Moovl – just add imagination

The key feature that differentiates Moovl from other drawing or animation software is the incorporation of ‘physics’.
There is something immediately engaging and intriguing about the way that drawn objects fall to the bottom of the screen and bounce. Everyone I’ve ever shown this to first time is instantly curious about having a go for themselves.

There are four key physical properties that underlie the physics in Moovl, namely:

Light/heavy
Dragging the slider up towards “heavy” makes object drop downwards more readily. Heavier objects also show inertia – they are disturbed less by collisions.

Loose/tight
This controls how connected shapes interact with each other – how tightly they are associated (you can imagine the parts are connected by invisible springs that can be strong/tight or weak/loose).

Slippy /sticky
This determines whether there is resistance to a shape moving around on screen. Depending on the drawing, it can variously be thought of as friction, air resistance or viscosity.

Soft/hard
This controls whether shapes bounce off each other (or the sides of the drawing). ‘Hard’ objects rebound on collision. Very ’soft’ objects have a special property – other objects can pass right through them without any collision at all.

By combining these properties Moovl allows quite simple drawings and animations to behave in complex and intriguing ways.
You can have a play yourself by launching the demo version from the home page.