[HN Gopher] The Rapier Physics Engine
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The Rapier Physics Engine
Author : alex_hirner
Score : 18 points
Date : 2020-08-25 22:08 UTC (2 days ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (www.dimforge.com)
| thecleaner wrote:
| Very poor choice of name.
| leephillips wrote:
| Why?
| DiabloD3 wrote:
| Do you not like swords?
| 0xdeadb00f wrote:
| They more than likely mean Rapier, the sword.
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| But honestly, I agree. Why would you _choose_ a name that
| sounds like this?
| [deleted]
| lago wrote:
| rename: Crumble It's made of rust, it's physics-y: crumble.
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| I think 'rapier' is not a good name, for (I hope) obvious
| reasons.
| cfcosta wrote:
| I'm not a native speaker, and searching on urban dictionary I
| could not find anything. What's the problem with the name?
| pastrami_panda wrote:
| > I think 'rapier' is not a good name, for (I hope) obvious
| reasons.
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| Fine I'll bite, why's it not a good name? I immediately thought
| of the type of sword and the thrusting action it implies -
| which feels apt in the context of physics engines... no?
| ccvannorman wrote:
| - cross platform bit level determinism
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| - fully serializable state
|
| Wow! Sounds like a boon for Javascript game engines like Bevy. I
| wonder if they'll support PlayCanvas as well.
| Impossible wrote:
| Bevy is a a Rust game engine https://bevyengine.org/, although
| potentially it could be used with js when targeting WASM.
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