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4. Game Controls > Time for action – starting physics for the paddle and ball
Right now, our display objects are rather stagnant. In order for gameplay to initiate, we have to activate physics for the paddle and ball in order for any kind of movement in the game to occur.
- Above the
gameLevel1()function, create a new function calledstartGame().function startGame()
- Add in the following lines to instantiate the physics of the paddle and ball:
physics.addBody(paddle, "static", {density = 1, friction = 0, bounce = 0}) physics.addBody(ball, "dynamic", {density = 1, friction = 0, bounce = 0}) - Create an event listener that uses the background display object to remove the
"tap"event forstartGame(). Close the function withend.background:removeEventListener("tap", startGame) end
