Английская Википедия:Falling-sand game

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A user-created sandbox in the video game The Powder Toy

A falling-sand game is a genre of video game and subgenre of sandbox games using a two-dimensional particle game engine or a cellular automaton.

In falling-sand games, the user can interact with (e.g. place and remove) particles on a canvas which can interact with other particles in various ways, which can lead to complex emergent behaviour. As sandbox games, they generally have an emphasis on free-form gameplay, relaxed rules, and minimal goals.

Despite the name, falling-sand games typically contain a multitude of materials besides sand, often called "elements".

History

Title	Year	Platform	Details
Falling sand game	2005	Java	Also called "Hell of Sand" or "World of sand". May be the first game of its type
wxSand	2006	Windows	The first standalone version
Powder Game	2007	Java, HTML5, Android, iOS	Multi-platform with liquid simulation
This is Sand	2008	Flash	Added changing the colour of the sand
The Powder Toy	2010	Windows, Linux, OS X, Android	Has liquid simulation and Newtonian gravity
Powder Game 2	2011	HTML5	Sequel to Powder Game, rewritten to include many new elements
The Sandbox	2012	Flash, Windows, Android, iOS	A series of games, including some 3D versions
Sandspiel	2019	HTML5	Popular web-based version
Noita	2020	Windows	A hybrid of "falling sand" style game with a Roguelike

The first known popular example in the "falling-sand" genre was a web-based Java applet on the Japanese Dofi-Blog in 2005 which was later expanded and rehosted as the "Falling sand game", which kick-started the genre as a trend and gave it its name.

The genre is not limited to free play canvas-style games; games such as the Powder Game contain additional mechanics, such as pressure based fluid simulation Шаблон:Citation needed allowing for example water equalisation, and RPG elements such as controllable characters.

Noita blends the traditional sandbox physics with Roguelike RPG mechanics, with sophisticated playable characters and enemies.