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title: "Arcade: Phaser 4.1.0 examples"
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
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# Arcade

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

## Examples

- [10,000 World Bodies](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/10000-world-bodies.md): A performance stress test demonstrating Arcade Physics handling 10,000 animated sprites with velocity, bounce, and world collision within a large scrollable area.
- [40,000 Arcade Physics Bodies](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/40000-world-bodies.md): A performance demonstration showcasing 40,000 Arcade Physics bodies using Blitter objects for high-speed rendering and optimized world settings.
- [100 Arcade Physics Bodies in a Large World](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/100-world-bodies.md): Demonstrates 100 physics-enabled sprites bouncing within a large world boundary, featuring camera panning and zooming controls.
- [500 Colliding Arcade Physics Bodies](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/500-colliding-bodies.md): Demonstrates performance with 500 animated sprites colliding with each other and world bounds in a large world environment with camera zoom and pan controls.
- [1000 Arcade Physics Bodies](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/1000-world-bodies.md): A stress test demonstrating 1000 animated sprites with Arcade Physics enabled, featuring bounce, world bound collisions, and camera pan/zoom controls across a large world area.
- [Accelerate To Object](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/accelerate-to.md): Demonstrates using accelerateToObject to make a physics body steadily gain speed as it moves toward a target point or object.
- [Add Arcade Physics Body to Shape](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/add-body-to-shape.md): Demonstrates how to add an Arcade Physics body to a primitive Shape object using physics.add.existing, enabling movement and world bound collisions.
- [Angle From Velocity](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/angle-from-velocity.md): Align a sprite's rotation with its current movement direction by mapping its rotation property to the physics body's velocity angle.
- [Angular Acceleration](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/angular-acceleration.md): Use keyboard input to control the rotation speed of an Arcade Physics body using angular acceleration and angular drag.
- [Angular Velocity](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/angular-velocity.md): Rotate an Arcade Physics body using angular velocity and update its forward movement based on its current rotation using velocityFromAngle.
- [Apply Force](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/apply-force.md): Demonstrates how to manually calculate and apply radial explosion forces to Arcade Physics bodies based on their distance from a point and their individual mass.
- [Arcade Body Controls](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/body-controls.md): An interactive demonstration of Arcade Physics body properties including velocity, acceleration, gravity, bounce, and drag using a GUI to modify values in real-time.
- [Arcade Physics Bounce Tracking](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/bounce-test.md): Demonstrates an object bouncing against world bounds using Arcade Physics with elastic bounce settings. It tracks and visualizes peak heights, velocity direction changes, and the duration between bounces.
- [Arcade Physics Bullets Group](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/bullets-group.md): Demonstrates bullet pooling using custom Sprite and Group classes to efficiently manage, fire, and recycle projectiles in Arcade Physics.
- [Arcade Physics Circular Bodies](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/circular-body.md): Demonstrates how to assign circular collision bodies to Arcade Physics sprites using setCircle instead of the default rectangular bounding box.
- [Arcade Physics Circular Collisions](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/circular-collisions.md): Demonstrates how to use circular physics bodies instead of rectangular ones for accurate collisions between round objects, featuring both static and dynamic bodies.
- [Arcade Physics Collision Filtering](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/collision-filter.md): Demonstrates how to define specific collision interactions between a single sprite and an array of target sprites using Arcade Physics colliders.
- [Arcade Physics Direct Control Path](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/direct-control-follow-path.md): Demonstrates moving an immovable physics body along a complex path using direct control, allowing it to interact and collide with other dynamic bodies while its position is manually updated via a tween.
- [Arcade Physics Drag](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/drag.md): Demonstrates how drag values affect the deceleration of moving Arcade Physics bodies, showing various sprites slowing down at different rates.
- [Arcade Physics Drag Scalar](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/drag-scalar.md): Demonstrates applying manual drag to physics bodies by scaling their velocity vector length during the update loop.
- [Arcade Physics Dragon Movement](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/dragon-movement.md): Control a physics-enabled sprite using keyboard input to apply acceleration, featuring gravity, drag, and velocity-based animation switching.
- [Arcade Physics FPS Comparison](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/fps-test.md): This example demonstrates how setting different FPS values for Arcade Physics affects movement precision and delta calculations across multiple scenes.
