Refactor Cursor to be an Area2D

behaviours/cursor_detector.gd

@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ signal cursor_exited(cursor: Cursor)
 var mouse_inside = false
 
 
-func _on_body_entered(body: Node2D) -> void:
+func _on_area_entered(body: Area2D) -> void:
 	if body is Cursor:
 		mouse_inside = true
 		cursor_entered.emit(body)
 
-func _on_body_exited(body: Node2D) -> void:
+func _on_area_exited(body: Area2D) -> void:
 	if body is Cursor:
 		mouse_inside = true
 		cursor_exited.emit(body)

behaviours/cursor_detector.tscn

@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ input_pickable = false
 monitorable = false
 script = ExtResource("1_4hcxj")
 
-[connection signal="body_entered" from="." to="." method="_on_body_entered"]
-[connection signal="body_exited" from="." to="." method="_on_body_exited"]
+[connection signal="area_entered" from="." to="." method="_on_area_entered"]
+[connection signal="area_exited" from="." to="." method="_on_area_exited"]

scenes/game/cursor.gd

@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-extends CharacterBody2D
+extends Area2D
 class_name Cursor
 
 ## A [CharacterBody2D] syncing its position with the mouse on each physics timestep.
 
 
+signal dragged(node: Draggable)
+signal dropped(node: Draggable)
+
+
 @onready var game := MainGame.get_via_group(self)
 
 
@@ -14,5 +18,18 @@ static func get_via_group(node: Node) -> MainGame:
 	return result[0]
 
 
+func find_closest_target() -> Draggable:
+	var bodies = get_overlapping_bodies()
+	var min_distance: float = INF
+	var to_drag: Node = null
+	for body in bodies:
+		for target in body.find_children("Draggable", "Draggable", false, false):
+			var distance = position.distance_to(target.position)
+			if distance < min_distance:
+				min_distance = distance
+				to_drag = target
+	return to_drag
+
+
 func _physics_process(_delta: float) -> void:
-	move_and_collide(game.camera.get_global_mouse_position() - global_position)
+	position += (game.camera.get_global_mouse_position() - global_position)

scenes/game/cursor.tscn

@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@
 [sub_resource type="CircleShape2D" id="CircleShape2D_j2mj5"]
 radius = 4.0
 
-[node name="Cursor" type="CharacterBody2D" groups=["cursor"]]
+[node name="Cursor" type="Area2D" groups=["cursor"]]
 collision_layer = 64
 collision_mask = 0
-motion_mode = 1
 script = ExtResource("1_1og6v")
 
 [node name="Shape" type="CollisionShape2D" parent="."]