---
title: "Audio Key Constants"
description: "Demonstrates organizing sound effect asset keys into a central constant object to ensure consistency and maintainability when referencing audio throughout a game."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "1024x768"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/games/my%20first%20game/view/audiokeys
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Audio Key Constants

Demonstrates organizing sound effect asset keys into a central constant object to ensure consistency and maintainability when referencing audio throughout a game.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Games / My First Game](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/games/my%20first%20game.md). It runs at 1024 × 768, 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/games/my%20first%20game/view/audiokeys.

It is an ES module: load Phaser 4.1.0 (`https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/phaser@4.1.0/dist/phaser.min.js`) first, then the file as `<script type="module">`. Its relative imports are on the examples CDN, under https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410/.

## Code

### audioKeys.js

```js
const AUDIO_KEYS = {

    PLAYER_STEP: 'player-step',
    PLAYER_JUMP: 'player-jump',
    COIN: 'coin',
    KEY: 'key',
    STAR: 'star',
    WIN: 'win',
};

export default AUDIO_KEYS;
```

## More in My First Game

- [Animation Key Constants](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/games/my%20first%20game/view/animationkeys.md): Demonstrates organizing animation keys into a central constant object to manage asset strings safely and avoid typos throughout a project.
- [Complete Multi-Scene Game Template](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/games/my%20first%20game/view/game.md): A comprehensive example showing how to structure a Phaser game with multiple scenes, including a boot sequence, preloader, main menu, arcade physics gameplay, a UI overlay, and a game over screen.
- [Multi-Scene Game Architecture](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/games/my%20first%20game/scenes/view/scenes.md): A complete game structure demonstrating scene transitions, a preloader with a progress bar, and a parallel UI overlay scene for managing HUD elements and audio independently from the main game logic.
- [Sprite Keys Mapping](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/games/my%20first%20game/view/spritekeys.md): Demonstrates centralizing asset keys within a single object to avoid hard-coded strings and ensure consistency across the game logic.

---

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