MonoGame Mastery: Build a Multi-Platform 2D Game and Reusable Game Engine

© Jarred Capellman, Louis Salin 2020

J. Capellman, L. SalinMonoGame Masteryhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6309-9_9

9. Collision Detection

Jarred Capellman¹  and Louis Salin¹

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Cedar Park, TX, USA

 

Think of a video game without collision detection in some shape or form. It’s difficult! Collision detection is ubiquitous and part of many aspects that make up a game. Is the player standing on a platform or should they be falling? How can we prevent the player from stepping beyond the edge of the world map? Did the player get hit by a swirling hammer? Were we successful in picking up the shiny coins? All those things are decided by collision detection. This is what we will explore in this chapter. How can we detect if two objects collided with each ...