Why did I do this?

entities/enemy.lua

@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ function Enemy:new(x, y, radius, playableArea)
 
 	self.x = x
 	self.y = y
-	self.width = self.image:getWidth()
-	self.height = self.image:getHeight()
 	self.playableLeft = playableArea[1]
 	self.playableRight = playableArea[2]
 
@@ -26,6 +24,8 @@ function Enemy:new(x, y, radius, playableArea)
 	self.destroy = false
 
 	self.hitbox = { (self.x + 18), (self.x + 44), (self.y + 20), (self.y + 44) }
+	self.move_bounds = self:setMoveBounds({ 18, 44 }, self.move_radius)
+	print("Move Bounds: ", self.move_bounds[1], " , ", self.move_bounds[2])
 	enemyBullets = {}
 end
 
@@ -41,16 +41,19 @@ function Enemy:draw()
 end
 
 function Enemy:update(dt, player)
-	local game_bounds = { self.origin[1] - self.move_radius, self.origin[1] + self.move_radius }
+	-- if spawn location is near the edge, adjust the bounds such that the radius
+	-- does not overlap the bounds of the playable area
 	local window_height = love.graphics.getHeight()
 
 	self.x = self.x + self.speed * dt
-
 	self.hitbox = { (self.x + 18), (self.x + 44), (self.y + 20), (self.y + 44) }
+
 	--movement
-	if self.x > game_bounds[2] then
+	if self.x < self.move_bounds[1] then
+		print("Reversing direction! Hitbox Left Location: ", self.hitbox[1], " Play Bound Left: ", self.playableLeft)
 		self.speed = -self.speed
-	elseif self.x < game_bounds[1] then
+	elseif self.x > self.move_bounds[2] then
+		print("Reversing direction! Hitbox Right Location: ", self.hitbox[2], " Play Bound Right: ", self.playableRight)
 		self.speed = -self.speed
 	end
 
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ function Enemy:update(dt, player)
 		end
 
 		if v.destroy == true then
-			print("Enemy Bullet Removed! Bullets in table remaining: ", #enemyBullets)
+			--print("Enemy Bullet Removed! Bullets in table remaining: ", #enemyBullets)
 			table.remove(enemyBullets, i)
 		end
 
@@ -84,3 +87,19 @@ function Enemy:fire()
 		fireTime = love.timer.getTime()
 	end
 end
+
+function Enemy:setMoveBounds(hitbox_bounds, move_radius)
+	local result = {}
+
+	if (self.origin[1] - hitbox_bounds[1] - move_radius) < self.playableLeft then
+		result[1] = self.playableLeft
+		result[2] = self.playableLeft + hitbox_bounds[1] + (move_radius * 2)
+	elseif (self.origin[2] + hitbox_bounds[2] + move_radius) > self.playableRight then
+		result[2] = self.playableRight
+		result[1] = self.playableRight - hitbox_bounds[2] - (move_radius * 2)
+	else
+		result[1] = self.x - move_radius
+		result[2] = self.x + move_radius
+	end
+	return result
+end

entities/player.lua

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ function Player:new(x, y, playableArea)
 	--(left, right, top, bottom)
 	self.bounds = { (self.x + 8), (self.x + 38), (self.y + 10), (self.y + 36) }
 
+	print("Player: Max Left: ", self.playableLeft - 8, ", Max Right: ", self.playableRight - 38)
 	playerBullets = {}
 end
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ function Player:update(dt, enemies)
 
 		if v.destroy == true then
 			table.remove(playerBullets, i)
-			print("Bullet Destroyed! Bullets in Table: ", #playerBullets)
+			--print("Bullet Destroyed! Bullets in Table: ", #playerBullets)
 		end
 		--recieve the list of enemies and check to see if the bullets hit
 		for _, j in ipairs(enemies) do

main.lua

@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ function love.load()
 	local window_height = love.graphics.getHeight()
 	local bounds = ui:returnBounds()
 
+	print("Playable Bounds: ", bounds[1], " , ", bounds[2])
 	--place the player in the middle of the screen, close to the bottom
 	player = Player(window_width / 2, window_height * 0.9, bounds)
 
 	listOfEnemies = {}
 
-	table.insert(listOfEnemies, Enemy(bounds[1] + 20, 100, 70, bounds))
+	table.insert(listOfEnemies, Enemy(bounds[1] + 50, 100, 70, bounds))
 
 	--set background for space!
 	love.graphics.setBackgroundColor(27 / 255, 51 / 255, 85 / 255)