trolley

Kickstart your Box2D JavaScript experience!

See the builder demos for examples.

Trolley aims to find the currently best direct port of Box2D and make it easier to use.

• Easy install for browser, nodejs and bundler (e.g., webpack).
• Helper function for debug draw to a given canvas.
• Helper function for looping/running/stepping.
• Get-started builder interface for world building.

Trolley have used several ports, the current one is kripken/box2d.js, which is an emscripten-based direct port. This is the first time Trolley use a direct port from the original code.

Install

npm install @eirikb/trolley

Include

// From nodejs:
const trolley = require('@eirikb/trolley');

// From bundler (e.g., webpack):
import trolley from '@eirikb/trolley';

// From direct reference (e.g., CDN):
const trolley = window.trolley;

The installed script includes Box2D.

Builder

The world builder interface is available from trolley.world. See the builder demos for examples.

const world = trolley.world();
const body = world.body({ x: 10, y: 10, static: true });
body.box({ width: 2, height: 2 });
body.create();

Related

There are several 2D physics libraries for JavaScript today; PhysicsJS, p2.js, matter-js and pas lanck.js to mention some.
Of these planck.js is the most related one, as it’s a from-scratch JavaScript rewrite of Box2D.

License

zlib, same as box2d.js and Box2D.