Tutorial: Tipping Over Stacks of Cubes in Blender

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Published 2021-08-18
In this love letter of a tutorial, we'll explore Blender's built in Rigid Body Simulation tools! Learn how to set up a basic scene that can be a refreshing alternative to animating with keyframes.

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Chapters:
00:00 I love Rigid Body Simulations
01:08 How to set up a basic simulation
03:54 Duplicating our stack of cubes
04:45 Destroying some cubes
05:05 Building a different structure
07:17 Slow motion shots
07:34 How you can take things further
08:31 Polyfjord Viewport Community

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Outro song (from YouTube Audio Library): Vishnu by Patrick Patrikios

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All Comments (21)
  • @Polyfjord
    Thanks so much for all the amazing comments on this tutorial! A lot of people have been asking about the sound design at 04:45. So here are some FAQ: Q: Where do you get your sound effects? A: I use a sound effects library called Soundly. It's a freemium library with a super efficient way of adding sounds. For this I used the Pro version, which significantly increases the size of the library. Q: Where do you do the sound design? A: Davinci Resolve 17! Q: Can you do a sound design tutorial? A: I already did! The entire workflow using Soundly with Davinci Resolve 17 is covered in this tutorial: https://youtu.be/jjBNjvNIlQ4 Thanks for watching!
  • @fadhil4008
    The thing I like the most about Rigid body is that I can run in realtime while we move objects. Just like playing games
  • @TheDarkness3500
    You just know a tutorial is good when the Default cube is not getting decimated and is actually used.
  • @Centreus
    I've used blender for almost 3 years now, when you keyframed the speed of the simulation my mind was blown, I never really knew you could do that. Keep up the great work man!
  • @JaredOwen
    This is a very well done tutorial. Thank you for posting!
  • @vinod-gowda
    There is a kind of charm in the way you simplify the most difficult things to beginners like me, heartfelt gratitude sir :)
  • At 7:10 when music start coming up in a smooth fade in an adrenaline rush in mind for the rendered animation scene. You are a true film maker who even add that touch in tutorial editing too!
  • @mrmadfunny5507
    This is one of the best most cohesive and fluent tutorials I've ever seen
  • @overlord9289
    God I love when you can see people are really passionate about something they're doing. I've never taken a physics class in my life, nor do I play around with programming like this. But I suddenly have the urge to binge all your videos on the subject
  • @Bhudanjabs
    I binge-watched all your tuts in 1 day, you're awsome, will becoming a patrion
  • @gurukn
    This is the definition of being smart and having fun at the same time in blender. What a stunning piece of art!
  • @Faesharlyn
    This is literally the first time I've seen someone use Blender.. your explanations and keyboard/mouse indicator is amazing, the lesson was very easy to follow and kind of felt like I was sin the Matrix for a second... "I can do Blender" lol You're an excellent teacher.
  • @berkeokur99
    I always wanted to learn blender but those other tutorials were always missing something. Your passion in animaton motivated me to learn blender and I rendered my first animation today!
  • @yerwol
    New Blender user here, and have to say your tutorials are so good! So clearly scripted, demonstrated and edited. Keep up the good work!
  • You know what man, what I really love about your tutorials compared to others is that you go through a complicated scenario with all the tips and tricks while keeping it simple. I've combined your techniques before and had fun with them. It's cool to see you are inviting us to do that so I don't have to feel bad! lol. Keep it up my man!
  • this became my favorite format of tutorials on YouTube ! it's so entertaining and so beneficial at the same time . And what makes it absolutely the best is the last section when you take things to the next level after we learn the basics ! Thank you !
  • @SyterPK
    I was on and off learning Blender for years now and this finally made me start to learn it again. Thank you.
  • @TheAngelArrow
    this channel is 10/10, easy to follow, chill, informative, no bullshit, feels like you're having fun & i have fun following along rather than feeling like i'm in school or something like with most other channels, you just throw the info out there for us & give us the walkthrough of the process & it feels really nice with the rendered out cutscenes you make, awesome channel, feels high effort & all of the videos are very indepth & cool & you have your own style it's been a lot of fun watching the videos & learning something new every now and then & just relaxing watching them even if i'm not learning, 10000/10 love it, hope you keep this up, out of all the blender tutorial channels i've watched you're probably in the top 3 or top 2 imo
  • @balintlevai5438
    These... These kinds of stuff just make me want to learn and experiment even more! Honestly, thank you for making vids like yours. (those renders as well, they're way too simple yet they absolutely look amazing) It's just soo motivating for me.
  • @RegularAlien100
    You blow my mind with tutorials like this one. Clear, concise, and with at least 1 WOW moment.