Game Development with Phaser Course (How To)

Learn how to make your own video game in this beginner-friendly course designed to teach the fundamentals of the Phaser game engine. This course takes a hands-on approach to learning by showing you how to setup and create two games from scratch. With this step-by-step guidance, you will gain a solid understanding of the features of the Phaser game engine needed to create a fun game. By the end of the course, you'll not only have two games to show for your effort, but you'll also gain the skills and confidence to build a game of your own.

What you'll learn

• Phaser game engine
• Build two games using Phaser
• Object orientated development with Javascript
• Create a basic level using Tiled Map Editor

Building a Breakout Game with Phaser

In this stage we are going to learn about Phaser by building a simple breakout game

Chevron 19 steps

• Course Overview

  2:16

• What Is a Game Engine?

  1:59

• What Is Phaser?

  2:43

• My Development Setup

  3:30

• What Will Be Built in This Stage

  1:27

• Phaser Project Setup

  6:29

• Loading Game Assets

  6:06

• Setting up a Server

  5:51

• Adding Grouped Images

  4:53

• Phaser Explanation and Setup Quiz

  5 questions

• Adding Paddle Movement

  6:05

• Adding Physics

  9:36

• Adding Basic Collisions

  4:40

• Adding Logic on Collision

  5:05

• Winning and Losing Text

  13:58

• Adding Sound

  8:02

• Final Thoughts

  9:55

• Player Movement and Collision Quiz

  6 questions

• How to Improve Our Game

  4:41

Building a Platform Game with Phaser

In this stage we're going to grow our Phaser knowledge by building a more complex platform game.

Chevron 19 steps

• What Will Be Built in This Stage

  1:48

• Project Setup Using Vite

  14:11

• Add Player Sprite and Movement

  18:52

• Adding Gravity and Jump

  12:16

• Create a Level Using Tiled

  13:00

• Loading Tiled Level

  11:39

• Animation and Level Design Quiz

  5 questions

• Adding Collisions and a Background

  8:04

• Adding Collectables

  9:32

• Adding a HUD and Enemies

  9:39

• Game Over Screen

  12:03

• Adding Prefabs

  13:45

• More on Prefabs

  10:55

• Centralized Preloading

  7:08

• Add an Exit and Another Level

  11:53

• Music and Sound Effects

  14:13

• Refactoring and Scene Management Quiz

  5 questions

• Deployment and Game Improvements

  10:07

• Game Development with Phaser Wrap-Up

  1:38