i need help with simple collision

[liar]

so im trying to make a game where i need collisions. not the the really advanced polygon colliders needing a harvard student to figure out, like im just trying to detect if a ball is touching the paddle in a pong game. please help

[togFox]

You can search this forum or any dev blog for AABB collisions. In your case, pretend the ball is actually a square and the paddle is a rectangle and you'll get an idea, noting AABB assumes both objects are square-ish.

[dusoft]

Or you can use love.physics module for collisions, but this is more difficult to start with.

[RNavega]

You can safely approximate the shape of the ball with its bounding rectangle, and the same for the paddle(s).
This becomes a rectangle-to-rectangle collision which is a great thing to learn about (the AABB thing that TogFox is talking about).
Check out these links, in this order:

• https://sheepolution.com/learn/book/13

• https://jonathanwhiting.com/tutorial/collision/

• viewtopic.php?t=95808