Physics Simulation in Python

In this repository, applied force and gravitational force on various objects are simulated in python. For the physics, we'll use Pymunk library and for the GUI, we'll use Pygame.

Initialization

To continue with this project, it is recommended to create a new virtual environment in python.

$ cd path/to/directory
$ python -m venv pyphysics

Now to activate the environment: Windows:

$ .\venv\Scripts\activate.bat

Mac OS / Linux

$ source venv/bin/activate

Installation

For this particular project, we'll use two external libraries pygame and pymunk. And for building the app to release version, we'll use pyinstaller.

$ pip install pygame pymunk pyinstaller

To be noted that the project uses some of the modern features of Python. So it is recommended to use Python version 3.10.* or updated ones.

Running

To run this app, simply write run the main file

$ python main.py

Building

To export it as an executable app, we'll use pyinstaller

$ pyinstaller --name PhysicsSimulator --onefile --windowed --icon=icon.ico main.py

It will make a PhysicsSimulator.exe at the dist/ folder. Now you can use it and make a Setup file.