This demo shows how to work with what we call hit and hurt boxes.

To detect interactions in games, we generally use simple geometry: boxes, capsules, circles, polygons. In godot, we achieve that with area nodes.

You can use area nodes for many tasks like interacting with a door, a chest, collecting a pick-up, or dealing and receiving damage.

The role of a hit box is to deal damage to something that has one or more hurt boxes. The hit box represents the part of a weapon that deals damage while the hurt box represents the part of a character that can receive damage.

• WASD: move the sword.
• Space: attack.