Collision

The collision module provides pure-data helpers for detecting overlap between 2D and 3D shapes. All functions are free functions (or methods on geometry types) — no window, no GPU, no handle required. They map directly to raylib's CheckCollision* and GetRayCollision* family.

API surface

• Rectangle::check_collision_recs — check overlap between two Rectangles.
• Rectangle::check_collision_point_rec — check if a point is inside a rectangle.
• Rectangle::check_collision_circle_rec — check if a circle overlaps a rectangle.
• Rectangle::get_collision_rec — compute the intersection rectangle of two colliding rectangles (None if they don't overlap).
• check_collision_circles — check overlap between two circles.
• check_collision_point_circle — check if a point is inside a circle.
• check_collision_point_triangle — check if a point is inside a triangle.
• check_collision_point_line — check if a point is within a threshold distance of a line segment.
• check_collision_lines — check if two line segments intersect; returns Option<Vector2> with the intersection point.
• check_collision_spheres — 3D sphere–sphere overlap check.
• BoundingBox::check_collision_boxes — 3D axis-aligned bounding box overlap check.

Example

Rectangle and circle collision — pure Rust, no window needed.

# extern crate raylib;
use raylib::math::Rectangle;
use raylib::core::collision::{check_collision_circles, check_collision_lines};
use raylib::math::Vector2;

// Two overlapping rectangles
let r1 = Rectangle::new(0.0, 0.0, 10.0, 10.0);
let r2 = Rectangle::new(5.0, 5.0, 10.0, 10.0);
assert!(r1.check_collision_recs(r2), "overlapping rects should collide");

// A separated rectangle pair
let r3 = Rectangle::new(20.0, 20.0, 5.0, 5.0);
assert!(!r1.check_collision_recs(r3), "non-overlapping rects should not collide");

// Point inside rectangle
assert!(r1.check_collision_point_rec(Vector2::new(3.0, 3.0)));
assert!(!r1.check_collision_point_rec(Vector2::new(15.0, 15.0)));

// Two overlapping circles (centers 1 apart, radii sum = 4)
assert!(check_collision_circles(
    Vector2::new(0.0, 0.0), 2.0,
    Vector2::new(1.0, 0.0), 2.0,
));

// Line intersection
let hit = check_collision_lines(
    Vector2::new(-1.0, -1.0), Vector2::new(1.0, 1.0),
    Vector2::new(-1.0,  1.0), Vector2::new(1.0, -1.0),
);
assert!(hit.is_some(), "diagonal lines should intersect");
let pt = hit.unwrap();
assert!((pt.x).abs() < 1e-4 && (pt.y).abs() < 1e-4);

Gotchas

• check_collision_recs is a method on Rectangle, not a free function. Call it as rect.check_collision_recs(other). Similarly, check_collision_point_rec, check_collision_circle_rec, and get_collision_rec are methods on Rectangle.
• check_collision_lines returns Option<Vector2>, not bool. Use .is_some() to test for collision and .unwrap() to read the intersection point.
• Touch counts as collision. Circles whose edges exactly touch (distance equals the sum of radii) are considered colliding; this matches raylib's C behaviour.

See also

• raymath — Vector2/Vector3/BoundingBox types used here.
• Shapes — drawing the same geometry you're testing.
• check_collision_recs docs.rs

Showcase examples

Showcase examples that exercise this module:

• shapes_collision_area
• shapes_ellipse_collision
• shapes_ball_physics