- [Arcade Physics Friction](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/friction.md): Demonstrates how moving platforms transfer horizontal velocity to colliding bodies using different friction settings.
- [Arcade Physics Gravity](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/gravity.md): Demonstrates how to apply global world gravity and combine it with individual body gravity settings, including how to disable gravity entirely for specific objects.
- [Arcade Physics Group Collisions](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/rtree-test.md): Demonstrates collision detection between a player-controlled sprite and a static group of physics bodies.
- [Arcade Physics Group vs Group Collision](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/group-vs-group.md): Demonstrates how to handle collisions between two separate Arcade Physics groups, including using a collision callback to modify the individual objects involved.
- [Arcade Physics Mass](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/mass.md): Demonstrates how setting different mass values on Arcade Physics bodies affects the outcome of collisions and momentum transfer.
- [Arcade Physics Mass Collision](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/mass-debug-2.md): A demonstration of how setting a specific mass on an Arcade Physics body influences velocity transfer and movement during a collision.
- [Arcade Physics Max Speed](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/max-speed.md): Demonstrates how to cap the velocity of a physics body using setMaxSpeed, ensuring it never exceeds a specific value regardless of acceleration applied.
- [Arcade Physics Moving Platform](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/basic-platform.md): A demonstration of a player character interacting with static groups and a moving platform. Shows how to set up an immovable body with velocity and gravity disabled to create moving terrain.
- [Arcade Physics Overlap Rectangle](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/get-bodies-within-rectangle.md): Demonstrates how to use the overlapRect method to retrieve and manipulate all physics bodies located within a specific rectangular area.
- [Arcade Physics Pushable and Immovable Interactions](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/pushable-body-debug-2.md): Demonstrates the interaction between Arcade Physics bodies using different combinations of the pushable and immovable properties to control collision behavior.
- [Arcade Physics Pushable vs Immovable](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/pushable-body-debug-1.md): A side-by-side comparison of collision behaviors between Arcade Physics bodies with varying setPushable and setImmovable properties.
- [Arcade Physics Space Battle](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/space-battle.md): A functional mini-game example demonstrating bullet pooling with custom Physics Groups, enemy movement via velocity tweens, and overlap detection with particle effects.
- [Arcade Physics Sprite Collision](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/sprite-vs-sprite.md): Demonstrates basic collision between two individual physics-enabled sprites, including setting velocity, bounce, and world boundary constraints.
- [Arcade Physics Static Bodies](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/static-body.md): This example demonstrates how to create static physics bodies that remain fixed in position while colliding with dynamic moving sprites.
- [Arcade Physics World Controls](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/world-controls.md): Interact with Arcade Physics world properties using a GUI to adjust gravity, world bounds, collision checks, time scaling, and debug visualization settings in real-time.
- [Asteroids Movement](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/asteroids-movement.md): Learn how to implement classic Asteroids-style ship movement using Arcade Physics, featuring rotation-based acceleration, velocity damping, and screen wrapping.
- [Blocked Faces](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/blocked-faces.md): Demonstrates how to detect and visualize which sides of an Arcade Physics body are currently blocked or touching other bodies or the world bounds.
- [Blocked Touching and Embedded States](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/blocked-touching-and-embedded.md): Demonstrates how to detect and visualize different collision states on an Arcade Physics body, including touching other bodies, being blocked by world bounds, or being embedded within another object.
- [Body Follow Path](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/body-follow-path.md): Demonstrates moving an Arcade Physics body along a complex path by calculating velocity from path tangents, allowing other physics objects to interact and collide with it.
- [Body on a Path](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/body-on-a-path.md): Demonstrates moving Arcade Physics bodies along a geometric path using an Ellipse curve and the getPoint method to update sprite positions while maintaining collision detection.
- [Circular Collisions with a Static Body](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/circular-collisions-3.md): Demonstrates multiple circular Arcade Physics bodies colliding and bouncing off a central static rectangular body.
- [Circular Collisions with Static Body](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/circular-collisions-2.md): Demonstrates how to use setCircle to define circular hitboxes for both dynamic physics groups and static images, featuring bounce physics and movement toward a central target.
