Player can get off screen

[HikingCarrot7]

Is this an [intentional game design]? (Minecraft reference)

[Shadic78]

Hi, thanks for reporting this issue.

The player collisions with the screen borders got broken like a dozen commits ago when vector based movement was implemented, but i'm not sure if i should fix it.

Why I'm thinking about not fixing a clear issue?, well I've thought about the following things:

• Player being able to go off screen grants the player a wider choice of possibilities for hitting back the ball when it goes to a screen corner because the ball return angle changes based on the section of the player that was hit. So, by going off screen the player can decide his own strategy. If the player could collide with a wall, then the ball return angle would be decided before hand and the player wouldn't be able to decide it's own strategy.
• Going off screen can be an advantage as stated before, but going completely off screen will make the player to lose the ball and lose one life, so the player is encouraged to stay within the visible game area.

But still, I'm not sure about this issue/feature.
What do you think about it?, I'll apreciate your feedback on your open issues.

[HikingCarrot7]

In that cases, I agree that the mechanic should be preserved. But I dislike the possibility of the player being able to move "infinitely" to the right or left. Can it be possible to allow the player to get off up to 90 or 95% of the screen... ¿?