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gregsadetskytoday at 6:06 PM1 replyview on HN

Whenever I see Box2D mentioned (the library by the same author as Box3D, obviously), I think back to this story from many years ago

https://kotaku.com/this-guy-created-angry-birds-physics-and-...


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tikotustoday at 6:19 PM

I used to work at Rovio (the creator of Angry Birds). Everyone was telling the story of a talk given by Peter Vesterbacka, the head of marketing. When it was time for questions, a man from the audience asked what physics engine the game uses. Vesterbacka gives the correct answer, Box2D, to which the person replied with another question. "Why isn't it mentioned in the credits? And by the way, I'm Erin Catto, the creator of Box2D." To this Vesterbacka replied "Come talk to me after the show". Maybe that's when Erin was given the hoodie? Also, his name was soon added to the credits.

But one thing amazed us all. It was impressive that the marketing guy knew which physics engine was used!

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