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This blog will be a diary of my progress while developing my own physics engine, named Box3D as it's Box2D extended to the third dimension.

Currently some progress has already taken place.

• I already have ported Box2D Lite, but only with support for spheres.
• DynamicTree has been extended to 3D, but not thoroughly tested.

Some things that are not done with the basic engine are -

• Any shapes other then spheres.
• Shape abstraction, needed so I can have different types of shapes.
• 3D angular velocity stuff. Need to add inertia matrix stuff.
• Actually use the DynamicTree for broad phase collision.
• Add interfaces for broad phase, controllers, etc.
• Add more shapes. Need to write my own collision engine.
• Tons of other stuff!

Some of my goals for the engine -

• Spheres, Boxes, and Heightfield shapes.
• Contact persistence.
• Ball-Socket joint.
• Learn a ton about physics simulation.