Shape

Shapes are the most basic unit used by pecrs. A Shape represents a physical object on a two-dimensional plane. All Shapes have a position, and most Shapes will have one or more dimensions or physical characteristics.

The most common shape used is the Rect(). A Rect is an axis-aligned bounding box, which means that it does not rotate. Rects are the fastest shape to resolve collisions for. They have a width and a height which extends to the left and up of the position, respectively.

Circles are slower to collide but can provide for more accurate collision shapes. They have a radius which extends out from the position.

Because Python is ducktyped, anything that has the signature of a Shape can effectively be used as a Shape. In particular, Pyglet Sprites have a position, width, and height and thus can be used as Rects in almost every method that accepts a Rect. Notable exception being Collider.check()