How to handle object collisions?

To enable collisions in a moving object, you can do this:

1. Set the movement speed (usually hsp and vsp)
2. Check if there are collisions where you’re moving (separately on x and y)
3. If a collision is found on either dimension, you set that dimension’s speed to 0
   • Before setting it to 0, you run a while loop to close any gap between the two colliding instances

Using the simple place_meeting() function, the code would look something like this:

/// Step event
// Set speed
hsp = input_x * move_speed;
vsp = input_y * move_speed;

// Check collisions: X
if (place_meeting(x + hsp, y, obj_wall)) {
    // Close the gap with a while loop
    while (!place_meeting(x + sign(hsp), y, obj_wall)) {
        x += sign(hsp);
    }

    // Stop
    hsp = 0;
}
// Check collisions: Y
if (place_meeting(x, y + vsp, obj_wall)) {
    // Close the gap with a while loop
    while (!place_meeting(x, y + sign(vsp), obj_wall)) {
        y += sign(vsp);
    }

    // Stop
    vsp = 0;
}

// Finally, apply movement
x += hsp;
y += vsp;

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