Newton Game Dynamics

{{Short description|Physics engine}}

{{primary sources|date=January 2011}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Newton Game Dynamics

| logo =

| screenshot = File:RagDoll demo OGRE Newton 1.png demonstration. This demo uses "Newton Game Dynamics", free "OGRE" graphics engine, and free texture library "DevIL".]]

| caption = Ragdoll demonstration. This demo uses Newton Game Dynamics, the free OGRE graphics engine, and the free texture library DevIL.

| author = [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/by_year/developerId,7571/ Julio Jerez] & [http://newtondynamics.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7/ Alain Suero]

| developer =

| latest_release_version = 4.02

| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|2022|12|30}}{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/MADEAPPS/newton-dynamics/releases/tag/v4.02|title=Newton 4.02 stable release for 2023 · MADEAPPS/newton-dynamics|website=GitHub}}

| programming language = C++

| operating_system = Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS

| genre = Middleware

| license = zlib License

| website = [http://www.newtondynamics.com/ Newton Game Dynamics Homepage]

}}

Newton Game Dynamics is an open-source{{cite web |last=Jerez |first=Julio |url=http://newtondynamics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6541 |title=The Newton engine is now open source with a zlib license. |date=February 15, 2011 |accessdate=March 16, 2015}} physics engine for realistically simulating rigid bodies in games and other real-time applications. Its solver is deterministic and not based on traditional LCP or iterative methods.

Newton Game Dynamics is actively developed by Julio Jerez. Currently a new version which will take advantage of multi-core CPUs and GPUs is being developed.