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- PlayForm: Human Dynamics
PlayForm Update 1
v1.1 - July 30th 2022: Fixes: Joints will now save and load correctly. Joints, Motors, Hinges, etc... no longer break and face North saving and loading. Decreased base volume of music. Unmuting music will instantly begi…
Store6 changesFixGameplay - PlayForm: Human Dynamics
PlayForm is out now on Steam!
PlayForm is out now on Steam! We look forward to everyone playing the game! :) The blue guy, named Stan, is a physically simulated character, also known as an "active ragdoll". An active ragdoll is basically a ragdoll w…
Event2 changesGameplay - PlayForm: Human Dynamics
Steam Release Date Reveal! Giant Waterslides!
PlayForm is coming to Steam July 27th 2022! After celebrating, Stan decided to have some fun at his local Waterpark! To make flowing water for the waterslide, we placed several water volumes along the length of the slid…
Announcement1 changeWorkshop - PlayForm: Human Dynamics
Massive Real-Time Buoyancy Simulation and Tessellated Dynamic Waves
Created a Massive Real-Time Buoyancy Simulation that creates a water turbulence hazard for our Active Ragdoll. Water impacts also produce tessellated dynamic waves! We wrote a custom buoyancy simulation that can simulat…
Announcement1 changeUI/audio - PlayForm: Human Dynamics
Water and Swimming
I added water and swimming. By sampling from the velocity and height field of nearby water surfaces, the character calculates what forces to apply. You can feel the waves crashing into you as you swim through them! The…
Announcement2 changesGameplayUI/audio - PlayForm: Human Dynamics
The Human Hamster Wheel Experiment
During development, I wanted to test how the character responded to moving surfaces. The easiest solution seemed to be to create a rotating hollow cylinder as it had a constant predictable velocity, but kept the player…
Announcement - PlayForm: Human Dynamics
Made an Procedural Climbing System!
When making the procedural climbing system, I wanted to ensure that Stan (our physically simulated human) could climb and grab on to both moving objects and complex surfaces. Once he reaches the top, he can vault over i…
Announcement - PlayForm: Human Dynamics
People Fight in the Chemical Plant Zone
Some more progress on development, we improved grabbing people in the game. Thanks for watching our development progress and your comments! Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv2LUqlC-q14LwUixjbgbGA…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - PlayForm: Human Dynamics
Toss People and Objects around with a Physics Force Gun
We added a physics force gun into the game, you can toss people and objects around using it! You can also freeze, rotate, or position objects with ease. Stan can equip this two handed gun, and swap between it and other…
Store2 changesGameplay
