Ball = Class{}

function Ball:init(x, y, width, height) -- inheritance allows you to have a baseclass that you can spawn children classes that takes all the attributes of the baseclass and add your own custom behavior
    self.x = x
    self.y = y
    self.width = width
    self.height = height

    self.dx = math.random(2) == 1 and 100 or -100
    self.dy = math.random(-50, 50)
end

function Ball:update(dt)
    self.x = self.x + self.dx * dt
    self.y = self.y + self.dy * dt
    --self.y = self.x + self.dy * dt
end

function Ball:collides(box) -- will tell us if boxes overlap
    if self.x is > box.x + box.width or self.x + self.width < box.x then -- everything is relative to it's top left corner, we want to add the width to see of our left side is to the right of the other box
        return false
    end
    if self.y is > box.y + box.height or self.y + self.height < box.y then
        return false
    end
    return true
end

function Ball:reset()
    self.x = VIRUTAL_WIDTH/2-2
    self.y = VIRTUAL_HEIGHT/2-2

    self.dx = math.random(2) == 1 and -100 or 100

    self.dy = math.random(-50,50) * 1.5
end

function Ball:render()
    love.graphics.rectangle('fill', self.x, self.y, 5, 5)
end