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title: "Circle: Phaser 4.1.0 examples"
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
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> This page is about the open-source Phaser framework, for writing a game's code by hand. To make a game with AI, use Phaser AE (https://phaser.io/): the desk's tools work with Web MCP, and the CLI works with your own coding agent. See "For AI agents: Phaser AE" at the end of this page.

# Circle

22 examples of Phaser 4.1.0, in [Geom](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom.md). Each example's page runs it in the browser with its code beside it; its Markdown (the links below) has the code.

## Examples

- [Circle Area](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/area.md): Demonstrates how to calculate and use the area of a Circle geometry object.
- [Circle Circumference](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/circumference.md): Calculate the circumference of a circle geometry object and visualize it as a vertical line.
- [Circle Circumference Point](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/circumference-point.md): Calculates and returns a point on the perimeter of a circle at a specific angle.
- [Circle Clone](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/clone.md): Demonstrates how to create multiple independent copies of a Circle geometry object using the Clone method to build and animate a complex pattern.
- [Circle Contains Point](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/contains.md): Demonstrates how to use the circle's contains method to detect if a point, such as the mouse pointer, is inside its boundary.
- [Circle Contains Point](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/contains-point.md): Demonstrates how to use the Circle.ContainsPoint geometric test to check if a moving point is located inside a circle's area.
- [Circle Contains Rectangle](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/contains-rect.md): Demonstrates how to check if a Rectangle is fully contained within the bounds of a Circle using Phaser.Geom.Circle.ContainsRect.
- [Circle Copy From](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/copy-from.md): Demonstrates how to use Phaser.Geom.Circle.CopyFrom to copy the position and radius of one circle geometry object into another.
- [Circle Equality](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/equals.md): Demonstrates how to use Phaser.Geom.Circle.Equals to check if two circle shapes have the exact same position and radius.
- [Circle Get Point](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/get-point-at.md): Calculate a specific point along the circumference of a circle using a normalized value between 0 and 1.
- [Circle Get Random Point](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/get-random-point.md): Demonstrates how to generate random coordinates within a Circle geometry object, either by creating new point instances or updating existing ones.
- [Circle isEmpty](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/is-empty.md): Demonstrates how to use the isEmpty method to check if a Circle geometry object has a radius of zero or less.
- [Circle Offset](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/offset.md): Demonstrates how to translate a Circle geometry object by adding x and y offsets to its position.
- [Circle Offset Point](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/offset-point.md): Demonstrates how to shift a circle's position by the coordinates of a point or vector using the OffsetPoint method.
- [Circle Properties](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/properties.md): Demonstrates how to access and use the basic properties of a Circle geometry object, including its radius, diameter, and bounding box coordinates.
- [Circle Radius and Diameter](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/change-size.md): Demonstrates how to change the size of a geometry Circle by modifying its radius and diameter properties.
- [Circle Set Empty](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/set-empty.md): Demonstrates how to use the setEmpty method to reset a Circle geometry object's dimensions to zero upon interaction.
- [Circle Set To](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/set-to.md): Use the setTo method to redefine the position and radius of a Circle geometry object.
- [Create Circle Geometry](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/create.md): Demonstrates how to create a geometric Circle object and render it using a Graphics object.
- [Get Circle Bounds](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/get-bounds.md): Demonstrates how to use Phaser.Geom.Circle.GetBounds to calculate and update the axis-aligned bounding box of a moving and resizing circle.
- [Get Points on a Circle](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/get-points.md): Demonstrates how to distribute a specific number of points evenly around the circumference of a Circle geometry object using the getPoints method.
- [Set Circle Position](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/circle/view/set-position.md): Demonstrates various ways to position a Circle geometry object using setPosition, direct property updates, and edge-alignment properties like top, bottom, left, and right.

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