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games logic based on closed shapes

I would like to know the math concepts behind shape based games like http://www.miniclip.com/games/fat-slice/en/ To be specific, I would like to know on how to model shapes programmatically finding ...
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Can a straight line be called a polygon?

According to the definition of Polygon, If a Poly-line's first and last points are connected then it is called Polygon. See the image below. I have P1, .... P5 Polyline. If I draw a line from P5 to ...
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Adding tolerance to a point in polygon test

I've been using this method which was taken from Game Coding Complete to detect whether a point is inside of a polygon. It works in almost every case, but is failing on a few edge cases, and I can't ...
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What is a good way to determine if a vector is between two other vectors?

I could operate with the angles, but I do not have the angles calculated yet (and would like to avoid having to do that). It would be possible to calculate and cache the local-coordinate-frame angles, ...