- [Closest and Furthest Physics Bodies](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/closest-furthest.md): Identify the closest and furthest physics bodies relative to a specific source object using built-in Arcade Physics methods.
- [Collide Event](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/collide-event.md): Demonstrates how to enable and listen for the Arcade Physics world 'collide' event by setting onCollide to true on a physics body.
- [Collider between Sprite and Static Group](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/collider-1.md): Demonstrates Arcade Physics collision between a dynamic sprite and a group of static bodies. Highlights the use of group.refresh() to update static bodies after they have been manually positioned.
- [Collider Process Callback](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/collider-process-callback.md): Demonstrates using a process callback to conditionally enable or disable collisions, creating a one-way platform effect where the player can jump through platforms from below.
- [Collision Direction Detection](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/collision-direction.md): Demonstrates how to use the 'touching' property of Arcade Physics bodies to detect specific collision directions, such as hitting the bottom of a platform to spawn an item.
- [Custom Bounds](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/custom-bounds.md): Demonstrates how to restrict an Arcade Physics body to a custom rectangular area instead of the default global world bounds.
- [Custom Collision Separation](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/custom-separate.md): Demonstrates how to use the customSeparateY property to disable automatic Arcade Physics vertical separation and implement manual collision logic through a callback function.
- [Custom Debug Colors](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/custom-debug-colors.md): Demonstrates how to set custom debug colors for Arcade Physics bodies, both globally through the game configuration and individually for specific bodies.
- [Custom World Bounds for Bodies](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/custom-world-bounds.md): Demonstrates how to assign specific movement boundaries to individual Arcade Physics bodies using custom bounds rectangles, rather than using the global world bounds.
- [Destroy Physics Body](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/destroy-body.md): Demonstrates how to remove a physics-enabled Game Object and its associated body from the simulation using the destroy method.
- [Direct Control Arcade Physics Body](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/direct-control.md): Demonstrates how to use setDirectControl to move a physics body via Tweens or manual coordinate changes while still allowing it to physically interact with and push other objects.
- [Direct Control Follow Mouse](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/direct-control-follow-mouse.md): Demonstrates how to use Arcade Physics' Direct Control mode to manually position a sprite via the mouse while maintaining collision interactions with other dynamic physics bodies.
- [Direct Control Platforms](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/direct-control-platforms.md): Demonstrates using direct control on Arcade Physics bodies moved by tweens, allowing them to correctly carry and interact with players while being positioned manually.
- [Disable Collider](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/disable-collider.md): Demonstrates how to temporarily enable or disable specific Arcade Physics colliders or overlaps by toggling their active property, such as for a temporary invulnerability power-up.
- [Drag on Both Axes](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/drag-on-both-axes.md): Demonstrates how to apply drag independently to the horizontal and vertical axes in Arcade Physics, causing moving bodies to slow down over time.
- [Drag With Damping](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/drag-with-damping.md): Demonstrates Arcade Physics drag with damping enabled. In this mode, the drag value represents the proportion of velocity retained each frame, creating smooth deceleration.
- [Drag With Damping On Both Axes](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/drag-with-damping-on-both-axes.md): Demonstrates how to apply physics damping to sprites, causing them to decelerate on both the X and Y axes using a drag multiplier instead of a fixed reduction value.
- [Draggable Physics Body](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/draggable-body.md): Demonstrates how to drag an Arcade Physics body by toggling the body's moves property to temporarily disable simulation during the drag event.
- [Extending Arcade Sprite](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/extending-arcade-sprite.md): Demonstrates how to create custom game object classes by extending the Arcade Physics Sprite class and registering them with the scene and physics world.
- [Final Delta Displacement](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/final-delta.md): Visualizes the total displacement of physics bodies after all movement and collision steps are resolved using deltaXFinal and deltaYFinal, while demonstrating how platform friction affects riding objects.
- [Fixed vs. Variable Step Comparison](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/variable-step.md): Compare Arcade Physics behavior using fixed and variable time steps. This example visualizes how sprite movement and delta calculations differ between the two update modes.
- [Get Bodies Within Circle](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/get-bodies-within-circle.md): Demonstrates how to use the Arcade Physics overlapCirc method to detect and highlight both dynamic and static physics bodies within a circular region.
