Interphase

Interphase is a new book for Phaser developers of all skill levels.

With 400 pages of content you'll find detailed articles, game development "Making Of" guides and tutorials. All were written using the latest version of Phaser, so you won't be learning any out-dated tricks here.

As well as the book you get all the source code, graphics and assets to go with it, as well as lots of extras too.

Contents include:

A Guide to the Phaser State Manager

A comprehensive to using States in Phaser. It explains the internal workings of the State Manager, describing what the reserved properties and methods are, how to use them and how they can make your code more concise.

It also includes lots of example source code. If you've ever wondered how, or why, to logically split your game up then this guide is for you.

8 'Making Of' Guides

Interphase contains 8 complete games. Each is finished to a high standard. With clearly named variables, logical structures and professional original pixel art. The detailed 'Making Of' guides for each game will teach you different aspects of Phaser.

You'll learn how to use P2 Physics by building a game of 8 Ball Pool. 10 Second Clicker introduces shaders and adding your own uniforms to them. Create a bitmap based particle emitter in Lazer Dash and loads more. Check out the full contents list for details.

Full source code, graphics and extras are included for all 8 games.

Each game also has a Debug Mode built in, so you can hit the D key to view all kinds of debug data specific to the game. From physics bodies to aim lines, it's a very useful way to learn. Here's the 8 Ball Pool game with Debug mode enabled:

These are not your average 'beginners guides'. Here's some of the topics covered:

• Tile Map scanning
• Level design with Tiled
• Using shaders in your game
• Adding uniforms to shaders
• Revolute Constraints in P2 Physics
• Collision detection and hit boxes
• Bitmap Particle Emitters
• Creating underwater turbulence
• Screen sized bitmap fonts
• Multi-axis tweening
• Object pools and object re-use
• Creating a billiards game in P2
• Making sprites shake

All games were written using Phaser 2.4.4 so are completely up to date.

We plan to release more issues of Interphase in the future, however we promise that all content is fully self-contained. You will never find an article that says "Continued next issue".

Extra Tutorials

As well as guides on how to make the 8 games we've also got extra tutorials that focus on one specific topic.

For example there's a tutorial on recent advancements to the Phaser Loader - it may sound dull, but it can cut your game code down dramatically!

Or how about a tutorial on plotting the trajectory of Arcade Physics sprites so you can determine where they will land? Or how to build a flip-screen tilemap game? It's all in here.

Hidden Content

Make sure you explore the 'Cover Disk' folder carefully - because we're hiding a couple of little treats in there specially for you :)

The image below shows 6 pages out of 400!

What will I actually receive?

You'll get a zip file containing all the code and assets for the games and tutorials, as well as PDF, ePub and mobi versions of the book, so you can read it on any device.

Interphase will also be published on the Phaser web site where we can keep the content fresh (sadly even we make typos!). Your purchase includes access to this site once it's live.

In short you'll get an instant download of all the content and the ability to read it online too.

Learning so much reading through "Interphase #1" from @photonstorm!

— Brian Garcia (@briangarcia_dp) September 13, 2015

@photonstorm Having a blast reading #Interphase, it's very informative even for people with experience. Can't wait for the next issue!!

— Javier Corra (@jackfreak) September 12, 2015

Juste receive the link to http://t.co/z6LDmInX4t, the digital book for #phaser framework devs from @photonstorm and ... It's amazing ! TU !

— Grégory Besson (@gregorybesson) September 13, 2015

#Interphase #phaserjs I am impressed with the content. Good job @photonstorm Can't wait till I go through it all. #gamedev #indiegame

— AbelaNET (@abelanet) September 13, 2015

@iLkKke @photonstorm Great design, awesome pixelart, and amazing content! Love it!

— ArtBIT (@ArtBIT) September 12, 2015

I got Interphase #1 :D Thanks for this #f*amazing stuff @photonstorm

— Jorge Enríquez (@jorgeenriquezm) September 12, 2015

Wow! Interphase #1 is awesome! It worth every penny I paid! Great work, @photonstorm ! You're cool! :)

— Vladimir Karmishin (@dr_vlat) September 12, 2015

Interphase issue 1 is out, and it is awesome. @photonstorm and Illija have created a fantastic #gamedev resource. http://t.co/UHSV7f9nZq

— Ryan Malm (@ryanmalm) September 14, 2015

Full Contents List

Here's the "Contents" list from the book so you can see exactly what you get:

