG どふぃぶろぐ'. ishi.blog2.fc2.com.
- ^ abc'Overview'. Falling Sand Game.
- ^ ab'Falling Sand Game'. boredhumans.com.
- ^Carless, Simon (2005-12-24). 'Welcome to the World of Sand'. GameSetWatch. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
- ^Quilty-Harper, Conrad (2006-02-15). 'Falling Sand: The Sequel'. Joystiq. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
- ^ abc'From falling sand to Falling Everything: the simulation games that inspired Noita'. rockpapershotgun.com.
- ^'Digital Play: This Is Sand'. wired.com.
- ^'Explosive fun for students'. edgalaxy.com.
- ^'the sandbox'. metacritic.com.
- ^'The Sandbox gaming platform receives $2.5m investment'. finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^http://www.datarealms.com/games.php
- ^ ab'Sand Physics Go Wild in Noita'. techraptor.net.
- ^'Time Killer: The Sand Game (It's Great Fun)'. PC World.
- ^'Noita: a Game Based on Falling Sand Simulation'. 80.lv.
- ^'Noita wiki - Falling Sand Game'. gamepedia.com.