Discussion and projects

Here is the discussion forum for this part of the course. Please either post your comments/observations/questions or share your creations.

Suggested topics of discussion:

• Have you found any good external resources about collision detection? Please share!

• Why didn't we use non-oriented rectangle collision tests? Try to find explanations on the web. Why does it cost too much in terms of computation?

• What would you like to see added to this part of the course?

Optional projects:

• How would you animate different balls with different sizes, colors, etc?

• How would you animate other sorts of objects: asteroids, different monsters, spaceships, etc?

• How would you model intelligent behaviors for the enemies: go in the direction of the player, escape the player, etc?

• Try to find a polygon-point collision test and use it with some polygon-shaped objects.

• Here is an impressive example of ball to ball collisions, written by a student who followed this course: