---
title: "Tile Sprite Position and Scale"
description: "Demonstrates how to animate the internal texture position and scale of a Tile Sprite independently of the sprite's physical dimensions."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "800x600"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/tile%20sprite/view/example
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Tile Sprite Position and Scale

Demonstrates how to animate the internal texture position and scale of a Tile Sprite independently of the sprite's physical dimensions.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Game Objects / Tile Sprite](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/tile%20sprite.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/tile%20sprite/view/example.

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

### example.js

```js
class Example extends Phaser.Scene
{
    iter = 0;
    tween;
    image1;
    image0;

    preload ()
    {
        this.load.setBaseURL('https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410');
        this.load.image('image0', 'assets/pics/ra-einstein.png');
        this.load.image('image1', 'assets/sprites/mushroom2.png');
    }

    create ()
    {
        this.image0 = this.add.tileSprite(400, 300, 800, 600, 'image0');
        this.image1 = this.add.tileSprite(400, 300, 250, 250, 'image1');

        this.tween = this.tweens.addCounter({
            from: 1,
            to: 2,
            duration: 5000,
            ease: 'Sine.easeInOut',
            yoyo: true,
            repeat: -1
        });
    }

    update ()
    {
        this.image0.tilePositionX = Math.cos(this.iter) * 700;
        this.image0.tilePositionY = Math.sin(this.iter) * 500;

        this.image0.tileScaleX = this.tween.getValue();
        this.image0.tileScaleY = this.tween.getValue();

        this.image1.tilePositionX = Math.cos(-this.iter) * 400;
        this.image1.tilePositionY = Math.sin(-this.iter) * 400;

        this.iter += 0.01;
    }
}

const config = {
    scale: { mode: Phaser.Scale.FIT },
    type: Phaser.WEBGL,
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    backgroundColor: '#2d2d2d',
    parent: 'game-container',
    scene: Example
};

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

## More in Tile Sprite

- [Change TileSprite Frame](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/tile%20sprite/view/change-frame.md): Demonstrates how to dynamically update the texture frame of a TileSprite using the setFrame method with frames from a texture atlas.
- [Change TileSprite Frame](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/tile%20sprite/view/change-single-frame.md): Demonstrates how to dynamically update the texture frame of a TileSprite at runtime using frames from a texture atlas.
- [Change TileSprite Frame and Size](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/tile%20sprite/view/change-frame-and-size.md): Demonstrates how to dynamically update a TileSprite's dimensions and change its texture frame from an atlas while it is scrolling.
- [Create TileSprite from Frame Size](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/tile%20sprite/view/create-from-frame.md): Demonstrates how to create a TileSprite that automatically matches the dimensions of its source texture frame by passing zero as the width and height.
- [Flipped Tile Sprites](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/tile%20sprite/view/flipped.md): A demonstration of how to create Tile Sprites and apply horizontal and vertical flipping to their display.
- [Tile Sprite from Texture Atlas (Canvas)](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/tile%20sprite/view/atlas-canvas.md): Demonstrates how to create and scroll multiple Tile Sprites using specific frames from a loaded texture atlas within the Canvas renderer.
- [Tile Sprite Movement](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/tile%20sprite/view/example-2.md): Demonstrates how to animate the texture offset of multiple Tile Sprites using tilePositionX and tilePositionY to create scrolling effects.
- [Tile Sprite Scrolling](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/tile%20sprite/view/example-canvas.md): Demonstrates how to create and animate scrolling textures using Tile Sprites, including the use of rotation, scaling, and tile position offsets.
- [TileSprite Canvas Rendering](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/tile%20sprite/view/example-2-canvas.md): Demonstrates how to use and animate TileSprites in Canvas mode, including updating tile positions to create scrolling effects alongside other game objects.
- [TileSprite from Texture Atlas](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/tile%20sprite/view/atlas.md): Demonstrates how to create multiple TileSprites using individual frames from a Texture Atlas and animate their tile positions.
- [TileSprite Pixel Art Scaling](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/tile%20sprite/view/tilesprite-pixel-art-test.md): Demonstrates dynamic tile scaling and rotation of a TileSprite using pixel art textures, while maintaining crisp rendering with the pixelArt configuration enabled.

---

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