Dec 08 2009

Havok middleware free now for indie dev

CATEGORY: News/Announcement | GAME: - all By Karar

Havok is most popularly used middleware by 3D game developers to easily incorporate good physics effects in their games. It saves them from effort of reinventing the wheel and get industry proven effects on their cloth material, the explosions and item physics so that they can instead concentrate only on actual content of the game. With more than 250 games using Havok.. it is quite safe to say that any good game u have played might be already using Havok middleware.

Havok now is funded by Intel and to get more penetration and adoptation just like Unreal Development Kit, Havok has released a lighter version of their tools for free too. These tools are meant for independent developers to create their "freemium" games with physics and animation of AAA title quality. The mainstream users will still hafto pay them for using it in a premium game.

This Havok Independent Developer Free SDK consists of Havok Physics, Havok Animation and Havok’s Content Tools for the PC which are full products same as those used by paying customers. It also contains Havok Behavior Tool evalution version which allowed developer to create physics-aware behavior in their models.

You can get on the free SDK and get on their independent dev program @ Havok.com/tryhavok