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Google's New Tools for Game Development on Android

Original post New Tools for Game Development on Android

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Article Summary

Google just open-sourced a physics engine with fluid simulation and made Unity integration dead simple. If you're building mobile games, December 2013 brought some serious firepower to your toolkit.

Google announced major updates to its game development ecosystem, focusing on making advanced physics and cross-platform integration more accessible. The release includes both a new open-source library and improved tooling for popular game engines.

Key Takeaways

Critical Insight

Google is lowering the barrier to advanced game physics and cross-platform services, giving indie and mid-size studios tools previously reserved for larger teams.

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What This Article Covers

Problem

Game developers struggled to add realistic physics and fluid simulation to their games. Building these systems from scratch took significant time and required specialized expertise.

Solution

Google open-sourced LiquidFun, a C++ 2D physics library built on Box2D that includes particle-based fluid simulation. It comes with pre-built methods to compile for Android, Linux, OSX, and Windows.

Impact

Developers can now add advanced physics and fluid interactions to games across multiple platforms without as much complexity. This makes it easier to build more sophisticated gameplay experiences for the three out of four Android users who play games.

The fluid simulation demo shows something that could fundamentally change how players interact with game environments.

This page summarizes “New Tools for Game Development on Android” by Google, published Dec 11, 2013. All credit for the original work goes to the authors.

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