I am making a brick breaker game in Javascript and am trying to improve the collision test function. I want to know how I can use a vector of the ball speed to determine if the ball hits the brick and which face of the brick was hit, so I can change the speed of either the x or y value of the ball accordingly.
I think that if I create a variable that tracks the x and y values of the center of the ball then I can better test if a collision occurred.
for example, if the ball speed is 4 units in the x and 5 units in the y every time the game function updates, the
xVector = 4 * time + (starting x value since last collision)
and the
yVector = 5 * time + (starting y value since last collision)
If I reset the time after every collision takes place then I should be able to predict which brick, if any, the ball will hit, right after the previous collision occurs.
I think I can make this function and update the time with the game(deltaTime), by creating a time variable and time++ after each game iteration. But that doesn't look into the future, it only looks at what is currently happening.
How can I predict which brick will be hit next, right after a collision occurs?
Honestly I don't know if this is a good idea for a collision test function, but I figured that if I know what brick will be hit, and I know how long it will take to be hit, then I can simply have the brick removed at that time instance. Instead of worrying about setting parameters for the x and y values of the ball to intersect with the bricks x and y values, then deleting the brick after they intersect, I thought this might be more accurate. I'm not sure though.
I tried the alternative method I just described and had difficulty getting rid of some bugs (see my previous question), so I thought I would try a different approach altogether.
Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas?
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