Phaser – A fast, fun and free open source HTML5 game framework
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HN comment orderThis is a great resource of examples; the author uses Phaser for all the samples: http://gamemechanicexplorer.com
Some guy is using this framework to make a game a week. His third game is particularly addictive, yet very simple. Check them out: http://www.lessmilk.com/
I made a game with Phaser a long time ago, playable online here: https://bravebunny.github.io/curvatron/ I even released it on Steam with some extra features. I made it free there too since it was selling barely anything after the first few months: https://store.steampowered.com/app/404700/Curvatron/ I will not share the source code since it's embarrassingly bad (was basically how I learned JavaScript), but you can easily find it if you really want to.
This is no shade on Phaser, I think they do great work. It’s a really awesome, batteries-included game engine (asset management, input handling, and built-in physics engines like Matter), and I've used it for many of my games with great success. I do wish they didn’t paywall the visual editor itself, though. It’s similar to Tiled but appears to have far more features. I wouldn’t even mind paying for it if it were a flat fee, but locking it behind…
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 426
- Total comments
- 87
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-13 | Phaser - Desktop and Mobile HTML5 game framework | bpierre | 3 | 0 |
| 2014-02-11 | Phaser – Desktop and Mobile HTML5 Game FrameworkFirst breakout | NoahBuscher | 114 | 23 |
| 2015-08-15 | Phaser – A fast, fun and free open source HTML5 game frameworkBest thread | lobo_tuerto | 232 | 55 |
| 2023-09-13 | Phaser: A fast, fun and free open source HTML5 game frameworkLatest 20+ point return | clessg | 69 | 8 |
| 2026-04-10 | Phaser 4 | clessg | 6 | 0 |
| 2026-04-28 | Phaser: Create 2D games for the web – free, open source, and AI-ready | doener | 2 | 1 |