Are there any alternative JS ports of Box2D?

Posted by Petteri Hietavirta on Game Development See other posts from Game Development or by Petteri Hietavirta
Published on 2011-01-27T14:19:04Z Indexed on 2012/10/03 21:56 UTC
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I have been thinking about creating a top down 2D car game for HTML5. For my first game I wrote the physics and collisions my self but for this one I would like to use some ready made library.

I found out Box2D and its JS port.

http://box2d-js.sourceforge.net

It seems to be quite old port, made in 2008. Is it lacking many features of current Box2D or does it have major issues with it? And are there any alternatives for it?

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