- [Group Set Velocity X](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/group-set-velocity-x.md): Demonstrates how to use the setVelocityX method on an Arcade Physics Group to apply an initial velocity with an incremental step value to all group members.
- [Group Set Velocity Y](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/group-set-velocity-y.md): Demonstrates how to set the vertical velocity for all members of an Arcade Physics group, including using an optional step value to incrementally increase the speed for each member.
- [Group vs Self](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/group-vs-self.md): Demonstrates how to enable Arcade Physics collisions between members of the same Group.
- [Group World Bounds Event](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/group-world-bounds-event.md): Demonstrates how to listen for collision events when objects hit the edge of the physics world. This example enables 'onWorldBounds' for a group of sprites and uses a global listener to change their frame upon impact.
- [Immovable Arcade Physics Body](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/immovable-body.md): Demonstrates how an immovable body remains unaffected by collisions with other objects while still being able to move via its own velocity.
- [Interpolate Velocity](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/interpolate-velocity.md): Use linear interpolation (lerp) on Arcade Physics velocities to create a smooth follow-the-leader movement effect among a group of sprites.
- [Interpolate Velocity Towards Target](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/interpolate-velocity-2.md): Demonstrates how to move an Arcade Physics body toward a target and use velocity interpolation to smoothly decelerate as it arrives.
- [Larger Bounding Box](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/larger-bounding-box.md): Shows how to increase an Arcade Physics body size beyond the sprite's texture dimensions and center the body on the object.
- [Manual Physics Update](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/custom-update.md): Demonstrates how to use the 'customUpdate' setting to disable the automatic physics step, allowing for manual control of the simulation timing via the World update method.
- [Mass and Collision Momentum](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/mass-debug.md): Demonstrates how setting a body's mass property affects the momentum and rebound behavior when two Arcade Physics bodies collide.
- [Mass Collision Performance Test](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/mass-collision-test.md): A performance demonstration showing 10,000 Arcade Physics bodies colliding with a player-controlled sprite and the world bounds.
- [Move and Stop at Position](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/move-and-stop-at-position.md): Demonstrates how to move an Arcade Physics body towards a target point and stop it precisely using a distance threshold and body reset.
- [Move To Object](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/move-to.md): Move a physics-enabled sprite toward a target object at a constant speed using the Arcade Physics moveToObject method.
- [Move To Pointer](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/move-to-pointer.md): Demonstrates using the Arcade Physics moveToObject method to make sprites and group members follow the mouse pointer at constant speeds.
- [Move to Position by Duration](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/move-to-position-by-duration.md): Demonstrates using the Arcade Physics moveToObject method to calculate and set velocity based on a target duration in milliseconds.
- [Non-Pushable Arcade Physics Bodies](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/non-pushable-bodies.md): Demonstrates how to use the setPushable method to prevent a physics body from being moved by collisions with other objects while still allowing it to move via gravity and velocity.
- [Overlap Detection with Static Group](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/overlap-collider.md): Demonstrates how to use the physics overlap method to detect when a dynamic sprite intersects with members of a static group without triggering a physical collision response.
- [Overlap Event](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/overlap-event.md): Demonstrates how to trigger and listen for the global physics 'overlap' event by enabling the onOverlap property on an Arcade Physics body.
- [Overlap Process Callback](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/overlap-process-callback.md): Demonstrates using a process callback to perform advanced collision filtering, such as checking if an object is within a complex polygon shape during a physics overlap.
- [Overlap Process Callback with Local Points](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/overlap-process-callback-2.md): Filter Arcade Physics overlaps using a process callback that converts world coordinates to a sprite's local space to perform precise containment checks.
- [Overlap Zone](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/overlap-zone.md): Demonstrates how to use a Zone with a static Arcade Physics body to detect overlaps with moving objects, acting as a trigger area.
- [Overlap Zone with Static Body](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/overlap-zone-static-body.md): Demonstrates how to use an invisible Zone with a static physics body to detect overlaps and trigger callbacks when objects enter a specific area.
- [Physics Bodies on TileSprites](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/add-body-to-tilesprite.md): How to add dynamic and static Arcade Physics bodies to TileSprite objects, enabling collisions and movement for tiled textures.
