History Main / VideoGamePhysics

That amazing programming breakthrough that gives breasts (amongst [[FetishFuel other things]]) realistic bouncing animation.

That amazing programming breakthrough that gives breasts realistic bouncing animation.

You can pull off a full-on baseball slide from a complete standstill, with enough force to break down a wall. Oh, and you're invulnerable to bullets while doing so.

See ArtMajorPhysics.

Chronicled herein are all the little things that cause objects in videogames to work differently from, say, objects in your backyard, for the purpose of [[RuleOfFun being]] [[RuleOfCool awesome.]]

See ArtMajorPhysics.
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* AirAidedAcrobatics \\
Using fans or wind to jump to normally-unreachable places.
* BodyArmorAsHitPoints \\
Rather than protecting bodily areas, body armor just gives you bonus HitPoints.
* BoomHeadshot \\
It's always better to go for the head instead of the torso or other larger target.
* CobwebTrampoline \\
A spiderweb is always used as a trampoline.
* CollisionDamage \\
Just touching an enemy will damage or kill the player.
* DepthPerplexion \\
In video games, foreground and background aren't always as separated as they appear to be.
* DirectionallySolidPlatforms \\
Platforms that are solid from certain sides only (most notably, above).
* EdgeGravity \\
Where the edge of a platform actively resists the player's motion over it.
* FloatingPlatforms \\
Because it's much easier than building proper structural supports.
* FrictionlessIce \\
A place or puzzle where every step on an ice patch makes you continue in that direction, unable to move or stop.
* GravityScrew \\
A GimmickLevel which messes around with gravity in some way.
* GroundPound \\
The player jumps, ducks or crouches in the air, and comes down powerfully onto the ground.
* GroundShatteringLanding \\
Characters who can land with such an impact that it can break the ground beneath them
* HitTheGroundHarder \\
Characters who can speed up to beyond fatal falling velocity to completely or partially negate fall damage.
* HomingProjectile \\
A projectile that constantly curves toward its target.
* Instant180DegreeTurn \\
A character or an object the player is controlling, can turn 180 (different number in 3D games) degrees in an instant.
* InvisibleGrid \\
A mainly 3D game mechanic that limits where you can move, jump, and/or land so that you are always on an invisible grid.
* JigglePhysics \\
That amazing programming breakthrough that gives breasts realistic bouncing animation.
* JumpPhysics \\
It's very different in a PlatformGame than it is in real life.
** DoubleJump \\
You jump, then you jump again. No, it shouldn't be possible, but it's fun.
** WallJump \\
You know when your parents said you were driving them up the wall? Here's how you actually do it.
* {{Knockback}} \\
Taking damage results in being knocked aside, whether the attack in question would reasonably be expected to do that or not.
** KnockbackEvasion \\
Frequently, a method is provided to completely avoid knockback, even for attacks that should reasonable be expected to knock you aside.
* LadderPhysics \\
Ladders in games act strangely, like letting you climb them while having both arms free.
* NotTheFallThatKillsYou \\
One must impact the ground to get killed.
** FallingDamage \\
When impacting the ground merely hurts you rather than outright killing you.
* PainfullySlowProjectile \\
Bullets, arrows, or sundry other super-fast shooty things will move slowly enough to defend or dodge.
* ParasolParachute \\
An umbrella or parasol used as a parachute. Plus it keeps the rain off!
* ProjectilePlatforms \\
Game physics so abstracted from reality that a character can ride what is ostensibly a projectile without changing its trajectory.
* RagdollPhysics \\
Games that use increasingly realistic physics for all objects, especially dead enemies.
* RecoilBoost \\
Firing rapidly in a direction opposite of where you want to go will give you a good push sideways or even upward.
* ReflectingLaser \\
Lasers that can reflect off of ''any'' flat surface.
* RoadRunnerPC \\
You are always one of the fastest things in the game world.
* RocketJump \\
Using explosives to propel the player to normally unreachable places.
* SelectiveGravity \\
Gravity is only applied to some things; others are totally immune.
* SetSwordsToStun \\
A weapon's lethality is directly proportional to its user's desire to kill. Bladed weapons can cause nonlethal damage.
* ShockwaveStomp \\
Where a boss or character can smash on the ground and send out a wave of energy that causes damage.
* SpringJump \\
An ability in video games that sends your character rocketing straight upwards, and is much more powerful than ordinary JumpPhysics.
* SpringySpores \\
You can use Mushrooms as trampolines.
* TeleFrag \\
Trying to teleport somewhere that's already occupied. Leaves a mess.
* TremorTrampoline \\
When an earthquake or violent impact causes characters to bounce about.
* VentPhysics \\
Conveniently placed air vents give you the boost you need.
* VeryHighVelocityRounds \\
You've slowed down time, and while enemy bullets will crawl like molasses, yours go at normal speed.
* VideoGameFlight \\
Video games that actually let your character fly freely about the world.
* WalkDontSwim \\
Your character can't swim when underwater, just walk around and jump higher, or ''lower''.
* WallCrawl \\
The ability to scale vertical surfaces.
* WreakingHavok \\
Where the coolness of the physics engine conspicuously draws attention to itself rather than meshing with the rest of the gaming experience.
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Platforms not solid from certain sides only (most notably, above).

That amazing programming breakthrough that gives breasts [[YourMileageMayVary realistic]] bouncing animation.

Trying to teleport somewhere that's already occupied. Leaves a mess.

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* HitTheGroundHarder

In video games, the top of a tower can block a character on the ground, and bullets can go through walls by going in front of them.

* [[{{ptitle3l7hgk0f}} Walk, Don't Swim]] \\

* ReverseBladeSword \\
A weapon's lethality is directly proportional to its user's desire to kill. Bladed weapons can cause nonlethal damage.

Where the coolness of the physics engine conspicuously draws attention to itself rather than meshing with the rest of the gaming experience.