<s>
Soda	B-Language
Constructor	I-Language
is	O
the	O
Java	B-Device
based	O
physics	O
engine	O
,	O
central	O
to	O
Soda	O
's	O
collaborative	O
learning	O
environment	O
Sodaplay.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sodaplay.com	O
users	O
use	O
constructor	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
share	O
"	O
models	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
1990	O
,	O
Ed	O
Burton	O
created	O
the	O
precursor	O
to	O
sodaconstructor	O
-	O
a	O
BASIC	B-Language
program	O
entitled	O
"	O
Constructor	O
"	O
which	O
contained	O
some	O
of	O
sodaconstructor	O
's	O
modern	O
functionality	O
,	O
with	O
both	O
springs	O
and	O
masses	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
muscles	O
,	O
available	O
for	O
construction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
1998	O
,	O
Ed	O
Burton	O
joined	O
Soda	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
around	O
this	O
time	O
that	O
he	O
wrote	O
the	O
first	O
Java	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
Constructor	O
,	O
mostly	O
as	O
a	O
fun	O
way	O
to	O
teach	O
himself	O
Java	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Soda	O
team	O
experimented	O
with	O
the	O
program	O
,	O
creating	O
the	O
twelve	O
basic	B-Language
models	O
that	O
are	O
now	O
presented	O
as	O
examples	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
download	O
,	O
modify	O
,	O
and	O
load	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
data	O
used	O
to	O
store	O
models	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
some	O
scripted	O
tools	O
being	O
used	O
for	O
precise	O
construction	O
and	O
introduced	O
solid	O
springs	O
which	O
masses	O
would	O
bounce	O
off	O
of	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
issue	O
was	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
due	O
to	O
small	O
tweaks	O
in	O
the	O
physics	O
engine	O
and	O
XML	B-Protocol
format	O
,	O
some	O
old	O
models	O
which	O
relied	O
on	O
precise	O
timing	O
no	O
longer	O
functioned	O
properly	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
applet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
community	O
found	O
the	O
files	O
required	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
old	O
version	O
,	O
and	O
XML	B-Protocol
converters	O
were	O
written	O
,	O
so	O
both	O
versions	O
are	O
now	O
able	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recently	O
even	O
more	O
features	O
have	O
been	O
added	O
,	O
expanding	O
the	O
sodaplay	B-Language
universe	O
:	O
sodarace	B-Language
and	O
SC	O
Local	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sodarace	B-Language
is	O
a	O
program	O
where	O
constructors	O
can	O
pit	O
their	O
models	O
against	O
other	O
constructors	O
 '	O
models	O
on	O
varying	O
terrains	O
,	O
to	O
see	O
whose	O
is	O
faster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
sodarace	B-Language
league	O
forum	O
on	O
the	O
sodarace	B-Language
website	O
,	O
intended	O
for	O
challenging	O
others	O
to	O
a	O
race	O
or	O
showing	O
off	O
your	O
model	O
's	O
prowess	O
in	O
previously	O
created	O
races	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
sodarace	B-Language
came	O
Sodaconstructor	O
Local	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
an	O
offline	O
form	O
of	O
sodaconstructor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Models	O
on	O
your	O
computer	O
are	O
stored	O
in	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
format	O
,	O
allowing	O
you	O
to	O
edit	O
your	O
model	O
in	O
a	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
and	O
import	O
it	O
back	O
into	O
sodaconstructor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sodaplay	B-Language
community	O
is	O
small	O
but	O
diverse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
thousands	O
of	O
sodaplay	B-Language
creations	O
are	O
created	O
the	O
forum	O
is	O
visited	O
by	O
only	O
a	O
few	O
daily	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
tools	O
became	O
obsolete	O
redevelopment	O
was	O
considered	O
too	O
costly	O
and	O
Sodaplay.com	O
was	O
first	O
archived	O
with	O
modelling	O
tools	O
made	O
unavailable	O
but	O
the	O
model	O
archive	O
maintained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
the	O
archive	O
was	O
taken	O
offline	O
and	O
the	O
sodaplay	B-Language
redirected	O
to	O
Soda	O
's	O
home	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
