Is realtime water simulation possible through Unity?

I recently stumbled upon a great little game called "Sprinkle" (here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2dyqwBoSqc - and no, this is not a hidden commercial

My question: is it possible to create a simular type of realtime water sim through unity (it's ok if the sim is only 2d, which I assume is the case in Sprinkle)?

.... and if so, where can I look to get more knowledge on the subject?

Thanks in advance
Jeppe



- and here is a little "hidden" commercial: check out my new game for toddlers: "Baby Cupid" on the AppStore

 

Even if it would be hidden commercial it doesn't matter since its a good question

I was wondering that too when I bought it weeks ago. I'm sure its possible but don't know whats efficient way of doing that.

 

No, the water simulation is for sure a polygonal mesh coded to act like metaballs, it is not 2D graphics.
You can do it writting low level code to manipulate the mesh, but it can easily kill the cpu if you do it the wrong way.

 

there is a meta-ball script on the unity wiki, but that would not give the realistic collisions.

 

In my search for more information on real-time fluid sims I stumbled upon the "mediocre games"-blog about "sprinkle" and it does sound like they took a 2d approach to the water simulation:

http://mediocregames.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/getting-the-water-flowing/

Does anyone of you know of a way to implement a 2d fluid container into the unity 3d workspace?

Thanks
Jeppe

 

http://www.gamedev.net/topic/484576-efficient-2d-metaballs/

Can use phsyx in unity to do the required fluid simulation using sphere and the above method. With a low enough fixed update, you should get passable results