---
title: "Game Object Events"
description: "Demonstrates how Game Objects can emit and listen for custom events to trigger actions, such as changing visual properties."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "800x600"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/events/view/game-object-events
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Game Object Events

Demonstrates how Game Objects can emit and listen for custom events to trigger actions, such as changing visual properties.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Events](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/events.md). It runs at 800 × 600, and loads its assets from https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410. See it running, with its code, at https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/events/view/game-object-events.

To run it, load Phaser 4.1.0 (`https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/phaser@4.1.0/dist/phaser.min.js`), then the file, on a page with a `<div id="game-container">`.

## Code

### game object events.js

```js
class Example extends Phaser.Scene
{
    constructor ()
    {
        super();
    }

    preload ()
    {
        this.load.setBaseURL('https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410');
        this.load.image('plush', 'assets/pics/profil-sad-plush.png');
    }

    create ()
    {
        //  All Game Objects can emit and receive events
        const plush1 = this.add.image(400, 300, 'plush');

        //  If the plush1 object emits the turnRed event, it will change itself to tint red
        plush1.on('turnRed', this.handler);

        //  Emit the event and pass over a reference to itself
        plush1.emit('turnRed', plush1);
    }

    handler (gameObject)
    {
        gameObject.setTint(0xff0000);
    }

}

const config = {
    scale: { mode: Phaser.Scale.FIT },
    type: Phaser.WEBGL,
    parent: 'game-container',
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    scene: Example
};

const game = new Phaser.Game(config);
```

## More in Events

- [Create Event Emitter](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/events/view/create-event-emitter.md): This example demonstrates how to create a standalone instance of the Phaser Event Emitter, register a custom event listener, and emit events with arguments.
- [Emit Events Using Symbols](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/events/view/emit-using-symbols.md): This example demonstrates how to use ES6 Symbols as unique event identifiers when registering and emitting events within the Scene Event Emitter.
- [Emit Scene Event](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/events/view/emit-scene-event.md): This example shows how to use a Scene's internal EventEmitter to listen for and dispatch custom events within a Scene.
- [Event Arguments](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/events/view/event-arguments.md): Learn how to pass and receive multiple parameters when emitting custom events in Phaser.
- [Listen to Game Object Custom Events](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/events/view/listen-to-game-object-event.md): Demonstrates how to bridge standard scene input events to custom events emitted directly by Game Objects, allowing objects to handle their own logic through event listeners.
- [Once Event Listener](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/events/view/once-event.md): Demonstrates how to register an event listener that automatically removes itself after being triggered a single time.
- [Turn Off Anonymous Event Handler](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/events/view/turn-off-anonymous-event-handler.md): This example demonstrates how to remove all listeners for a specific event by calling the off method without a callback reference, which is particularly useful for stopping anonymous functions.
- [Turn Off Event Handler](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/events/view/turn-off-event-handler.md): Demonstrates how to programmatically remove an active event listener using the off method after a specific condition is met.

---

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