Sorry about the delay, I’ve only just returned from my vacation.

I remember overhearing a discussion about the early AB games in connection to this topic. As I’m not a programmer, I apologize for the shortcomings of the following explanation :)

This is how I remember it, hopefully it answers something:

The key word used in the debate was…[Read more]

It’s been great to see the fans make the most out of the game. As I mentioned, we’ve been following Pigineering from day 1.

The decision behind having two kinds of (equally powered) soda bottles and rockets was based on giving more leeway for level design. It allowed for phasing the launches with the control buttons instead of having to click on…[Read more]

Tesla bug was is of my personal favorites. We analyzed it and figured out what caused it, but also found out there was no easy fix around it (more PhysX goodness).

Road Hogs was a one off idea (actually inspired by the early sandbox racing videos on Pigineering ;) but it was deemed a bit far from the core game, this is why it hasn’t been tinkered…[Read more]

Unity is primarily made for 3D games and it uses PhysX engine as a default, whereas Angry Birds games have been made with house engine utilizing Box2D. (Unity is currently trying to cater more for 2D games, also implementing the Box2D. However, B2D is in many ways more limited that PhysX. Also most of the Angry Birds random destruction is caused…[Read more]

I could give you a definitive answer (as I’m the lead designer of BP), but that would be too easy! Why not test first and I’ll confirm the results after :)