I’ve been having some trouble with this and when I searched the forum everything I could find didn’t work. So with this code, there are objects falling from the sky, and the paddle at the bottom blocks them from reaching the ground. I am trying to make it so that when one of the objects makes contact with the paddle, an impulse is applied to that object to make it fly left or right off the side of the screen. You can see my comments of what I tried. Would it be better to make this as an animation? Anyone who can help me solve this, I will be happy to buy your app in the app store as a thank you 
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display.setStatusBar(display.HiddenStatusBar)
– Load and start physics
local physics = require(“physics”)
physics.start()
physics.setGravity(0, 5)
local gameLayer = display.newGroup()
local bulletsLayer = display.newGroup()
local enemiesLayer = display.newGroup()
local ball
local gameIsActive = true
local scoreText
local sounds
local score = 0
local toRemove = {}
local background
local paddle
local halfpaddleWidth
local timeInterval = 1000
local textureCache = {}
textureCache[1] = display.newImage(“paddle.png”); textureCache[1].isVisible = false;
textureCache[2] = display.newImage(“regBall.png”); textureCache[2].isVisible = false;
local halfballWidth = textureCache[2].contentWidth * .5
gameLayer:insert(bulletsLayer)
gameLayer:insert(enemiesLayer)
local function onCollision(self, event)
if self.name == “paddle” and event.other.name == “ball” and gameIsActive then
–table.insert(toRemove, event.other)
score = score + 10
scoreText.text = score
–I want this force to make the soccer balls fly off the screen at an angle so they
–don’t bounce right back up
–ball:applyLinearImpulse( 500, 2000, ball.x, ball.y )
–gameIsActive = false
end
end
–transition.to( ball, { alpha=0, time=1000, onComplete=onCollision} )
paddle = display.newImage(“paddle.png”)
paddle.x = display.contentCenterX
paddle.y = display.contentHeight - paddle.contentHeight
physics.addBody(paddle, “kinematic”, {bounce = 0})
paddle.name = “paddle”
paddle.collision = onCollision
paddle:addEventListener(“collision”, paddle)
gameLayer:insert(paddle)
halfpaddleWidth = paddle.contentWidth * .5
scoreText = display.newText(score, 0, 0, “HelveticaNeue”, 35)
scoreText:setTextColor(255, 255, 255)
scoreText.x = 100
scoreText.y = 25
gameLayer:insert(scoreText)
– Game loop
local timeLastball = 0
local function gamePlay(event)
if gameIsActive then
– Remove collided ball planes
for i = 1, #toRemove do
toRemove[i].parent:remove(toRemove[i])
toRemove[i] = nil
end
if event.time - timeLastball >= math.random(timeInterval, (timeInterval + 400) ) then
local ball = display.newImage(“regBall.png”)
ball.x = math.random(halfballWidth, display.contentWidth - halfballWidth)
ball.y = -ball.contentHeight
physics.addBody(ball, “dynamic”, {bounce = 0})
ball.name = “ball”
enemiesLayer:insert(ball)
timeLastball = event.time
end
end
end
Runtime:addEventListener(“enterFrame”, gamePlay)
– Basic controls
local function paddleMovement(event)
if not gameIsActive then return false end
if event.x >= halfpaddleWidth and event.x <= display.contentWidth - halfpaddleWidth then
paddle.x = event.x
end
end
paddle:addEventListener(“touch”, paddleMovement)
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