Phaser 3 TypeScript Starter Template
Phaser 3 with TypeScript and webpack for building excellent html5-games that work great in the browser and on mobile devices.
A starter template forKey Features • Preview • How To Use • PWA • Native App • Custom Configurations • ES6 • Useful Links • Multiplayer Game • Examples • Credits • License
Want to use ES6 instead of TypeScript? Check out the phaser-project-template-es6
Key Features
- ESNext features ready (async/await, Rest/Spread operators)
- Code Splitting
- Obfuscation
- Development Server with SourceMap and Live-Reload
- PWA ready with offline support and "Add to Home screen" install prompt
- Easy to build Native App using Capacitor
- Includes Phaser 3 TypeScript typings
- For development and production builds
- Adds a webpack ContentHash to the JavaScript files (in production)
Preview
This is what you get after installing this template. A simple and clean starter template written in TypeScript. Try it!
![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/acbart/phaser-test-game/master/readme/screenshot.png)
How To Use
To clone and run this template, you'll need Git and Node.js (which comes with npm) installed on your computer. From your command line:
# Clone this repository
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/yandeu/phaser-project-template.git phaser3-game
# Go into the repository
$ cd phaser3-game
# Install dependencies
$ npm install
# Start the local development server (on port 8080)
$ npm start
# Ready for production?
# Build the production ready code to the /dist folder
$ npm run build
Change the gameName in /webpack/webpack.common.js.
All your game code lies inside the /src/scripts folder. All assets need to be inside the /src/assets folder in order to get copied to /dist while creating the production build. Do not change the name of the index.html and game.ts files.
Progressive Web App (PWA)
This template is 100% PWA ready.
The ServiceWorker is disabled by default. Uncomment the line below inside /src/index.html to enable it.
<script>
if ('serviceWorker' in navigator) {
window.addEventListener('load', () => {
navigator.serviceWorker.register('./sw.js')
})
}
</script>
You can easily personalize its settings by following these steps:
- Replace both icons in /pwa/icons with your own.
- One is 512x512 the other 192x192
- Add your own favicon.ico to /src
- Adjust these parameters in the manifest.json file in /pwa
- short_name: Max. 12 characters
- name: The full game name
- orientation: "landscape" or "portrait"
- background_color: color of the splash screen
- theme_color: color of the navbar - has to match the theme-color in the index.html file
- You can leave the sw.js (serviceWorker) in /pwa how it is.
- Change the gameName in /webpack/webpack.common.js
Read more about PWA on developers.google.com
Native App
The simplest way to build a Native App is using Capacitor and following its Documentation. The only thing you need to change after installing Capacitor is the webDir inside the capacitor.config.json file. Set it to dist like so:
{
"appId": "com.example.app",
"appName": "YOUR_APP_NAME",
"bundledWebRuntime": false,
"webDir": "dist"
}
Custom Configurations
TypeScript Compiler
Change the TypeScript compiler's settings in the tsconfig.json file.
If you are new to TypeScript, you maybe want to set "noImplicitAny" to false.
You'll find more information about the TypeScript compiler here.
Typings
You can put your custom type definitions inside typings/custom.d.ts.
Webpack
All webpack configs are in the webpack folder.
Obfuscation
We are using the webpack-obfuscator. Change its settings in webpack/webpack.prod.js if needed. All available options are listed here.
ES6
Want to use ES6 instead of TypeScript? Switch to the phaser-project-template-es6
Multiplayer Game
Making a multiplayer game? Check out geckos.io
Useful Links
Examples
Game Examples Built with this Starter Template
Play this game - Visit its Repository]
Platformer Example [Play this game - Visit its Repository]
Phaser 3 + Matter.js: Car Example [![phaser3-matter-car-example](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yandeu/phaser3-matter-car-on-curved-terrain/master/readme/myimage.gif)
Credits
A huge thank you to Rich @photonstorm for creating Phaser
License
The MIT License (MIT) 2019 - Yannick Deubel. Please have a look at the LICENSE for more details.