---
title: "Load Tilemap via Scene Payload"
description: "Demonstrates how to preload tilemap JSON and tileset image assets directly through the Scene configuration object using a pack file definition."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "800x600"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/loader/tile%20maps/view/load-tile-map-json-from-scene-payload
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Load Tilemap via Scene Payload

Demonstrates how to preload tilemap JSON and tileset image assets directly through the Scene configuration object using a pack file definition.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Loader / Tile Maps](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/loader/tile%20maps.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/loader/tile%20maps/view/load-tile-map-json-from-scene-payload.

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

### load tile map json from scene payload.js

```js
class Example extends Phaser.Scene
{
    constructor ()
    {
        super({
            pack: {
                files: [
                    {
                        type: 'tilemapTiledJSON',
                        key: 'map',
                        url: 'assets/tilemaps/maps/cybernoid.json'
                    },
                    {
                        type: 'image',
                        key: 'tiles',
                        url: 'assets/tilemaps/tiles/cybernoid.png'
                    }
                ]
            }
        });
    }

    create ()
    {
        const map = this.make.tilemap({ key: 'map' });

        const tiles = map.addTilesetImage('cybernoid', 'tiles');

        const layer = map.createLayer(0, tiles, 0, 0);

        this.cameras.main.setBounds(0, 0, map.widthInPixels, map.heightInPixels);

        const cursors = this.input.keyboard.createCursorKeys();

        const controlConfig = {
            camera: this.cameras.main,
            left: cursors.left,
            right: cursors.right,
            up: cursors.up,
            down: cursors.down,
            speed: 0.5
        };

        this.controls = new Phaser.Cameras.Controls.FixedKeyControl(controlConfig);
    }

    update (time, delta)
    {
        this.controls.update(delta);
    }
}

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

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

## More in Tile Maps

- [Load Tilemap from Local JSON Object](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/loader/tile%20maps/view/load-tile-map-from-local-json.md): Demonstrates how to create a Tiled map by passing a local JavaScript object directly to the loader, rather than fetching an external JSON file.
- [Load Tilemap JSON](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/loader/tile%20maps/view/load-tile-map-json.md): Demonstrates how to load a Tiled JSON file using the Loader, create a tilemap from the data, and display a layer with simple camera controls.
- [Load Tilemap JSON from Object](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/loader/tile%20maps/view/load-tile-map-json-from-object.md): Demonstrates loading a Tiled JSON map by passing a configuration object to the loader instead of individual arguments.
- [Loading Tilemaps with Normal Maps](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/loader/tile%20maps/view/load-tile-map-json-with-normal-map.md): Demonstrates how to load a Tiled JSON map with a corresponding normal map to enable dynamic 2D lighting effects on map layers.

---

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