Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Embark on a squishy adventure as I attempt to create a soft body physics simulation for a character with toxiclibs.js and p5.js! Code: thecodingtrain.com/challenges/177-soft-body-character
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p5.js Web Editor Sketches:
🕹️ Soft Body Character: editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/2PInK4yQ2
🕹️ Soft Body Character Enhanced: editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/6hhdl9omt
🕹️ Soft Body Dancing Skeleton: editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/dg1wrHrpg
🕹️ Soft Body Letters: editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/8MyUnoi13
🕹️ Blank Canvas: editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/ccwlnhtji
🎥 Previous video: youtu.be/h5ZNcAPXxew?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH
🎥 All videos: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH
References:
🔗 Nature of Code: https://nature-of-code-2nd-edition.netlify.app/
🔗 ToxicLibs.js: haptic-data.com/toxiclibsjs
🔗 ToxicLibs Java Reference: shiffman.github.io/toxiclibs-javadocs
🔗 Advanced Character Physics: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/academic/class/15462-s13/www/lec_slides/Jakobsen.pdf
🔗 Thi.ng: https://thi.ng/
Videos:
🚂 Toxiclibs Verlet Physics playlist: youtube.com/watch?v=E67e0RX-7Ew&list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6aiaU4s30tXvUmwGMlb9UUS
🚂 Matter.js playlist: youtube.com/watch?v=urR596FsU68&list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6bLh3T_4wtrmVHOrOEM1ig_
🎥 Physics of JellyCar: youtu.be/3OmkehAJoyo
🎥 The Making of Nokia and Friends: youtube.com/watch?v=g20QOQP6kSU
Related Coding Challenges:
🚂 20 3D Cloth with Toxiclibs: youtu.be/jrk_lOg_pVA
🚂 63 Texturing Cloth Simulation: youtu.be/JunJzIe0hEo
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:51 Physics libraries
5:30 Elements in ToxicLibs
5:47 Start coding
7:04 Object destructuring
8:10 Add gravity
9:00 Adding elements to the world
10:35 Updating the physics world
11:40 Adding a spring
15:23 Refactor code
18:07 Inheritance
18:57 Super class
23:31 Spring length
25:44 Create a closed-filled shape to draw the character
26:49 Suggestions for variations
27:07 Other types of springs
27:36 Update about the Nature of Code book!
28:56 Outro
Editing by Mathieu Blanchette
Animations by Jason Heglund
Music from Epidemic Sound
🚂 Website: thecodingtrain.com
👾 Share Your Creation! thecodingtrain.com/guides/passenger-showcase-guide
🚩 Suggest Topics: github.com/CodingTrain/Suggestion-Box
💡 GitHub: github.com/CodingTrain
💬 Discord: thecodingtrain.com/discord
💖 Membership: youtube.com/thecodingtrain/join
🛒 Store: standard.tv/codingtrain
🖋️ Twitter: twitter.com/thecodingtrain
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/the.coding.train
🎥 Coding Challenges: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH
🎥 Intro to Programming: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6Zy51Q-x9tMWIv9cueOFTFA
🔗 p5.js: p5js.org
🔗 p5.js Web Editor: editor.p5js.org
🔗 Processing: processing.org
📄 Code of Conduct: github.com/CodingTrain/Code-of-Conduct
This description was auto-generated. If you see a problem, please open an issue: github.com/CodingTrain/thecodingtrain.com/issues/new
#softbody #toxiclibs #verletphysics #p5js #javascript
Embark on a squishy adventure as I attempt to create a soft body physics simulation for a character with toxiclibs.js and p5.js! Code: thecodingtrain.com/challenges/177-soft-body-character
🚀 Watch this video ad-free on Nebula nebula.tv/videos/codingtrain-coding-challenge-177-soft-body-character
p5.js Web Editor Sketches:
🕹️ Soft Body Character: editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/2PInK4yQ2
🕹️ Soft Body Character Enhanced: editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/6hhdl9omt
🕹️ Soft Body Dancing Skeleton: editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/dg1wrHrpg
🕹️ Soft Body Letters: editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/8MyUnoi13
🕹️ Blank Canvas: editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/ccwlnhtji
🎥 Previous video: youtu.be/h5ZNcAPXxew?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH
🎥 All videos: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH
References:
🔗 Nature of Code: https://nature-of-code-2nd-edition.netlify.app/
🔗 ToxicLibs.js: haptic-data.com/toxiclibsjs
🔗 ToxicLibs Java Reference: shiffman.github.io/toxiclibs-javadocs
🔗 Advanced Character Physics: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/academic/class/15462-s13/www/lec_slides/Jakobsen.pdf
🔗 Thi.ng: https://thi.ng/
Videos:
🚂 Toxiclibs Verlet Physics playlist: youtube.com/watch?v=E67e0RX-7Ew&list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6aiaU4s30tXvUmwGMlb9UUS
🚂 Matter.js playlist: youtube.com/watch?v=urR596FsU68&list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6bLh3T_4wtrmVHOrOEM1ig_
🎥 Physics of JellyCar: youtu.be/3OmkehAJoyo
🎥 The Making of Nokia and Friends: youtube.com/watch?v=g20QOQP6kSU
Related Coding Challenges:
🚂 20 3D Cloth with Toxiclibs: youtu.be/jrk_lOg_pVA
🚂 63 Texturing Cloth Simulation: youtu.be/JunJzIe0hEo
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:51 Physics libraries
5:30 Elements in ToxicLibs
5:47 Start coding
7:04 Object destructuring
8:10 Add gravity
9:00 Adding elements to the world
10:35 Updating the physics world
11:40 Adding a spring
15:23 Refactor code
18:07 Inheritance
18:57 Super class
23:31 Spring length
25:44 Create a closed-filled shape to draw the character
26:49 Suggestions for variations
27:07 Other types of springs
27:36 Update about the Nature of Code book!
28:56 Outro
Editing by Mathieu Blanchette
Animations by Jason Heglund
Music from Epidemic Sound
🚂 Website: thecodingtrain.com
👾 Share Your Creation! thecodingtrain.com/guides/passenger-showcase-guide
🚩 Suggest Topics: github.com/CodingTrain/Suggestion-Box
💡 GitHub: github.com/CodingTrain
💬 Discord: thecodingtrain.com/discord
💖 Membership: youtube.com/thecodingtrain/join
🛒 Store: standard.tv/codingtrain
🖋️ Twitter: twitter.com/thecodingtrain
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/the.coding.train
🎥 Coding Challenges: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH
🎥 Intro to Programming: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6Zy51Q-x9tMWIv9cueOFTFA
🔗 p5.js: p5js.org
🔗 p5.js Web Editor: editor.p5js.org
🔗 Processing: processing.org
📄 Code of Conduct: github.com/CodingTrain/Code-of-Conduct
This description was auto-generated. If you see a problem, please open an issue: github.com/CodingTrain/thecodingtrain.com/issues/new
#softbody #toxiclibs #verletphysics #p5js #javascript
