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Particle Physics with Lego

I have always had a keen interest in Quantum Mechanics and Particle Physics, this game is my most recent. Inspired by the book "Particle Physics Brick by Brick" by Dr. Ben Still.

Originally intended to help me further develop my knowledge on the subject, this has grown into something more. Players can add, remove Lego style bricks any way they desire (similar to Minecraft) but with the help of the UI can learn to create elements in the periodic table. Intended to be more of an education tool, there is a sandbox mode where players can just build whatever they desire.

I am currently at an impasse right now as I am having trouble overcoming a hierarchical problem relating to the attach / detach function. When a player clicks on a brick, that brick becomes the new parent actor and every brick connected in the chain should become the new child actor of that parent, currently they do not.

 

The intended result is to allow the player to move large chains of bricks all together if they are connected in order to create larger elements as if nuclear fusion was happening, leaving behind excess photons / anti neutrinos etc 

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