--- title: "Interaction rules: API" package: "@phaser-ae/interaction-rules" tier: Pro version: 3.0.0-0 released: 2026-10-19 updated: 2026-10-19 description: "One table of what happens when one kind of thing meets another, with overlap rules, extra conditions and named verbs, over plain objects with a position and a kind." url: https://phaser.io/packs/interaction-rules/api site: Phaser - https://phaser.io --- # Interaction rules: API `@phaser-ae/interaction-rules` — One table of what happens when one kind of thing meets another: overlap rules, extra conditions and named verbs, over plain objects. ## The pack ### `interactionRules` ```ts function interactionRules(): Pack<{ interactionRules: InteractionRulesApi }> ``` The `interaction-rules` pack. Pure logic, so it needs no backend and runs headless. ## Helpers ### `createInteractions` ```ts function createInteractions(): Interactions ``` Creates an empty Interactions table. ### `where` ```ts const where: { sameLane: (tol?: number) => (a: { lane?: number; }, b: { lane?: number; }) => boolean; samePlane: (tol?: number) => (a: { plane?: number; }, b: { plane?: number; }) => boolean; facing: (arc: number) => (a: XY & { rot?: number; }, b: XY) => boolean; notOwn: () => (a: { owner?: unknown; }, b: unknown) => boolean; } ``` Spatial constraints for a rule's `when`. Combine them with `&&`. ## Classes ### `Interactions` ```ts class Interactions ``` The rule table. Add rules with `on`, then call `resolve` or `pair` each frame. - `on(from: string, to: string, rule: Rule): this` — Adds a rule for kind `from` meeting kind `to`. Returns this, for chaining. - `rulesFor(from: string, to: string): Rule[]` — Rules registered for a pair of kinds. - `resolve(actors: readonly E[], ctx: C): number` — Test every ordered pair in one list and run what matches. Returns how many rules fired. An actor whose `alive` turns false mid-sweep is skipped for the rest of it, so a shot cannot kill two things at once by accident. - `pair(from: readonly E[], to: readonly E[], ctx: C): number` — Two separate lists — shots against rocks, without testing rocks on rocks. - `fire(verb: string, a: E, b: E, ctx: C): boolean` — Fire a NAMED verb at a target — drill, dock, capture, rescue, kick, tow. These are pressed, not collided with, so they never come out of the sweep. Returns true if a rule matched and ran. - `target(verb: string, a: E, candidates: readonly E[], ctx: C): E | null` — The best target for a verb, nearest first. ## Types ### `InteractionRulesApi` ```ts type InteractionRulesApi = typeof kit ``` `game.interactionRules` — every function and type this pack carries, as one namespace. ### `Kinded` ```ts interface Kinded extends XY ``` The one thing an interaction needs to know about an actor. - `kind: string` — The actor's kind name — the key the rules match on. - `radius?: number` — Collision radius. The overlap distance is the two radii added. - `alive?: boolean` — Anything falsy here is skipped. 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