Check for collisions between SKSprite nodes that don't have physics bodies

Question

I have two SkSprite nodes.

var player = SKSpriteNode()
var colorWheel = SKSpriteNode()

Is there a simple way for me to detect collisions between them without having to give them physics bodies. Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

There is a way of doing this using the update() method

override func update(_ currentTime: TimeInterval) {

    if player.frame.intersects(colorWheel.frame) {
        //Nodes are colliding
    }
}

This is just a starting point and will be triggered for each frame where the nodes are colliding. You will have to write down additional logic to handle one-off collisions etc.