---
title: "Speech Bubble"
description: "Demonstrates how to create a stylized speech bubble using Graphics for the bubble shape and arrow, combined with a Text object featuring word wrapping and alignment."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "800x600"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/text/view/speech-bubble
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Speech Bubble

Demonstrates how to create a stylized speech bubble using Graphics for the bubble shape and arrow, combined with a Text object featuring word wrapping and alignment.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Game Objects / Text](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/text.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/game%20objects/text/view/speech-bubble.

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

### speech bubble.js

```js
class Example extends Phaser.Scene
{
    preload ()
    {
        this.load.setBaseURL('https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410');
        this.load.image('akira', 'assets/pics/akira.jpg');
    }

    create ()
    {
        this.add.image(400, 350, 'akira').setScale(0.7);

        this.createSpeechBubble(20, 20, 320, 160, '“Twin ceramic rotor drives on each wheel! And these look like computer controlled anti-lock brakes! Wow, 200 horses at 12,000 rpm!”');

        this.createSpeechBubble(370, 120, 400, 180, '“Kaneda, you\'ve always been a pain in the ass, you know. You\'ve been telling me what to do since we were kids. You always treat me like a kid. You always show up and start bossing me around, and don\'t you deny it!”');

        this.createSpeechBubble(70, 400, 250, 100, '“And now you\'re a boss, too... of this pile of rubble.”');
    }

    createSpeechBubble (x, y, width, height, quote)
    {
        const bubbleWidth = width;
        const bubbleHeight = height;
        const bubblePadding = 10;
        const arrowHeight = bubbleHeight / 4;

        const bubble = this.add.graphics({ x: x, y: y });

        //  Bubble shadow
        bubble.fillStyle(0x222222, 0.5);
        bubble.fillRoundedRect(6, 6, bubbleWidth, bubbleHeight, 16);

        //  Bubble color
        bubble.fillStyle(0xffffff, 1);

        //  Bubble outline line style
        bubble.lineStyle(4, 0x565656, 1);

        //  Bubble shape and outline
        bubble.strokeRoundedRect(0, 0, bubbleWidth, bubbleHeight, 16);
        bubble.fillRoundedRect(0, 0, bubbleWidth, bubbleHeight, 16);

        //  Calculate arrow coordinates
        const point1X = Math.floor(bubbleWidth / 7);
        const point1Y = bubbleHeight;
        const point2X = Math.floor((bubbleWidth / 7) * 2);
        const point2Y = bubbleHeight;
        const point3X = Math.floor(bubbleWidth / 7);
        const point3Y = Math.floor(bubbleHeight + arrowHeight);

        //  Bubble arrow shadow
        bubble.lineStyle(4, 0x222222, 0.5);
        bubble.lineBetween(point2X - 1, point2Y + 6, point3X + 2, point3Y);

        //  Bubble arrow fill
        bubble.fillTriangle(point1X, point1Y, point2X, point2Y, point3X, point3Y);
        bubble.lineStyle(2, 0x565656, 1);
        bubble.lineBetween(point2X, point2Y, point3X, point3Y);
        bubble.lineBetween(point1X, point1Y, point3X, point3Y);

        const content = this.add.text(0, 0, quote, { fontFamily: 'Arial', fontSize: 20, color: '#000000', align: 'center', wordWrap: { width: bubbleWidth - (bubblePadding * 2) } });

        const b = content.getBounds();

        content.setPosition(bubble.x + (bubbleWidth / 2) - (b.width / 2), bubble.y + (bubbleHeight / 2) - (b.height / 2));
    }
}

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

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

## More in Text

- [Basic Text](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/text/view/basic-text.md): Create text objects using default settings, style configuration objects, or method chaining to set font properties like family, size, and color.
- [Basic Text Creation](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/text/view/text-key.md): Demonstrates the simplest way to add and display a text string at specific coordinates in a scene.
- [Change Text](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/text/view/change-text.md): Demonstrates how to update the string content of a Text object dynamically using both the text property and the setText method.
- [Create Text from Configuration](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/text/view/create-from-config.md): Demonstrates how to create and style a Text Game Object by passing a configuration object to the Scene Maker.
- [Custom Webfonts via WebFont Loader](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/text/view/custom-webfont.md): Demonstrates how to dynamically inject CSS @font-face rules into the document and use the WebFont Loader to ensure custom fonts are ready before rendering Text objects.
- [Emojis in Text](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/text/view/emojis.md): Demonstrates how to render emojis within a Text Game Object using emoji characters directly or Unicode escape sequences.
- [Google Webfont](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/text/view/google-webfont.md): This example demonstrates how to use the WebFont Loader to import and apply Google Fonts to Text objects, ensuring fonts are loaded before they are rendered.
- [Italic Text and Padding](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/text/view/italic-text.md): Demonstrates how to apply italic font styles to Text objects and use padding to prevent character clipping on the right edge.
- [Multi-Line Text](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/text/view/multi-line-text.md): Demonstrates how to display multiple lines of text within a single Text Game Object by providing an array of strings.
- [Multi-Line Text Alignment](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/text/view/multi-line-text-with-alignment.md): Demonstrates how to display multi-line text using an array of strings and apply horizontal alignment.
- [Right To Left Text](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/text/view/right-to-left-text.md): This example demonstrates how to render right-to-left (RTL) text scripts using the rtl property, showcasing how to handle punctuation, numerals, and bidirectional text marks.
- [Right-Aligned Text Origin](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/text/view/right-origin.md): Demonstrates how to right-align a single line of text relative to its position by setting the horizontal origin to 1.
- [All 29 examples in Text](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/text.md)

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