Liquid physics

Other (objects, etc.) theme

Liquids and semi-solid substances (such as water, acid, lava, mud, etc.) flow, pool, and otherwise dynamically interacts with the world.

37
games
10
platforms

Alternate names: Liquid dynamics
Name variations: Water dynamics, Water physics

This is in contrast of the age old water being a static entity, possibly even at a static height. Some way for this was paved when scripted sequences of water interacting in more interesting ways were done, but this is the culmination of that. Insert a body of mass and simulate how it flows, impedes movement, fills rooms and so forth.

Earliest form of this was witnessed in old side-scrollers where each pixel was like a grain of sand, and with water, a droplet of water, however huge.
Related:
* Wildfire
* Physics

Related: (water)
* Water waves
* Watery (water theme)
* Hydrologic cycle

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Parent groups

Physics, Water

Games by year

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The first Liquid physics video game was released in 1991.

RedWolf Design, Ubisoft and GWE team published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 16
Linux 10
Mac OS X 3
PS3 2
Android 1
Archimedes 1
X360 1
Flash 1
MS-DOS 1
Internet Only 1