---
title: "2D core: API"
package: "@phaser-ae/core-2d"
tier: Free
version: 3.0.0-4
released: 2026-10-14
updated: 2026-10-20
description: "Everything a 2D game uses in one pack, from sprites, text, backgrounds and drawing to input, sound, tweens, a camera, particles and collisions."
url: https://phaser.io/packs/core-2d/api
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

# 2D core: API

`@phaser-ae/core-2d` — Everything a 2D game uses, in one pack: sprites, text, backgrounds, graphics, tweens, sound, input, a camera, particles and collisions.

## The pack

### `core2d`

```ts
function core2d(): Pack<Core2dApi>
```

The 2D core. No options: everything it composes is configured by its defaults, or by naming that pack in the manifest.

## Types

### `Core2dApi`

```ts
interface Core2dApi
```

What core-2d puts on the game.

- `text(text: string | number, x: number, y: number, style?: TextStyle): Text` — Text on screen, centered on `x, y` by default: `game.text('Score 0', 640, 40, { size: 32, stroke: { color: '#000', width: 2 } })`.
- `readonly background: Background` — What is behind everything: a color, a gradient, stars, a picture.
- `graphics(spec?: GraphicsSpec): Graphics` — A picture to draw on while the game runs; with no size it covers the screen.

### `Graphics`

```ts
type Graphics = TextureHandle
```

A picture you draw on while the game runs: trails, glows, meters, lines between things. Draw with the verbs or with
the ordinary 2D context in `draw(ctx => …)`; what you draw shows from the next frame. It keeps what was drawn until
`clear()`. Coordinates are its own pixels, origin top-left (for a screen-sized one, screen pixels).

### `GraphicsSpec`

```ts
interface GraphicsSpec
```

Where `game.graphics` goes and how big it is. With no size it covers the screen.

- `id?: string` — Its id, for inspect. Default `'graphics'`.
- `width?: number` — Width in pixels. Default the screen's width.
- `height?: number` — Height in pixels. Default the screen's height.
- `x?: number` — Its center. Default the screen's center when it covers the screen, else 0.
- `y?: number` — Its center. Default the screen's center when it covers the screen, else 0.
- `layer?: string` — The layer. Default the world's, so it moves with the camera; `'hud'` keeps it on screen.

---

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