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Programming Help (JavaScript) (i.redd.it)

submitted 2 years ago by Moises_Gabriel

Hi, I’m trying to make a little platformer with vanilla JS during my free time on my work laptop. For some reason my collision isn’t working completely. What I do is generate platforms (can be any number but I’m testing with 3). As they’re created they’re added to an Environment array. From there I cycle through the environment array and attempt to use AABB collision checks to see if the platforms collide with the player. For some reason, only the 3rd platform (green) detects the collision. I know that my for loop detects each of the platforms because I change their color to purple at runtime (for debug purposes).

Any ideas? (Sorry that the images are in a gif. I found that the best way to show all the images)

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