# Post links to good physics-heavy online games/puzzles. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 27, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-links-to-good-physics-heavy-online-games-puzzles/478870 "2008-12-27T20:36:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-links-to-good-physics-heavy-online-games-puzzles/478870/1 "2008-12-27T20:36:22Z")
I am going bonkers with boredom. So Post some online games that make clever use of physics (springs, joints, gravity, ragdoll, stuff like that) ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-links-to-good-physics-heavy-online-games-puzzles/478870/2 "2008-12-28T09:06:32Z")
[Here ya go.](http://www.experimentalgameplay.com/game.php?g=456) Dowenload link near top; scroll down for many more. Big fun. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-links-to-good-physics-heavy-online-games-puzzles/478870/3 "2008-12-28T10:19:00Z")
FunMotion has a cool [list of physics games](http://www.fun-motion.com/list-of-physics-games/), most of which are of the download variety, but some are playable online. Jay Is Games also keeps track of [downloadable and Flash-based online physics games](http://jayisgames.com/tag/physics) through tags. There’s also a fun physics-based Incredible Machine-type contraption game called [Fantastic Contraption](http://fantasticcontraption.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-links-to-good-physics-heavy-online-games-puzzles/478870/4 "2008-12-30T02:17:51Z")
Odd that you would ask this now. Just earlier this week I was reminiscing about a couple of old DOS games that relied on physics. One was a tank game where you had to enter the angle and power for your projectile to try to kill your opponent while factoring in wind and terrain. The other was a space based combat where there were large objects with gravity fields affecting your torpedo. A quick google found me [this](http://homokaasu.org/gasgames/game.gas?21) gravity game. Going to continue looking for the tank thing though. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-links-to-good-physics-heavy-online-games-puzzles/478870/5 "2008-12-30T02:34:11Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Odd that you would ask this now. Just earlier this week I was reminiscing about a couple of old DOS games that relied on physics. One was a tank game where you had to enter the angle and power for your projectile to try to kill your opponent while factoring in wind and terrain. The other was a space based combat where there were large objects with gravity fields affecting your torpedo. > > A quick google found me [this](http://homokaasu.org/gasgames/game.gas?21) gravity game. Going to continue looking for the tank thing though. [Scorched Earth](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorched_Earth_%28computer_game%29) must be the DOS game – _everyone_ played that game. I loved it. The space version of it sounds like the most excellent Warheads. ---
**Author:** ![Pseudocode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/59ef9b/32.png) [@Pseudocode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pseudocode)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-links-to-good-physics-heavy-online-games-puzzles/478870/6 "2008-12-30T02:58:50Z")
Here are some suggestions [from the last time](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=485774) this question was asked. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-links-to-good-physics-heavy-online-games-puzzles/478870/7 "2008-12-30T18:35:48Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > A quick google found me [this](http://homokaasu.org/gasgames/game.gas?21) gravity game. Going to continue looking for the tank thing though. Ok, I think I have now officially seen everything. That site has a wanking game! > **[g̴̢̛a҉s̷̨ t̵ ̶̛║▒l͝i҉ģ̵͞ã̸š̷ ̸͡gch͢░▓ ģ̷a̷̧s ̵̢g̴̀c̴h̶̀](https://homokaasu.org/gasgames/game.gas?25)** ---
**Author:** ![Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petrobey_Mavromihalis)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-links-to-good-physics-heavy-online-games-puzzles/478870/8 "2008-12-31T10:37:37Z")
This is one I’m doing at the moment. More engineering than Physics, but will definitely kill loads of time. It’s a bit odd at first, but once you get your head round it, very compelling: [The Codex of Alchemical Engineering](http://www.zachtronicsindustries.com/alchemy/alchemy.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-links-to-good-physics-heavy-online-games-puzzles/478870/9 "2008-12-31T10:46:38Z")
[http://jogos.hex.com.br/jogo/coconut-run/](http://jogos.hex.com.br/jogo/coconut-run/) Fun until you get a pretty good design, then it gets repetitive. It’ll kill 15 minutes though. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-links-to-good-physics-heavy-online-games-puzzles/478870/10 "2009-01-07T17:51:40Z")
> [@Captain\_C](#): > > [http://jogos.hex.com.br/jogo/coconut-run/](http://jogos.hex.com.br/jogo/coconut-run/) > Fun until you get a pretty good design, then it gets repetitive. It’ll kill 15 minutes though. Wow I’m stumped. I can’t see a way of getting the cart to move other than building a ramp, in which case the cart has to be tiny and moves too fast to get any coconuts in it but not fast enough to traverse much of the terrain. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-links-to-good-physics-heavy-online-games-puzzles/478870/11 "2009-01-07T17:53:27Z")
Here’s a new one: Nitrome’s [Icebreaker.](http://www.nitrome.com/games/icebreaker/) ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-links-to-good-physics-heavy-online-games-puzzles/478870/12 "2009-01-07T18:43:20Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > Wow I’m stumped. I can’t see a way of getting the cart to move other than building a ramp, in which case the cart has to be tiny and moves too fast to get any coconuts in it but not fast enough to traverse much of the terrain. 😕 You’re supposed to use the arrow keys to give it speed. That said, I’d like to kick the developer in the nutsack. There’s no way in design to determine if two pieces are actually connected. You can’t readjust pieces. Once you start, there’s no way to go back to the drawing board with the same design and make minor modifications; you have to start all over from scratch each time. As for a good physics based game, try armadillo run (at [armadillorun.com](http://armadillorun.com)). There are some clipping issues, and it’s not really 3-d, but it’s worth paying $20 for the full game. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-links-to-good-physics-heavy-online-games-puzzles/478870/13 "2009-01-08T14:50:15Z")
> [@JustAnotherGeek](#): > > You’re supposed to use the arrow keys to give it speed. doh! I failed to see that in the instructions for some reason. OK I managed to make a fairly spare design and get it across the track with no loss of coconuts and it still gave me 0%. Although at the end of the track, on the final ramp, it bounces against the screen wall. Maybe there’s some hidden trick there.