---
title: "Circular Collisions with a Static Body"
description: "Demonstrates multiple circular Arcade Physics bodies colliding and bouncing off a central static rectangular body."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "800x600"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/circular-collisions-3
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Circular Collisions with a Static Body

Demonstrates multiple circular Arcade Physics bodies colliding and bouncing off a central static rectangular body.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Physics / Arcade](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade.md). It runs at 800 × 600, and loads its assets from https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410. See it running, with its code, at https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade/view/circular-collisions-3.

To run it, load Phaser 4.1.0 (`https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/phaser@4.1.0/dist/phaser.min.js`), then the file, on a page with a `<div id="game-container">`.

## Code

### circular collisions 3.js

```js
class Example extends Phaser.Scene
{
    preload ()
    {
        this.load.setBaseURL('https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410');
        this.load.spritesheet('ball', 'assets/sprites/balls.png', { frameWidth: 17, frameHeight: 17 });
        this.load.image('rect', 'assets/sprites/128x128.png');
    }

    create ()
    {
        this.cameras.main.centerOn(0, 0);

        const rect = this.physics.add.staticImage(0, 0, 'rect');

        const balls = this.physics.add.group({
            bounceX: 1,
            bounceY: 1
        });

        balls.createMultiple({
            frame: [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ],
            key: 'ball',
            quantity: 6
        });

        Phaser.Actions.PlaceOnCircle(balls.getChildren(), { x: 0, y: 0, radius: 200 });

        for (const ball of balls.getChildren())
        {
            ball.setCircle(8);

            this.physics.moveToObject(ball, rect.body.center, 100);
        }

        this.physics.add.collider(rect, balls);
    }
}

const config = {
    scale: { mode: Phaser.Scale.FIT },
    type: Phaser.AUTO,
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    parent: 'game-container',
    physics: {
        default: 'arcade',
        arcade: { debug: false }
    },
    scene: Example
};

const game = new Phaser.Game(config);
```

## More in Arcade

- [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.
- [All 132 examples in Arcade](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/arcade.md)

---

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