This one took longer to make than I care to admit but here it is. The Falling Sand Game Template for Unity (paid asset). Maybe someone will use this to make the next Noita ;-)
Asset Store: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages...
Manual: https://kamgam.com/unity/SandGameManu...
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If you don't want to spend some money (I understand) and you want to take a stab at it yourself then here are some useful links:
How To Code a Falling Sand Simulation:
• How To Code a Falling Sand Simulation (lik...
Exploring the Tech and Design of Noita (GDC):
• Exploring the Tech and Design of Noita
Recreating Noita's Sand Simulation:
• Recreating Noita's Sand Simulation in C an...
An Exploration of Cellular Automata by Seppe "Macuyiko" vanden Broucke:
https://blog.macuyiko.com/post/2020/a...
The manual for this asset (breaks down some of the process I used):
https://kamgam.com/unity/SandGameManu...
And here is the Unity thread it originated in:
https://forum.unity.com/threads/how-d...