---
title: "Camera: Phaser AE API 3.0.0-1"
package: "@phaser-ae/kernel"
version: 3.0.0-1
released: 2026-10-14
updated: 2026-10-17
description: "the camera record a world transforms through and a rig drives"
url: https://phaser.io/kernel/docs/3.0.0-1/camera
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

# Camera

the camera record a world transforms through and a rig drives. Kernel 3.0.0-1, from `engine/kernel/src/camera.ts`.

## Types

### `Camera`

```ts
interface Camera
```

*From* `@phaser-ae/kernel`

The camera RECORD. The kernel holds it and interpolates it; a world pack installs the transform (`toWorld`,
`toScreen`, `project`); a rig pack or the game moves it. The game writes the simulation fields in a step, and the
kernel rolls them each step and resolves `render`/`render3d` once a frame, so the camera moves as smoothly as the
objects do.

- `x: number` — Camera x in world units; the point at the screen centre. A 2D world starts it at half the screen width, so world (0, 0) is the screen's top-left corner until the camera moves. 3D worlds: default 0.
- `y: number` — Camera y in world units; the point at the screen centre. A 2D world starts it at half the screen height, so world (0, 0) is the screen's top-left corner until the camera moves. 3D worlds: default 0.
- `z: number` — Camera z in world units; 3D worlds only. Default 0.
- `zoom: number` — Scale: 1 = one world unit per logical pixel; 2 = twice as large. Default 1.
- `rot: number` — Roll in radians. Default 0. Stored and reported by `inspect`; the bundled worlds do not draw with it.
- `yaw: number` — 3D worlds: look yaw in radians. 2D worlds ignore. Default 0.
- `pitch: number` — 3D worlds: look pitch in radians. 2D worlds ignore. Default 0.
- `fov: number` — 3D worlds: vertical field of view in radians. 2D worlds ignore. Default π/3.
- `distance: number` — 3D worlds: how far the eye sits BEHIND `x y z` along the look direction. 0 makes `x y z` the eye itself (first person, free fly); above 0 makes it the point the camera orbits (orbit, chase). 2D worlds ignore. Default 0.
- `bounds: { x: number; y: number; w: number; h: number } | null` — World bounds the camera should stay inside, or null. The kernel only stores it; a rig that honours it (`rig-follow`) clamps to it. A scene's change is undone when the scene exits.
- `toWorld(screenX: number, screenY: number): { x: number; y: number }` — Logical screen pixels → world units at the simulation camera (not the interpolated one). Identity until a world installs its transform. A 3D world answers where the screen point meets the ground plane y = 0, as `{ x, y: z }`.
- `toScreen(worldX: number, worldY: number): { x: number; y: number }` — World units → logical screen pixels at the simulation camera. Identity until a world installs its transform. In a 3D world it takes `z` as a third argument and puts a point behind the camera far off-screen.
- `readonly render: { readonly x: number; readonly y: number; readonly zoom: number }` — The 2D camera as DRAWN this frame: prev→curr at the clock's alpha.
- `readonly render3d: { readonly x: number; readonly y: number; readonly z: number; readonly yaw: number; readonly pitch: number; readonly fov: number; readonly distance: number }` — The 3D camera as DRAWN this frame: every pose component at the same prev→curr alpha as 3D objects.
- `shakeX: number` — Added to the RENDERED x only (a `feel` pack's shake): the sim never sees it, nothing drifts. World units; default 0.
- `shakeY: number` — Added to the RENDERED y only. World units; default 0.
- `zoomPunch: number` — Multiplied into the rendered zoom only (a zoom punch). Default 1.
- `project(worldX: number, worldY: number): { x: number; y: number }` — World point → logical screen pixels at the RENDERED camera, shake included: for passes that place things in screen space.
- `snap(x: number, y: number, zoom?: number): void` — Move the 2D camera without interpolating (a respawn, a level change, a cut), and set the zoom if given.
- `readonly wrap: { readonly w: number; readonly h: number } | null` — Set by a wrapping world; a rig measures `target − camera` through it.

---

## For AI agents: Phaser AE

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