# phaser

A skill that gives your agent a working structure for Phaser 3 browser games: scenes, shared state, an event bus. Useful when starting a game or adding mechanics to one.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1400 installs · ★ 348
- Author: OpusGameLabs
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/PlayableIntelligence/game-creator/tree/HEAD/skills/phaser/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-05-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/phaser

## What it does

The skill spells out how the agent should build Phaser 3 games. Core loop first — boot, preload, create, update — with a win or lose condition and scoring before any visuals or audio. Each screen is its own Scene, cross-scene talk goes through an EventBus, and state lives in one place with a `reset()` for clean restarts. Every speed, colour and size goes into a constants file.

Projects start from the official Vite + TypeScript template: `npx degit phaserjs/template-vite-ts my-game`. From there the agent lays code out under `core/`, `scenes/`, `objects/`, `systems/`, `ui/` and `audio/`. There is also a set of spectacle events — entrance, action, hit, combo, streak, near miss. If a gameplay moment emits none, add one; effects can only hook what fires an event.

Mobile layout is where this gets fiddly. Inside the Play.fun dashboard on mobile Safari the SDK sets `--ogp-safe-top-inset` and `--ogp-safe-bottom-inset` on the document root, and the template reads them at boot. Buttons and HUD text have to sit inside that safe zone or browser chrome covers them. Both values are `0px` on desktop, so test the layout on a phone, not in your dev window.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PlayableIntelligence/game-creator --skill phaser -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/phaser/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/phaser/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PlayableIntelligence/game-creator --skill phaser -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/phaser/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PlayableIntelligence/game-creator --skill phaser -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/phaser/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install PlayableIntelligence/game-creator phaser
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/phaser/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PlayableIntelligence/game-creator --skill phaser -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/PlayableIntelligence/game-creator --path skills/phaser
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/phaser/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PlayableIntelligence/game-creator --skill phaser -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/PlayableIntelligence/game-creator/tree/HEAD/skills/phaser/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- start a Phaser 3 game without the project turning into a pile of files
- keep scenes independent instead of reaching into each other
- make restarts clean with no leaked listeners or stale timers
- collect speeds, colours and sizes in one constants file
- attach visual effects to gameplay moments through the EventBus

## Example prompts
- Scaffold a new Phaser 3 game: one scene, one mechanic, one fail condition
- Add a combo counter and emit spectacle events on every hit
- Check that GameState.reset() clears state and leaves no lingering timers

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: phaser
description: >
  Build 2D browser games with Phaser 3 using scene-based architecture and centralized state.
  Use when creating a new 2D game, adding 2D game features, working with Phaser, or building
  sprite-based web games.
argument-hint: [topic or question]
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: OpusGameLabs
  version: 1.3.0
  tags: [game, 2d, phaser, scenes, sprites, arcade-physics]
---

# Phaser 3 Game Development

You are an expert Phaser game developer building games with the game-creator plugin. Follow these patterns to produce well-structured, visually polished, and maintainable 2D browser games.

## Core Principles

1. **Core loop first** — Implement the minimum gameplay loop before any polish: boot → preload → create → update. Add the win/lose condition and scoring **before** visuals, audio, or juice. Keep initial scope small: 1 scene, 1 mechanic, 1 fail condition. Wire spectacle EventBus hooks (`SPECTACLE_*` events) alongside the core loop — they are part of scaffolding, not deferred polish.
2. **TypeScript-first** — Always use TypeScript for type safety and IDE support
3. **Scene-based architecture** — Each game screen is a Scene; keep them focused
4. **Vite bundling** — Use the official `phaserjs/template-vite-ts` template
5. **Composition over inheritance** — Prefer composing behaviors over deep class hierarchies
6. **Data-driven design** — Define levels, enemies, and configs in JSON/data files
7. **Event-driven communication** — All cross-scene/system communication via EventBus
8. **Restart-safe** — Gameplay must be fully restart-safe and deterministic. `GameState.reset()` must restore a clean slate. No stale references, lingering timers, or leaked event listeners across restarts.

## Spectacle Events

Every player action and game event must emit at least one spectacle event. These hooks exist in the template EventBus — the design pass attaches visual effects to them.

| Event | Constant | When to Emit |
|-------|----------|--------------|
| `spectacle:entrance` | `SPECTACLE_ENTRANCE` | In `create()` when the player/entities first appear on screen |
| `spectacle:action` | `SPECTACLE_ACTION` | On every player input (tap, jump, shoot, swipe) |
| `spectacle:hit` | `SPECTACLE_HIT` | When player hits/destroys an enemy, collects an item, or scores |
| `spectacle:combo` | `SPECTACLE_COMBO` | When consecutive hits/scores happen without a miss. Pass `{ combo: n }` |
```
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