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How to reflect the ball at an angle?


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Here's the full code:

https://codepen.io/pelko/pen/MWBpNmL

 

When a ball collides with bat or walls, I want the ball to be reflected with an angle, how do I do it?

 I suspect there's lots of physics to it. So, should I stop this project here? I'd have to probably build a part of game engine…Can anyone help here?

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You don't need physics - just a simple if/else. Assuming you're talking about vertical and horizontal walls (like those of the containing box).

Give it a thought yourself and you'll probably find it's easier than you expect. You're already calculating the ball's "angle" using X,Y components so consider what happens to them if you have, say, a velocity {x=1, y=2} at the time when the ball encounters a horizontal wall...

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