Have you ever wanted to blow something up? Or maybe you always dreamt of operating an atomic power plant? Do you have a will to develop your own CPU? The Powder Toy lets you to do all of these, and even more!
The Powder Toy is a free physics sandbox game, which simulates air pressure and velocity, heat, gravity and a countless number of interactions between different substances! The game provides you with various building materials, liquids, gases and electronic components which can be used to construct complex machines, guns, bombs, realistic terrains and almost anything else. You can then mine them and watch cool explosions, add intricate wirings, play with little stickmen or operate your machine. You can browse and play thousands of different saves made by the community or upload your own – we welcome your creations!
Get the latest version from the releases GitHub page.
The official website is powdertoy.co.uk. You can also visit the official TPT forum.
Touch on the screen to draw like in MS Paint. Change materials from the icons in the sidebar and the bottom of the screen. The rest of the game is learning what happens next.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| L/R | Bigger/smaller brush size |
| ZL + touch | Paint with secondary brush |
| ZR | Change view mode |
| X | Switch between circle/square/triangle brush |
| Y | Zoom |
| Left/Right Dpad | Undo/Redo |
| Plus | Pause |
| Minus | Show/hide HUD |
| Left thumbstick press | Sample element (mapped to Alt) |
| Right thumbstick press | Draw line (mapped to Shift) |
| Up/Down Dpad | Copy/Paste Area |
| A | Show intro text |
- Simulation Options
- Stamps
- Save Browser, saving & loading
- Online functionality
- Screenshots
These might be worked on in later versions.
This project supports cross-platform development on Linux, macOS, and Windows (WSL/MSYS2).
Recommended - Use Docker:
# Build using the official devkitPro Docker image
docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/src -w /src devkitpro/devkita64 ./build.shAlternative - Manual Installation: Follow the installation instructions below for your platform, then run:
./build.sh- devkitPro with Switch development tools
- SCons build system
- Python 3
Linux/WSL (Recommended - Docker):
# Use the official devkitPro Docker image (no installation needed)
docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/src -w /src devkitpro/devkita64 ./build.shLinux/WSL (Manual):
# Follow the official devkitPro documentation:
# https://devkitpro.org/wiki/devkitPro_pacman
# Install scons
sudo apt-get install scons # or pip install sconsmacOS:
# Install Xcode command line tools
xcode-select --install
# Download and install devkitPro from:
# https://github.com/devkitPro/pacman/releases/latest
# Install Switch packages (after installation)
sudo dkp-pacman -S switch-dev
sudo dkp-pacman -S switch-sdl2 switch-mesa switch-glad
sudo dkp-pacman -S switch-libdrm_nouveau switch-curl
sudo dkp-pacman -S switch-mbedtls switch-bzip2 switch-zlib
# Install SCons
brew install scons # or pip install sconsWindows:
# Download and run the devkitPro installer:
# https://github.com/devkitPro/installer/releases/latest
# Or use Docker with WSL2
# Install SCons: pip install scons# Build for Nintendo Switch
./build.sh
# Clean intermediate files (preserves final .nro/.nso outputs)
./build.sh clean
# Complete clean (removes everything including final outputs)
./build.sh cleanall
# Show help
./build.sh helpbuild/powder-nx.nro- Homebrew launcher formatbuild/powder-nx.nso- Atmosphere/CFW format
- Copy
powder-nx.nroto/switch/folder on your SD card - Launch via Homebrew Launcher
- Or use
powder-nx.nsofor CFW installations
Original The Powder Toy:
- Stanislaw K Skowronek (creator)
- Simon Robertshaw
- Skresanov Savely
- cracker64
- Catelite
- Bryan Hoyle
- Nathan Cousins
- jacksonmj
- Felix Wallin
- Lieuwe Mosch
- Anthony Boot
- Matthew "me4502"
- MaksProg
- jacob1
- mniip
- LBPHacker
Switch Port:
- VelocityRa
Dependencies Updated for Latest Firmware:
- DRKCTRLDEV