Breakout collision detection

dammit · 2002-09-18T16:51:26

I''m making a generic breakout clone in order to learn some more about making games and i''ve stumbled across a problem with collision detection. Do i have to check if the ball''s position is within any of the blocks on screen at any one time? if so, with 10x10 (100) blocks would this not be slow to calculate at the start of the level and obviously get faster towards the end? or is there a non-brute-force method that i could use? Goo

Math and Physics Programming

Started by dammit September 14, 2002 05:33 PM

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September 18, 2002 04:51 PM

Yup, I''ve got rectangular collision detection working... I have a screenshot of the game in action but i''ve nowhere to put it... I''ll figure something out once I''ve added some more eyecandy (like perhaps more than one type of brick