Phaser Cordova Template

This repo contains a project template for building a multiplatform mobile game with Phaser and Apache Cordova. This documentation is mainly for my purposes of remembering but it should be useful if you want to start a project with these technologies.

This project was based off of the phaser-es6-boilerplate

Features

1. Gulp script for autobuilding, running unit tests, and local project hosting
2. Karma unit tests
3. Module support using browserify
4. ES6 Support using babelify
5. Source maps
6. Texture atlas and texture atlas export script for GIMP
7. Auto display sizing to your game's desired aspect ratio

Example Setup

cd ~/dev
git clone git@github.com:seanirby/phaser-cordova-template.git
cd phaser-cordova-template
npm update
npm install
cordova platform add ios
cordova platform add android

To start the dev autobuild/test process, you need to run the following from the project directory.

npm start

Building for mobile

Before you can build the iOS mobile executable you must edit build.json to provide your development team id. This can be found in your developer portal. Once that is done, run the following to start your project:

cordova build ios
cordova run ios

Project Structure

asset_projects

Contains assets that may need some processing before being placed in the static folder.

For instance, asset_projects/gfx contains a GIMP project named atlas where you can draw your game's graphics. Each layer in this file corresponds to a game sprite. Export the atlas to the static folder by running the gimp script in gimp_scripts/make_atlas_files.scm.

build.json

Cordova specific. See cordova docs

config.xml

Cordova specific. See cordova docs

gulpfile.js

This file defines a script that builds your project, autobuilds on changes, and runs your unit tests. The project is compiled from the content in src, static, node_modules/phaser, and node_modules/javascript-state-machine. Tests are run found in tests folder.

The compiled assets can be found in www. See script for details.

hooks

Cordova specific. See cordova docs

info.txt

Cordova specific. See cordova docs

karma.conf.js

Unit test configuration

package.json

npm configuration file

platforms

Cordova specific. See cordova docs

plugins

Cordova specific. See cordova docs

server.rb

Helper file for starting up a local web server serving content in the www directory. This is useful if you need to send the game to an artist who needs to test the game but may not be technical. All they need to do is run the following command from the project folder.

ruby server.rb

You should be able to see the project on http://localhost:8001.

src

Folder for source files that need some form of compilation. Currently it contains the project's JS files and index.html. The javascript files in this folder support ES6 syntax and will be compiled into www/game.js after building.

The html file in this folder will be compiled into www/index.html after building. The html file is preprocessed in the gulpfile so you can conditionally place content in index.html if you wish.

static

Project assets such as sound files, images, and stylesheets. These files are simply copied into the www directory when built.

test

Directory for storing your Karma unit tests

www

Project build folder.

Code Structure

Our application code starts in src/js/index.js with the call to app.initialize(). This sets up the event callback we need to start our game. For desktop/non-mobile users, we listen for the DOMContentLoaded event. For mobile users we listen for the deviceready event. These callbacks will perform any context specific setup and then start the game.

The game states can be found in src/js/states. This template is set to execute the following sequence of states on startup.

1. Boot
2. Preload
3. ScreenTest

The ScreenTest state displays information about your window dimensions and device dimensions. Once you start development on your game, you will want to edit the Preload state so you don't immediately go to the ScreenTest.