---
title: "Vector core: API"
package: "@phaser-ae/core-vector"
tier: Free
version: 3.0.0-3
released: 2026-10-14
updated: 2026-10-15
description: "Everything a glowing line-art game uses in one pack, with shapes by name, line-art text, shatter debris, collisions, wrap-around fields, sound and input."
url: https://phaser.io/packs/core-vector/api
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

# Vector core: API

`@phaser-ae/core-vector` — Everything a vector game uses, in one pack: glowing line-art shapes by name, text, shatter, collisions, wrap, tweens, sound and input.

## The pack

### `coreVector`

```ts
function coreVector(): Pack<CoreVectorApi, {}, {}, ShapeSpawn>
```

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

## Constants

### `VECTOR_DRAWER_ID`

```ts
const VECTOR_DRAWER_ID: 24
```

The drawer id core-vector's objects carry, so the sprite pass leaves them to the vector layer.

## Types

### `CoreVectorApi`

```ts
interface CoreVectorApi
```

What core-vector puts on the game.

- `readonly shapes: Shapes` — Line-art shapes by name, for `game.spawn({ shape })`.
- `shatter(h: Handle, opts?: { speed?: number; spin?: number; life?: number; drag?: number }): void` — Break a shape apart: its lines fly, spin and fade, and the object is destroyed now. `speed`, `spin`, `life`, `drag` shape the debris.
- `text(text: string | number, x: number, y: number, style?: VectorTextStyle): Text` — Text, centered on `x, y` by default, on the HUD: glowing line art unless `font` names a typeface.
- `readonly background: Background` — What is behind everything: a color (black, for most vector games), a gradient, stars, a picture.

### `Facing`

```ts
type Facing = 'right' | 'up' | 'none'
```

Which way a shape defined in code points as drawn: `'right'` (+x, the default), `'up'` (-y) or `'none'` (it has no front).

### `ShapeLook`

```ts
interface ShapeLook extends VecStyle
```

How a shape defined in code looks: the vector layer's line style, and which way it points as drawn.

- `fill?: string` — A solid face under a closed outline: a color, hex.
- `facing?: Facing` — Which way it points as drawn. Default `'right'`.

### `Shapes`

```ts
interface Shapes
```

`game.shapes`: line-art shapes by name, for `game.spawn({ shape: name })`.

- `define(name: string, outline: VecPoints | ReadonlyArray<VecPartOptions> | ReadonlyArray<readonly [number, number]>, look?: ShapeLook): void` — Name a shape drawn in code: an outline of points in world units around its center (`[[x, y], …]` or `{ x, y }` objects), or a list of parts (`{ points, closed, color, … }`) that turn together. `game.shapes.define('ship', [[14, 0], [-10, -9], [-6, 0], [-10, 9]], { color: '#5cf', glow: 1 })`.
- `load(file: string | VecArtFile | unknown): string[]` — Name every shape in a vector-art file (the design's Vector Art page): a loaded file's key in assets.json, or the file itself. The `vector-art` key loads by itself the first time an unknown name is spawned. Returns the names it added.
- `has(name: string): boolean` — Is there a shape by this name?
- `readonly names: ReadonlyArray<string>` — Every shape's name.
- `of(h: Handle): VecShape | null` — The vector layer's own shape behind an object, for its parts (`shape.part('flame')`) or a restyle.

### `ShapeSpawn`

```ts
interface ShapeSpawn
```

What `game.spawn` takes for a shape: `game.spawn({ id: 'rock', shape: 'rock', x, y, tags: ['rock'] })`.

- `shape?: string` — A shape by the name `game.shapes.define` (or the design's Vector Art file) gave it.
- `size?: number` — For a shape from a vector-art file: how many world units its drawing box spans. Default the size its page gave it.

### `VectorTextStyle`

```ts
interface VectorTextStyle extends TextStyle
```

How `game.text` looks in a vector game: the shared style, a font of line art by default, and its glow.

- `font?: string` — `'vector'` (default): glowing line art, capitals, digits and punctuation. `'sans'`, `'serif'`, `'mono'` (each with `-bold`) set it as ordinary type.
- `glow?: number` — Line art: how far its halo reaches, 0..2. Default 0.8.
- `weight?: number` — Line art: the width of its strokes, in pixels. Default a tenth of the size.

---

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