History
Matali Physics was created in 2009 as a physics solution written entirely in C#, and dedicated for Microsoft XNA. The first complete version of the engine was released in November 2010, and it was further developed to July 2014 forming multi-platform, fully manage physics solution for .NET and Mono. In the meantime, from October 2013 to July 2014, was introduced simultaneous support for C++. A significant change took place in July 2014 with the release of version 3.0. Managed version of the engine was abandoned, and the engine was released solely with a new native core written entirely in modern C++. Another significant change took place in January 2018 with the release of version 4.0. The fourth major version of the engine and next updates brought the rapid development of additional modules, in particular the game framework as add-on based on physics simulation technology. In November 2019 the fifth major version of the engine moved Matali Physics to the group of solutions supporting the three main next-generation graphics APIs: DirectX 12, Vulkan and Metal on deskop and mobile platforms. A crucial change in the development of Matali Physics engine took place in July 2020 with the release of version 5.5. As of version 5.5, Matali Physics became an advanced 3d physics environment, and the physics engine developed so far, renamed to Matali Physics Core became the "heart" of the new environment. Currently, Matali Physics is intensively developed as an advanced, modern, multi-platform, high-performance 3d physics environment that integrates physics simulation, graphics nad sound into one total solution where creating complex interactions and behaviors is common and relatively easy.
Release dates:
- 2020/07/15 - Matali Physics 5.5.0.1
- Matali GamesImproved features:•Vehicle controllers
•Cursor handling
- 2020/07/07 - Matali Physics 5.5.0.0
- Matali Physics CoreNew features:•Comprehensive support for Android TV 9.0 Pie and higher
•Comprehensive support for Android Studio 4.0
•Comprehensive support for Android running on x86 or x64 architectureImproved features:•All controllers
•Ray casting API
•Sound objectsOther changes:•Change of physics engine name to Matali Physics Core
•New minimum requirement: Android Studio 4.0+, Android NDK r21d+
•Corrected API documentation in the CHM file formatMatali Render, Matali ContentNew features:•Comprehensive support for Android TV 9.0 Pie and higher
•Comprehensive support for Android Studio 4.0
•Comprehensive support for Android running on x86 or x64 architectureOther changes:•New minimum requirement: Android Studio 4.0+, Android NDK r21d+
•Corrected API documentation in the CHM file formatMatali SoundNew features:•Comprehensive support for Android TV 9.0 Pie and higher
•Comprehensive support for Android Studio 4.0
•Comprehensive support for Android running on x86 or x64 architectureImproved features:•Sound processingOther changes:•New minimum requirement: Android Studio 4.0+, Android NDK r21d+
•Corrected API documentation in the CHM file formatMatali GamesNew features:•Matali Physics Demo for Android TV
•Advanced examples of destruction modeling
•Comprehensive support for Android Studio 4.0Improved features:•General gamepad handling
•Input handling
•Sound handling
•Character controllers
•Vehicle controllersOther changes:•New minimum requirement: Android Studio 4.0+, Android NDK r21d+
•Improved Matali Physics Demo on all supported platforms
- 2020/04/20 - Matali Physics 5.3.0.0
- Matali Physics, Matali Render, Matali ContentNew features:•Comprehensive support for tvOS 11 and higherOther changes:•New minimum requirement: Xcode 11+
•Corrected API documentation in the CHM file formatMatali SoundNew features:•Comprehensive support for tvOS 11 and higher
•Comprehensive support for Core Audio API on macOS, iOS, iPadOS and tvOSOther changes:•Removed support for OpenAL API on macOS, iOS and iPadOS
•New minimum requirement: Xcode 11+
•Corrected API documentation in the CHM file formatMatali GamesNew features:•Matali Physics Demo for tvOSImproved features:•General gamepad handling
•Input handlingOther changes:•New minimum requirement: Xcode 11+
•Improved Matali Physics Demo on all supported platforms
If you are looking for information about future releases of Matali Physics, check out our roadmap for the environment.