Scott Westover

Create a Basic Multiplayer Game in Phaser 3 with Socket.io – Part 1

April 24, 2021June 23, 2019 by Scott Westover

Phaser 3 game with blue and red ships dueling

In this multipart tutorial, we will be using Phaser 3 and Socket.io to create a simple multiplayer game. For our multiplayer game, we will follow the client-server game architecture. If you are not familiar with the client-server game architecture, the client is responsible for displaying the game to the player, handling the player’s input, and for … Read more

A Guide to Using the Facebook Instant Games Plugin for Phaser 3 – Part 1

May 3, 2021January 2, 2019 by Scott Westover

This tutorial has been moved to our Phaser Tutorials blog – find it HERE.

Creating a Phaser 3 Template – Part 1

May 17, 2021October 16, 2018 by Scott Westover

This tutorial has been moved to our Phaser Tutorials blog – find it HERE.

Phaser Progressive Web Apps Tutorial – How to Create Offline-First Games

April 19, 2021September 18, 2018 by Scott Westover

Phaser is a fantastic HTML5 game framework, which can easily be run on any device. The downside is since it is an HTML5 framework, there is no out-of-the-box solution to create a mobile app version of your game. You can use other tools like PhoneGap, CocoonJS, Ionic, etc. to create a hybrid mobile app, but … Read more

Create a Dialog Modal Plugin in Phaser 3 – Part 2

April 30, 2021May 29, 2018 by Scott Westover

In part one of this tutorial, we covered the following topics: How to create a basic plugin in Phaser 3. How to load and register a plugin. Setup the default properties for our plugin. Setup the logic for dynamically placing the dialog window. Created the basic dialog window. In case you missed it, you can … Read more

Create a Dialog Modal Plugin in Phaser 3 – Part 1

May 16, 2021May 15, 2018 by Scott Westover

One of the great things about Phaser 3 is the plugin system. For example, did you know every time you load an image, or you check for input on a game object, you are actually using a built-in plugin? Not only does Phaser use these plugins internally for a lot of its core functionality, but … Read more

Create A Basic Multiplayer Game In Phaser 3 With Socket.io – Part 2

May 3, 2021May 2, 2018 by Scott Westover

In part one of this tutorial, we created our Node.js server, set up a basic Phaser game, and added Socket.io to allow communication between the two. If you missed it, you can find part one here. In this tutorial, we are going to focus on adding the client-side code that will: add and remove players … Read more

Creating a Preloading Screen in Phaser 3

May 18, 2021April 17, 2018 by Scott Westover

One of the things that almost all games have in common is a loading screen, which can be used to inform the player how long they must wait to play the game. Even though no one likes waiting to play a game, a loading screen is a valuable tool. Instead of having players stare at … Read more

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