- [Physics Body Without Sprite](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/physics-body-without-sprite.md): Demonstrates how to manually assign and recycle Arcade Physics bodies to non-physics Game Objects, such as Blitter Bobs, for custom pooling and high-performance physics handling.
- [Pushable Physics Bodies](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/body-push-blocks.md): Demonstrates the use of setPushable to determine if Arcade Physics bodies are moved when collided with, including how to toggle this property dynamically.
- [Racecar Movement](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/racecar.md): Demonstrates top-down vehicle physics using velocityFromRotation to move a sprite based on its orientation, with throttle and angular acceleration control.
- [Random Velocity](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/random-velocity.md): Demonstrates how to scatter physics bodies across a rectangle and assign them random velocity vectors using Phaser.Math.RandomXY.
- [Recycle Arcade Physics Bodies](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/recycle-physics-body.md): Demonstrates how to optimize performance by pooling and recycling Arcade Physics bodies. Learn how to manually disable bodies, store them in a pool, and re-attach them to new sprites to avoid repeated memory allocation.
- [Remove Collider](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/remove-collider.md): This example demonstrates how to disable collision detection between objects by removing a collider reference after the first contact occurs.
- [Restarting a Physics Scene](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/restart-physics-scene.md): Demonstrates a complete scene lifecycle (Main Menu, Game, and Game Over) and how to properly restart a scene containing Arcade Physics sprites, custom world bounds, and camera controls.
- [Rolling Body](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/rolling-body.md): Demonstrates how to simulate a rolling effect by synchronizing a physics body's angular velocity with its horizontal linear velocity.
- [Rotate To Pointer](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/rotate-to-pointer.md): Demonstrates how to steer an Arcade Physics body towards the mouse pointer by calculating the shortest angle and applying angular velocity.
- [Scene-Specific Physics Configuration](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/scene-config.md): Demonstrates how to define Arcade Physics settings, such as gravity, within an individual Scene's configuration object rather than the global Game configuration.
- [Set World Bounds](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/set-world-bounds.md): Learn how to define custom boundaries for the Arcade Physics world, constraining movement and collisions to a specific area smaller than the game canvas.
- [Simple Arcade Physics Body](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/simple-body.md): A basic demonstration of creating an Arcade Physics body with velocity, gravity, and world boundary collision.
- [Simple Physics Group](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/simple-group.md): Demonstrates creating an Arcade Physics Group with shared body properties such as bounce and world bounds collision, including a collider that makes group members react to one another.
- [Smaller Bounding Box](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/smaller-bounding-box.md): Demonstrates how to resize an Arcade Physics body to be smaller than the sprite's original dimensions and center it on the object.
- [Smooth Stop](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/smooth-stop.md): Uses Arcade Physics and SmoothStep to gradually slow down a sprite as it nears its target coordinates for a natural-looking arrival.
- [Space Combat Mechanics](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/space.md): A comprehensive example of Arcade Physics space movement featuring thrust acceleration, angular drag, and bullet pooling. It demonstrates multi-layered parallax backgrounds using TileSprites and a dynamic particle thruster that scales its intensity based on the ship's velocity.
- [Sprite Follow Physics Body](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/sprite-follow-physics-body.md): Demonstrates how to sync the position of a non-physics sprite with a moving Arcade Physics body using Display Bounds helper functions.
- [Sprite Follow Physics Sprite](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/sprite-follow-physics-sprite.md): Demonstrates how to align a non-physics Sprite to a moving Arcade Physics body by using the postupdate event and the alignment utility.
- [Sprite Overlap with Static Group](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/sprite-overlap-group.md): Demonstrates how to detect overlaps between a moving sprite and a static physics group to create a collectible item system.
- [Sprite Vs Immovable](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/sprite-vs-immovable.md): Demonstrates Arcade Physics collision between a moving sprite and an immovable body. The immovable object remains fixed in place regardless of the collision force.
- [Sprite vs Multiple Groups](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/sprite-vs-multiple-groups.md): Demonstrates checking for collisions between a single physics sprite and an array of multiple physics groups using a single collider call.
- [Sprite vs. Group Collision](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/sprite-vs-group.md): Demonstrates Arcade Physics collision between a single moving sprite and an entire group of static objects.
