Grand Theft Auto 4….PHUN….Science I.C.T. Challenge trophy
Posted by: john west in Phun, gamingHave you ever wondered how cars, bikes helicopters and people move around in games like Grand Theft Auto 4.
Objects that move around in the real world follow Newton’s laws of motion. To develop software that mimics the real world you need to understand the physics of motion.
Rockstar North is the developer behind Grand Theft and they are based in Edinburgh Scotland. They are currently advertising for a physicist and people to test their games to check that they are realistic!
Phun is an educational, entertaining and addictive piece of software for designing and exploring 2D multi-physics simulations in a cartoony fashion and you can download it for free.
ICT Challenge trophy
Release your artistic and scientific skills. Dowload PHUN and use it to illustrate a physics concept (friction, gravity, collsions, billiard table etc)
There are three different categories for junior and senior students and a separate category for enthusiastic parents.
email mr West as an expression of interest and for further details ( john.west@greenbayhigh.school.nz ). Have PHUN
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September 13th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
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September 18th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Great post
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johnwest Reply:
September 20th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
thanks for the feedback
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