Physics Simulator

A custom-built physics engine implemented from scratch in C++ using SDL2. This project focuses on understanding the mathematics that goes into the making of powerful physics engines, while maintaining maximum efficiency.

Requirements

• C++ 17 compiler (GCC/Clang)
• SDL2 development libraries
• CMake (3.10 or higher)

Installation

Windows

Install MSYS2 From the terminal install the needed dependencies

pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-cmake mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-sdl2 mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-make

Fedora

To run the simulation, ensure that SDL2 is installed on your system. If you are using Fedora, you can install the development headers using:

sudo dnf install SDL2-devel

Build & Run

Create a build directory:

mkdir build
cd build

Generate build files and compile the source code:

cmake ..
make

Run the simulation:

./main