Avian is getting pretty big nowadays! To mark the start of a new release cycle, I spent some time improving our processes moving forward.

Notably, Avian now stores migration guides in-repo, similar to Bevy:
github.com/avianphysics...

I just released version 0.4 of Avian, an ECS-driven physics engine for @bevy.org.

This is the biggest release yet, featuring 3x performance(!), overhauled forces and joints, voxel colliders, Bevy 0.17 support, and much more.

As always, release notes can be found here:
joonaa.dev/blog/09/avia...

Today, I finally merged simulation islands for Avian!

Islands are graph-like structures where bodies are connected via contacts or joints. They are used for sleeping and waking, which is crucial for reducing CPU overhead for large scenes with many dynamic bodies.

github.com/Jondolf/avia...

Mesh slicing

Merged an overhaul of Avian's force APIs. This one went through quite a lot of bikeshedding and numerous redesigns, but I quite like how it turned out!
github.com/Jondolf/avia...

Today I merged one of my personal most anticipated improvements to Avian: a parallel solver with graph coloring!
github.com/Jondolf/avia...

I got to do a little game dev for once, for #bevy Jam #6! Our team's submission is Chainboom, a first-person shooter where you shoot your way through waves of exploding zombies, chaining together explosions to survive amidst the chaos.
janhohenheim.itch.io/chainboom

I just released version 0.3 of Avian, an ECS-driven #physics engine for @bevyengine.org.

Highlights include observable collision events, collision hooks, physics diagnostics, reworked contact pair management, and Bevy 0.16 support.

The announcement can be found here:
joonaa.dev/blog/08/avia...

Swimming controls and Archimedes' principle 🛟🏊

#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegame #BevyEngine

Implemented some overengineered physics diagnostics for Avian to monitor various timers and counters in real-time, along with a pretty UI overlay for displaying them. This is very useful for profiling and optimizing Avian itself, but will also let users see what time is being spent on.

Lights On, Suspension Gone. 🫠

🐦 migrated to #bevyengine v0.15
🦅 migrated to avian3d v0.2
🦅 ..a physics engine by @jondolf.bsky.social
🐋 improved car physics
✨ added car lights
🦄 changed shading style

#rustlang #gamedev

Just released the Avian 0.2.1 patch release, with a number of important bug fixes and small improvements. Now I can go back to focusing on implementing cool new stuff :)
github.com/Jondolf/avia...

While working on my game using the #bevyengine, I keep tweaking and iterating on my vehicle controller (using @jondolf.bsky.social's Avian physics) and it's getting close, I can feel it. #gamedev

Over the past week, I've been cooking up lots of improvements to Avian's narrow phase. Contact hooks, a contact graph, bit sets for efficiently processing contact state changes, and overall better and more performant contact pair management.

Avian is an ECS-driven physics engine for @bevyengine.org, with a focus on ergonomics and modularity.

I just released version 0.2, which includes a *ton* of new features and quality-of-life improvements. An announcement blog post with release notes can be found here: joonaa.dev/blog/07/avia...

Heya BlueSky! I'm a university student and the author of the ECS-driven Avian physics engine for @bevyengine.org. I'll likely be posting some progress updates and cool showcases here every now and then. In fact, there's one coming right up!