--- title: "Spears N' Coins: Complete Phaser 4.1 TypeScript Game with Source Code" subtitle: "A full endless runner in about 440 lines of code, covering the essentials of game development." date: 2026-06-05T13:00:00.000Z category: tutorial url: https://phaser.io/news/2026/05/spears-n-coins-phaser-4-typescript site: Phaser - https://phaser.io copyright: © 2026 Phaser Studio Inc. All rights reserved. --- # Spears N' Coins: Complete Phaser 4.1 TypeScript Game with Source Code *A full endless runner in about 440 lines of code, covering the essentials of game development.* **Spears N' Coins** is a tutorial series by **Emanuele Feronato** showing how to build a complete, playable endless runner from scratch using Phaser 4.1 and TypeScript. If you want to see what a real Phaser 4 project looks like end to end, this is a great place to start. The game is simple in concept: run, avoid spears coming from the ground, collect coins. Click or tap to move, release to stop. The spears pop up procedurally, the coins add time and score, and a countdown keeps the pressure on. The mechanics are inspired by **Dashy Panda**. What makes it interesting from a learning perspective is how much ground it covers in very few lines. The full game lives in a single **Game.ts** scene file, built on top of the **Create Phaser Game** app template. Clean, readable, and a solid reference for how to structure a Phaser 4 project with TypeScript. ​ ## What You Will Learn from the Spears N' Coins Tutorial The tutorial walks through building the game from the official Phaser template, covering a wide range of fundamentals: * **Endless scrolling** with TileSprite and object pooling * **Parallax scrolling** for background depth * **Procedural generation** of spears, coins and bushes * **Sprite animations** with idle, run and pickup states * **Timeline-based animations** for the spear movement * **Game states** managing title, running, and game over * **Collision detection** kept forgiving and easy to tune * **Countdown timer** with custom events * **Persistent best score** via localStorage * **Pixel art config** with antialiasing off and pixelArt mode on > The full source code is available to download. A series of detailed tutorials covering each part of the implementation will follow on Emanuele's site. ​ ## Built with Phaser 4.1 and TypeScript on Vite The project uses **Phaser 4.1** as the only runtime dependency, with **TypeScript 5.7** and **Vite 6** handling the build. It's a clean, minimal setup that mirrors what most real Phaser projects look like in 2026, and a good starting point if you want to understand how the pieces fit together before adding more complexity. ​ ## Read the Full Tutorial **Emanuele Feronato** shares the full source code for Spears N' Coins on his site, along with a breakdown of the project structure. A series of detailed tutorials covering each part of the implementation will follow. ​[See the Source Code](https://emanueleferonato.com/2026/05/20/html5-game-spears-n-coins-with-phaser-4-1-and-typescript-a-tiny-endless-runner-like-dashy-panda/)​ --- ## For AI agents: Phaser AE Phaser AE (Agentic Edition) is how people make games with AI on phaser.io. 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