Pooltool just underwent a massive graphics overhaul (Tue, Oct 26, 2021, by evan) pooltool: 5
I completely revamped the graphical look of pooltool and document my progress along the way
Homepage of pooltool
- pooltool is an open source sandbox billiards game that emphasizes realistic physics.
- It is designed for both gamers and researchers
- gamers can play different styles of pool (8-ball, 9-ball, etc.) in a 3D-rendered environment that emphasizes physical realism
- researchers interested in pool physics, game theory, camera-projector systems, AI, robotics, and other billiards-related research topics can efficiently simulate shots using pooltool’s API, experiment with different physics models and shot evolution algorithms, and visualize programmatically-defined shots
Blog summaries
Blog #1 - 04/21/2020
- I do a literature review on the physics of billiards
- I outline and explain the models I plan to use for each physical process
Blog #2 - 12/20/2020
- I research different shot evolution algorithms
- I discover the event-based shot evolution algorithm by Leckie and Greenspan
- I describe in honestly excruciating detail the ins and outs of the algorithm
Blog #3 - 03/25/2021
- I start pooltool
- I develop a prototypical pool simulator that can evolve shots according to a discrete time stepping algorithm, or the event-based algorithm
- I create a 2D, non-interactive visualization of simulated shots using pygame
Blog #4 - 08/11/2021
- I graduate to panda3d
- I render all essential objects and HUD (badly)
- I implement all foreseeable user controls
- I defined different game modes that the user can play (8-ball and 9-ball)
Blog #5 - 10/26/2021
- I learn blender
- I model a table, balls, a cue, and a room
- I implement a collision resolver so the cue doesn’t intersect with geometry
Links
Blog posts for "pooltool"
Pooltool is now an open source billiards video game rendered in 3D (Sat, Apr 17, 2021, by evan) pooltool: 4
Turning the simulator into an interactive, 3D game with panda3d
Creating a billiards simulator: the transition from equations to code (Thu, Mar 25, 2021, by evan) pooltool: 3
A preliminary implementation of pooltool that supports visualization with pygame
The algorithmic theory behind pool/billiards simulation (Sun, Dec 20, 2020, by evan) pooltool: 2
A dive into the algorithmic theory behind pool simulation
The physics of pool/billiards (Fri, Apr 24, 2020, by evan) pooltool: 1
A dive into the physics theory behind pool