Handling collision detection

In this task, we detect if the ball passes through the hoop and we reward the player with scores. We will also create a world boundary and remove balls that are out of bounds.

Prepare for lift off

The detection is done by placing a sensor between the hoop squares. The following figure shows how the sensor is placed:

For the boundary, it will be a long body that is placed at the bottom of the world, as shown in the following figure:

Engage thrusters

Let's add the sensor and handle the collision in the following steps:

1. First, we append the createHoop method to create a body between the two little hoop squares. We set it as a sensor so that the balls can pass through it:

   physics.createHoop = function() {
     // existing hoop code goes here.
   
     // hoop sensor
     bodyDef.type = b2Body.b2_staticBody;
     bodyDef.position.x = (hoopX+20)/pxPerMeter;
     bodyDef.position.y = hoopY/pxPerMeter;
     bodyDef.angle = 0;
   
     fixDef.isSensor = true;
     fixDef.shape = new b2PolygonShape();
     fixDef...