Section	Page Number
Welcome to Interphase	i
A Sense of Wonder	ii
Feedback	iv
Phaser Version	v
1. State Manager Guide	1
Introduction	3
Close Encounters of the first kind	4
What is a State?	6
There can only be one active State	7
States don’t have Display properties	8
An Example of a State	9
A note on terminology	13
The Structure of a State	14
Predefined Methods	15
Predefined Properties	17
The State Flow	19
The State Methods	25
init	26
preload	29
loadUpdate	33
loadRender	39
create	40
update	41
preRender	46
render	51
resize	55
paused	58
resumed	61
pauseUpdate	62
shutdown	64
How to create a State	65
Object Literal	66
Extending Phaser.State	67
Adding a State to the State Manager	69
Dynamically adding a State	71
Changing States	72
The State Change Process	73
clearWorld	75
clearCache	80
Restarting a State	81
Project Structure	82
Quick and Dirty	83
A Small Project Structure	84
A Medium Project Structure	86
A Large Project Structure	95
Summary	104
2. The Making of 8 Ball Pool	105
The Game Concept	106
The Game Artwork	108
The Game Code	110
1. Preparing the Table Physics	111
2. Building the Table	119
3. How deep are your pockets?	120
4. Creating the Balls	122
5. Laying the Table	125
6. Adding Ball Shadows	128
7. Contact Materials	132
8. Drawing the Cue	134
9. Cue Power Fill	137
10. Taking the Shot	139
11. Placing the Cue Ball	142
Extending the Game	147
Further Reading	148
3. The Making of 10 Second Clicker	149
The Game Concept	150
The Game Artwork	152
The Game Code	154
1. Creating the Alien	155
2. Our alien has got the shakes	156
3. Click Handler	157
4. Countdown Timer	160
5. Adding a shader to the background	163
6. Updating the shader	165
7. Adding our own uniform to the shader	166
8. Changing the uniform over time	169
9. Star shine	173
10. displayStars	175
Extending the Game	178
Further Reading	179
4. The Making of Lazer Dash	180
The Game Concept	181
The Game Artwork	183
The Game Code	184
1. Player Controls	185
2. Wish upon a Star	187
3. Picking up Stars	188
4. Pulsing Stars	189
5. Sharks with Lazers!	191
6. World Wrap	194
7. Bitmap Particle Emitter	195
8. Death Sequence	203
Extending the Game	205
Further Reading	206
5. The Making of Mined Out	207
The Game Concept	208
The Game Artwork	212
The Game Code	214
1. The Tilemap	215
2. Moving one tile at a time	217
3. Checking for Mines	218
4. Counting adjacent Mines	222
5. The Warning Bubble	224
6. Action Replay	226
7. Scoring	228
Extending the Game	229
Further Reading	230
6. The Making of Off the Hook	231
The Game Concept	232
The Game Artwork	234
The Game Code	236
1. Creating the Player	237
2. Dynamic Properties	239
3. Controlling the Player	240
4. Horizontally and Vertically flipping a Sprite	241
5. Dropping the bait	244
6. Catching the bait	248
7. Bubbles Particle Emitter	250
8. When the wind blows	253
Extending the Game	256
Further Reading	257
7. The Making of Slalom	258
The Game Concept	259
The Game Artwork	261
The Game Code	262
1. The Player	263
2. Player Controls	264
3. The Land and Depth Sorting	266
4. The Items Timer	269
5. Releasing Obstacles	272
6. Releasing Flags	273
7. Collision Detection and Hit boxes	275
8. Getting Faster	278
Extending the Game	279
Further Reading	280
8. The Making of Aquaplane	281
The Game Concept	282
The Game Artwork	284
The Game Code	285
1. The Visual Structure	286
2. Boat Building	288
3. Revolute Constraint	290
4. Attaching the Rope	292
5. Controlling the Boat	294
6. Releasing Items	297
7. Custom Bounds with Arcade Physics	301
8. Making Waves	302
Extending the Game	304
Further Reading	305
9. The Making of Hot Hoops	306
The Game Concept	307
The Game Artwork	309
The Game Code	312
1. Preparing the Physics Shapes	313
2. Team Building	316
3. Creating the Balls	319
4. White Pixels can’t Jump	321
5. Creating a Physics Sensor	323
6. Ball vs. Sensor	326
7. The P2 Reference Hierarchy	329
8. Moving the Backboard	330
9. Recycling the Balls	332
Extending the Game	333
Further Reading	334
10. Tutorial: Overloading the Preloader	335
Introduction	336
Contents	337
1. The stages of the Loader	338
2. Loader.baseURL	340
3. Loader.path	341
4. Relative vs. Absolute	343
5. Auto URLs	344
6. Image Arrays	345
7. Auto-detect Texture Atlas Format	346
8. Optimizing our Preload code	347
Summary	349
11. Tutorial: Super Fake 3D	350
Introduction	351
Contents	352
1. Prepare your ‘3D’ Image	353
2. 10 Lines of Magic	354
3. Adding a little Depth	356
4. Making it Ghostly	358
5. Zooming Ghostly Blurs	360
6. Try different Images	362
Summary	363
12. Tutorial: Physics Body Direction	364
Introduction	365
Contents	366
1. Creating the Physics Object	367
2. Adding a Direction Line	368
3. Rendering the Line	369
Summary	371
13. Tutorial: Flip Screen Tilemaps	372
Introduction	373
Contents	374
1. Preparing the Tilemap	375
2. Building the Game Objects	376
3. Defining the Scroll Zones	378
4. Walking up Ladders	381
Summary	384
Game Over. You Win	386

Thank you!

Thank you for taking an interest in Interphase. We hope you learn, enjoy and get inspired by what we've put together. All the best with your game development, where-ever it may lead you.

Rich & Ilija