Recently I have written an introductory tutorial on how to program your own soft body simulations in real-time environments. Here are some of the things that you will be able to create by the end of the tutorial:

Cloth Simulation

Slinky Simulation

Chain Simulation

This article won three prizes:

• Best Physics Knowledge Base Entry
  Intel Havok Physics Contest (March 2009)
• Community Voting Prize
  Intel Havok Physics Contest (January 2009)
• First Prize
  Ziggyware Fall 2008 XNA Article Contest (December 2008)

Downloads: PDF tutorial file (913.1 kB) | Source codes (639.7 kB)

NOTE: It assumes that you are an absolute beginner in physics simulation programming, but it does assume that you know about object-oriented programming. The tutorial uses XNA 3.0, which is the framework used for creating games on the PC, Xbox 360 and the Zune (Microsoft’s MP3 player). The language used is C#.

Hope you like the article!

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