Phaser 3.0: HTML5 game framework

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Post by johnhattan » Wed, Feb 14, 2018, 12:40 AM UTC

Phaser 3.0: HTML5 game framework
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Re: Phaser 3.0: HTML5 game framework

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Post by james-skemp » Wed, Feb 14, 2018, 1:34 AM UTC

Having been watching this, it's still rough around the edges, but I have no doubt that Phaser 3 will get to feature complete and beyond at a nice pace.

What's holding me back from starting to really experiment with it is lack of TypeScript definitions. Phaser 2 was what got me started using TypeScript, and as a C# guy I'm still holding out hope that I can get my work using TypeScript for some project or other.

If you've been wanting to play with TypeScript, I highly recommend taking a look at creating a simple game with TypeScript.

There's a lot of templates out there, and I've done some popular tutorials in TypeScript instead of the JavaScript they were written in.

https://github.com/JamesSkemp/PhaserTutorials

Re: Phaser 3.0: HTML5 game framework

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Post by baldfat » Wed, Feb 14, 2018, 1:36 AM UTC

I LOVE Phaser though I have moved on to Godot wanting to see if it is a better fit for me. Congrats to the team for making a great toolkit.

Re: Phaser 3.0: HTML5 game framework

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Post by ggregoire » Wed, Feb 14, 2018, 1:57 AM UTC

What are the main differences with Pixi? I'm new to game dev, I picked Pixi 1 week ago because it's the one generally recommended on HN.

Both frameworks have 17,500 stars on github.

Re: Phaser 3.0: HTML5 game framework

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Post by tlarkworthy » Wed, Feb 14, 2018, 2:04 AM UTC

ggregoire wrote: post #4

What are the main differences with Pixi? I'm new to game dev, I picked Pixi 1 week ago because it's the one generally recommended on HN. Both frameworks have 17,500 stars on github.

Pixi is rendering. Phaser is full game engine (physics, sound etc.).

Phaser uses an old customized version of pixi for the visuals.

Re: Phaser 3.0: HTML5 game framework

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Post by Ycros » Wed, Feb 14, 2018, 2:10 AM UTC

I'd expect the "What's New" section to tell me at a high level what's actually new in this release.

Re: Phaser 3.0: HTML5 game framework

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Post by myth_drannon » Wed, Feb 14, 2018, 2:23 AM UTC

Hopefully Thomas Palef will update his "Discover Phaser" book for Phaser 3.

Re: Phaser 3.0: HTML5 game framework

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Post by freehunter » Wed, Feb 14, 2018, 2:26 AM UTC

A year or so ago I did a lot with Phaser. I learned I'm not cut out for indie game dev and since moved on, but man is Phaser easy to learn and easy to get more advanced in. Even though I don't use it anymore, I am a big fan of their work.

Congratulations on shipping 3.0. I hope it inspires a lot of great talent to discover themselves.

Re: Phaser 3.0: HTML5 game framework

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Post by mephitix » Wed, Feb 14, 2018, 2:31 AM UTC

"Games can be compiled to iOS, Android and native apps via 3rd party tools"

Gonna need some explanation here... does it spit out native code? Where are the tools? And since it's HTML5 why can't I just run the thing in a native web view? Are there perf issues?

Re: Phaser 3.0: HTML5 game framework

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Post by dgritsko » Wed, Feb 14, 2018, 2:40 AM UTC

freehunter wrote: post #8

A year or so ago I did a lot with Phaser. I learned I'm not cut out for indie game dev and since moved on, but man is Phaser easy to learn and easy to get more advanced in. Even though I don't use it anymore, I am a big fan of their work. Congratulations on shipping 3.0. I hope it inspires a lot of great talent to discover themselves.

Yeah, I've done some hobbyist stuff with it and it was a joy to work with. Felt like I spent most of my time actually making my games rather than learning arcane trivia about a framework, which made for a very pleasant experience.