The Powder Toy Portable 84.1 (physics sandbox game) Released

Submitted by depp.jones on November 11, 2012 - 11:11pm

logoThe Powder Toy Portable 84.1 has been released. The Powder Toy is a game of physics and fluid mechanics. You can play with different materials whose properties and influences are simulated. And it has explosives! This release updates The Powder Toy to the latest version and adds support for legacy CPUs. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

Features

ScreenshotHave you ever wanted to blow something up? Or maybe you always dreamt of operating an atomic power plant? Do you have a will to develop your own CPU? The Powder Toy lets you to do all of these, and even more! The Powder Toy is a free physics sandbox game, which simulates air pressure and velocity, heat, gravity and a countless number of interactions between different substances! The game provides you with various building materials, liquids, gases and electronic components which can be used to construct complex machines, guns, bombs, realistic terrains and almost anything else. You can then mine them and watch cool explosions, add intricate wirings, play with little stickmen or operate your machine. You can browse and play thousands of different saves made by the community or upload your own – we welcome your creations!

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PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format

The Powder Toy Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Platform including the Menu and Backup Utility.

Download

The Powder Toy Portable is available for immediate download from the The Powder Toy Portable homepage. Get it today!

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Comments

John T. Haller's picture

I added SSE2 detection to the launcher using a few lines of custom code and a Windows API call. So it will correctly use the legacy versions on older CPUs. Smile

Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!

PSkilton's picture

Thanks for the SSE2 detection! and the continuous updates! I hope everything in the Sandy affected areas are getting better!

Thanks,
PSkilton

I was on the website for this game and i saw that they have a beta of 84.2 and i was wondering if you would be able to package that in the app store as a separate download for those of us (including me) who prefer to have betas and developers builds to have the latest features

John T. Haller's picture

We have limited resources and only do betas for apps where there's a genuine need for it (like browsers or email clients to test upcoming features and extension compatibility) or major apps that are doing a big new release that could use more testers (GIMP for instance). Doing betas of games falls outside that realm. You're welcome to download their beta build and drop it into the PowderToyPortable's App directory. Or you could copy it to a new instance called PowderToyPortableBeta so our updater won't accidentally update it back to stable.

Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!

I'm going to have to read how to package programs as portable apps because I don't know how to do that but if i figure it out I will definitely try that thank you

John T. Haller's picture

You don't need to package it yourself. Just download the beta zip, unzip it, and place the right bits in the PowderToyPortable\App\PowderToy directory.

Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!

after i said that i downloaded it and saw how it was so i put it in its own folder now i have both thank you