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The physics system used in this simulation is both incomplete and incorrect. This recipe evolved from the Boids Simulation and was an early attempt to simulate bouncing balls in an area contained with a force field on the sides and a floor on the bottom. The spheres will respond to movement of the window and will bounce if accelerated upward quickly. This is primarily a recipe that I later built off of to create better software later on.

Python, 198 lines
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import random           # FOR RANDOM BEGINNINGS
from Tkinter import *   # ALL VISUAL EQUIPMENT

WIDTH = 400             # OF SCREEN IN PIXELS
HEIGHT = 400            # OF SCREEN IN PIXELS
BALLS = 7               # IN SIMULATION
WALL = 50               # FROM SIDE IN PIXELS
WALL_FORCE = 400        # ACCELERATION PER MOVE
SPEED_LIMIT = 3000      # FOR ball VELOCITY
BALL_RADIUS = 5         # FOR ballS IN PIXELS
OFFSET_START = 20       # FROM WALL IN PIXELS
FRAMES_PER_SEC = 40     # SCREEN UPDATE RATE

################################################################################

def main():
    # Start the program.
    initialise()
    mainloop()

def initialise():
    # Setup simulation variables.
    global active
    active = False
    build_balls()
    build_graph()

def build_graph():
    # Build GUI environment.
    global graph, left, top
    root = Tk()
    root.resizable(False, False)
    root.title('Balls')
    left = (root.winfo_screenwidth() - WIDTH) / 2
    top = (root.winfo_screenheight() - HEIGHT) / 2
    root.geometry('%dx%d+%d+%d' % (WIDTH, HEIGHT, left, top))
    root.bind_all('<Escape>', lambda event: event.widget.quit())
    root.bind('<Configure>', window_move)
    graph = Canvas(root, width=WIDTH, height=HEIGHT, background='white')
    graph.after(1000 / FRAMES_PER_SEC, update)
    graph.after(1000, activate)
    graph.pack()

def activate():
    # Active window_move event.
    global active
    active = True

def window_move(event):
    # Respond to movements.
    global left, top
    if active:
        diff = TwoD(left - event.x, top - event.y)
        for ball in balls:
            if HEIGHT - WALL - 2 < ball.position.y and top > event.y:
                ball.velocity.y -= (1000 * (top - event.y))
            ball.position += diff
        left, top = event.x, event.y
    
def update():
    # Main simulation loop.
    graph.after(1000 / FRAMES_PER_SEC, update)
    draw()
    move()

def draw():
    graph.delete(ALL)
    # Draw sides.
    graph.create_rectangle((0, 0, WALL - BALL_RADIUS, HEIGHT), fill='light green')
    graph.create_rectangle((WIDTH - WALL + BALL_RADIUS, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT), fill='light green')
    # Draw floor.
    y = HEIGHT - WALL + BALL_RADIUS + 2
    graph.create_line((WALL - BALL_RADIUS, y, WIDTH - WALL + BALL_RADIUS, y), fill='blue', width=3)
    # Draw all balls.
    for ball in balls:
        x1 = ball.position.x - BALL_RADIUS
        y1 = ball.position.y - BALL_RADIUS
        x2 = ball.position.x + BALL_RADIUS
        y2 = ball.position.y + BALL_RADIUS
        graph.create_oval((x1, y1, x2, y2), fill='red')
    graph.update()

def move():
    # Move all balls.
    for force in simulate_wall, simulate_gravity, simulate_friction:
        for ball in balls:
            force(ball)
    for ball in balls:
        ball.update_velocity(balls)
    for ball in balls:
        ball.move()

def simulate_wall(ball):
    # Create viewing boundaries.
    if ball.position.x < WALL:
        ball.velocity.x += WALL_FORCE
    elif ball.position.x > WIDTH - WALL:
        ball.velocity.x -= WALL_FORCE
    
    if ball.position.y >= HEIGHT - WALL:
        ball.velocity.y *= -1
        ball.position.y = HEIGHT - WALL

def simulate_gravity(ball):
    # Create a pull.
    ball.velocity.y += 50

def simulate_friction(ball):
    # Slow velocity down.
    ball.velocity *= .9925

def limit_speed(ball):
    # Limit ball speed.
    if ball.velocity.mag() > SPEED_LIMIT:
        ball.velocity /= ball.velocity.mag() / SPEED_LIMIT

def build_balls():
    # Create balls variable.
    global balls
    balls = tuple(Ball(WIDTH, HEIGHT, OFFSET_START, FRAMES_PER_SEC) for ball in xrange(BALLS))

################################################################################

# TWO DIMENTIONAL VECTOR CLASS

class TwoD:

    def __init__(self, x, y):
        self.x = float(x)
        self.y = float(y)

    def __repr__(self):
        return 'TwoD(%s, %s)' % (self.x, self.y)

    def __add__(self, other):
        return TwoD(self.x + other.x, self.y + other.y)

    def __sub__(self, other):
        return TwoD(self.x - other.x, self.y - other.y)

    def __mul__(self, other):
        return TwoD(self.x * other, self.y * other)

    def __div__(self, other):
        return TwoD(self.x / other if other else self.x, self.y / other if other else self.y)

    def __iadd__(self, other):
        self.x += other.x
        self.y += other.y
        return self

    def __isub__(self, other):
        self.x -= other.x
        self.y -= other.y
        return self

    def __imul__(self, other):
        self.x *= other
        self.y *= other
        return self

    def __idiv__(self, other):
        self.x /= other
        self.y /= other
        return self

    def mag(self):
        return ((self.x ** 2) + (self.y ** 2)) ** 0.5

################################################################################

# BALL IMPLEMENTATION CLASS

class Ball:

    def __init__(self, width, height, offset, move_divider):
        self.velocity = TwoD(0, 0)
        self.position = TwoD(*(-offset if random.randint(0, 1) else width + offset, random.randint(1, height)))
        self.move_divider = move_divider * 5

    def update_velocity(self, balls):
        vector = TwoD(0, 0)
        for ball in balls:
            if ball is not self:
                if (self.position - ball.position).mag() < (BALL_RADIUS * 2.5):
                    vector -= (ball.position - self.position)
        self.__temp = vector * self.velocity.mag() / vector.mag()

    def move(self):
        self.velocity += self.__temp
        limit_speed(self)
        self.position += self.velocity / self.move_divider

################################################################################

# Execute the simulation.
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Please see http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/502240 for the recipe that inspired the creation of this concept program.