Planets - Update# 2, Cube-Shaped Planets

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Cubical Drift talks about cube shaped planets, and gravity in the next game update.

Cube-shaped planets? What about gravity?



We have been asked a lot of questions about the gravity management on cube-shaped planets.

So, this is how it works : imagine a cube and divide it into 6 pyramids with the top of each pyramid joining at the center of the cube. The gravity will be uniform in each of these pyramids and in a direction perpendicular to the base of the pyramid.

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Heh... just imagine digging a tunnel along the edges of three pyramids, then droping something in it...
 
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A physicist worth his salt should be able to build a perpetual motion machine along one of those edges. ;)
 
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