- [Static Body Update](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/static-body-update.md): Demonstrates how to manually move a static physics body and use refreshBody to synchronize the physics collider with the Game Object's new position.
- [Static Physics Group](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/static-group.md): Demonstrates creating a static physics group, positioning its members using a Shape Action, and calling the refresh method to synchronize the physics bodies with their new positions.
- [Sticky Platform](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/sticky-platform.md): Demonstrates how to create a moving platform that a character can stand on and follow. Uses Arcade Physics collisions and gravity adjustments to keep the sprite synced with the platform's motion.
- [Top-down Shooter Average Camera Focus](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/topdown-shooter-average-focus.md): A top-down shooter setup where the camera centers on the average midpoint between the player and the mouse reticle, featuring pointer lock and movement constraints.
- [Top-down Shooter Controls with Pointer Lock](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/topdown-shooter-player-focus.md): Demonstrates a top-down movement system using WASD keys, a crosshair controlled via Pointer Lock, and a player sprite that automatically rotates to face the reticle.
- [Top-Down Shooter Mechanics](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/topdown-shooter-combat-mechanics.md): A comprehensive example of top-down combat featuring WASD movement, mouse-controlled aiming via pointer lock, bullet group pooling, and basic enemy AI with health tracking.
- [Topdown Shooter with Pointer Lock Aiming](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/topdown-shooter-target-focus.md): Features WASD movement and pointer lock aiming. The camera follows a reticle constrained to a radius around the player, while the player automatically rotates to face the target.
- [Touching Faces](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/touching-faces.md): Detect and visualize which sides of an Arcade Physics body are touching another object or the world bounds using the 'touching' and 'blocked' properties.
- [Trick Platforms](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/trick-platforms.md): Demonstrates how to create platforms that drop and disable their collision properties immediately upon contact with the player using Arcade Physics.
- [Tween Physics Body](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/tween-body.md): Demonstrates how to move a physics-enabled body using a Tween while maintaining collision detection by setting the body's moves property to false.
- [Tweening Arcade Physics Velocity](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/tween-velocity.md): Use the Tween Manager to smoothly manipulate Arcade Physics body velocity. This example demonstrates how to ease a physics body to a stop and accelerate it again by targeting the velocity vector and custom speed properties.
- [Tweening Physics Velocity Chain](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/tween-velocity-2.md): Demonstrates controlling an Arcade Physics body's velocity using a Tween Chain to create complex movement patterns that interact with other physics objects.
- [Using Collide and Overlap in Update](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/using-collide-directly.md): Demonstrates calling physics.collide and physics.overlap directly within the Scene update loop instead of using pre-defined colliders.
- [Velocity From Rotating Angle](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/velocity-from-angle-2.md): Demonstrates using the velocityFromAngle method to launch physics bodies at a specific speed in the direction of a rotating object's current angle.
- [Velocity from Rotation](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/velocity-from-angle.md): Demonstrates how to set an Arcade Physics body's velocity using a rotation angle and speed, illustrated by launching a sprite from a cannon toward the mouse pointer.
- [Vertical Friction](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/vertical-friction.md): Demonstrates how setting vertical friction on an immovable moving platform affects the velocity of sprites colliding with its sides.
- [World Bounds Event](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/world-bounds-event.md): Demonstrates how to listen for the 'worldbounds' event in Arcade Physics to detect when a body hits the edge of the screen and respond based on which side was touched.
- [World Bounds Event Custom Logic](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/world-bounds-event-custom.md): Demonstrates how to use the Arcade Physics worldbounds event to trigger custom functions on Game Objects, such as changing animation frames, when they collide with the world boundaries.
- [World Step Event](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/world-step-event.md): Listen for the Arcade Physics world step event to perform logic on every physics update, such as calculating distance and stopping a body when it reaches a destination using delta-based tolerance.
- [Wrap Group](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/wrap-group.md): Demonstrates how to wrap an entire Arcade Physics group around the world bounds so that sprites reappear on the opposite side when they leave.
- [Wrap Sprite](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/wrap-sprite.md): Demonstrates how to use the physics world wrap method to keep a moving sprite within the screen boundaries by wrapping it to the opposite side.

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