---
title: "Elasticity"
description: "Demonstrates the use of elastic easing in a tween, including how to pass custom amplitude and period parameters to fine-tune the movement."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "800x600"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/tweens/view/elasticity
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Elasticity

Demonstrates the use of elastic easing in a tween, including how to pass custom amplitude and period parameters to fine-tune the movement.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Tweens](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/tweens.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/tweens/view/elasticity.

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

### elasticity.js

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

    preload() {
        this.load.setBaseURL('https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410');
        this.load.image('block', 'assets/sprites/block.png');
    }

    create() {
        var marker = this.add.image(100, 300, 'block').setAlpha(0.3);
        var image = this.add.image(100, 300, 'block');

        this.tweens.add({
            targets: image,
            x: 600,
            duration: 3000,
            ease: 'Elastic',
            easeParams: [1.5, 0.5],
            delay: 1000
        });
    }
}

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

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

## More in Tweens

- [Card Flip Texture Swap](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/tweens/view/change-texture-after-scale.md): Demonstrates how to create a card flipping effect by synchronizing a texture change with a scale tween.
- [Change Texture Frame](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/tweens/view/change-texture-frame.md): Demonstrates how to change a Game Object's texture frame as part of a tween, combined with other property changes like position and scale.
- [Checkerboard Grid Animation](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/tweens/view/checkerboard-1.md): Aligns a group of sprites into a grid and applies staggered scaling tweens to create a row-based wave animation effect.
- [Checkerboard Grid Rotation](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/tweens/view/checkerboard-rotate.md): Demonstrates rotating a grid of sprites using tweens with random delays and dynamic rotation values calculated via getEnd and getStart callbacks.
- [Counter Tween](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/tweens/view/counter-tween.md): Demonstrates how to use a counter tween to interpolate between two numeric values and update a text display, including how to dynamically update the tween target value while it is still playing.
- [Custom Ease Function](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/tweens/view/custom-ease.md): Demonstrates how to provide a custom function to a tween's ease property to create unique motion curves.
- [Double Tween Comparison](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/tweens/view/double-tween.md): A side-by-side comparison of Phaser's built-in Tween Manager and the GSAP library, demonstrating identical movement using different animation engines.
- [Dynamic End Property](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/tweens/view/dynamic-end-property.md): This example demonstrates how to use functions to define tween target values, allowing the destination of a tween to update dynamically based on the current position of another object.
- [Dynamic Tween Properties](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/tweens/view/dynamic-properties.md): Demonstrates how to use getter functions to dynamically calculate the start and end values of a tween property during execution.
- [Global Tween Time Scale](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/tweens/view/global-time-scale.md): Demonstrates how to use the Tween Manager's global timeScale property to control the playback speed of all active tweens simultaneously.
- [Grid Tween with Staggered Column Delays](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/tweens/view/checkerboard-2.md): Arrange a group of sprites into a grid and apply scale tweens with staggered delays based on their column index to create a wave effect.
- [Grid Tween with Staggered Column Delays](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/tweens/view/checkerboard-4.md): Aligns a group of blocks into a grid and applies complex tweens with delays that reset at the end of every row, creating a synchronized column animation.
- [All 58 examples in Tweens](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/tweens.md)

---

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