What is Screen Wrapping:

Think of the game screen like a magical portal. The right edge of the screen is connected to the left edge, and the top edge is connected to the bottom edge.

If you fly off the Right side, you don't hit a wall or disappear forever. Instead, you instantly teleport to the Left side, maintaining your speed and direction.

Why do we do this?

In a game like Asteroids, we want the player to feel like they are floating in infinite space.

• If we used walls: The ship would bounce or stop, which kills the feeling of drifting in open space.

• If we didn't wrap: The player would fly off-screen and get lost in the darkness forever.

Wrapping creates an "Infinite Loop" on a single screen.

position vs global_position

In Godot, position is a node's coordinates relative to its parent node (local space), while global_position is its absolute position in the world/scene (world space). Think of position as an offset from your parent's spot, whereas global_position is where you are in the entire game.

• Use position for things that move with their parent.
  Use global_position for things that need to be placed or measured in the overall game world, unaffected by parent hierarchy.