--- title: "Raycast corridor view: API" package: "@phaser-ae/raycast-view" tier: Pro version: 3.0.0-0 released: 2026-10-24 updated: 2026-10-24 description: "Draws a grid dungeon in first person the way 1992 corridor shooters drew it, with a CPU raycaster painting textured walls, doors, floors and sprites into one low-resolution picture." url: https://phaser.io/packs/raycast-view/api site: Phaser - https://phaser.io --- # Raycast corridor view: API `@phaser-ae/raycast-view` — Draws a grid map in first person the way early-1990s corridor shooters did: a CPU raycaster painting textured columns into one low-resolution picture. ## The pack ### `raycastView` ```ts function raycastView(): Pack<{ raycastView: RaycastViewApi }> ``` Compose the raycast view under `game.raycastView`. No options; each view takes its own. ## Helpers ### `castColumns` ```ts function castColumns(map: RaycastMap, camera: RaycastCamera, options: CastOptions = {}): RaycastColumns ``` Cast one ray per screen column from `camera` across `map` and report what each hit: the distance along the view direction (perpendicular, the depth buffer), the face, the cell, the picture and where across the face. Column `i`'s ray leaves at `camX = 2 (i + 0.5) / width − 1` of the way from the centre to the edge of the field of view, right positive. A door is hit on its cell's mid-plane where its panel still covers (the panel slides by `open` along its axis into the wall beyond); a pushed wall is drawn where it is, `progress` of the way along `dx, dz`. Throws on a non-finite camera or an option out of range. ### `createRaycastRenderer` ```ts function createRaycastRenderer(options: RaycastOptions = {}, target?: Uint32Array): RaycastRenderer ``` Make a renderer: `new RaycastRenderer(options, target)`. Throws, naming the field, on an option out of range. ### `DEFAULT_FOV` ```ts const DEFAULT_FOV: number ``` The default horizontal field of view, radians (66°). ### `projectSprite` ```ts function projectSprite(camera: RaycastCamera, sprite: RaycastSprite, screen: SpriteScreen): SpriteProjection | null ``` Project a sprite through the camera onto the screen the walls are drawn on: the same field of view, eye height and horizon, so a sprite standing on the floor meets the floor where a wall at the same distance does. Null when it is behind the eye or nearer than `near`. Off-screen sprites are still projected; their columns fall outside the image. ### `RAYCAST_HIT` ```ts const RAYCAST_HIT: { readonly none: 0; readonly wall: 1; readonly door: 2; readonly push: 3; readonly jamb: 4 } ``` The codes `RaycastColumns.hit` holds, by kind. ### `spriteColumns` ```ts function spriteColumns(p: SpriteProjection, width: number): [number, number] ``` The first and last screen columns whose centres a projection covers, clipped to `0..width-1`; first > last when none. ### `spriteSpans` ```ts function spriteSpans(p: SpriteProjection, depth: ArrayLike): Array<[number, number]> ``` The runs of columns where a projected sprite is in front of the walls, as `[first, last]` pairs left to right: column `i` shows when `p.depth < depth[i]` (the walls' `RaycastColumns.dist`). What the renderer clips each sprite by. ## Classes ### `RaycastColumns` ```ts class RaycastColumns ``` Every column's hit from one cast, as typed arrays so a frame allocates nothing. Index `i` is screen column `i`, left to right. Reuse one by passing it as `out` to `castColumns`. - `readonly width: number` — How many columns. - `readonly dist: Float64Array` — Perpendicular distance per column, world units; `Infinity` where nothing was hit. This is the depth buffer sprites clip against. - `readonly side: Uint8Array` — Face per column: 0 for a face along x, 1 for a face along z. - `readonly cellX: Int32Array` — Cell column hit per column. - `readonly cellZ: Int32Array` — Cell row hit per column. - `readonly u: Float64Array` — Across-the-face coordinate per column, 0 to 1, as the viewer sees it. - `readonly hit: Uint8Array` — What each column hit, as a `RAYCAST_HIT` code. - `readonly texture: string[]` — Picture name per column ('' where nothing was hit). - `constructor(width: number)` — Room for `width` columns, a whole number from 1 to 8192. Throws on any other. - `column(i: number): RaycastColumn` — Column `i` as an object (a copy), for a test or a one-off question. Throws for a column outside `0..width-1`. ### `RaycastRenderer` ```ts class RaycastRenderer ``` A raycaster that draws into a buffer of pixels, with no canvas: the part of a raycast view that does the work, made on its own for a test, a worker or a custom presenter. `render` casts the columns from the camera, draws the walls textured and shaded (faces along x by `sideShade`), the floor and ceiling flat or textured, everything faded toward the fog colour with distance, then the sprites far to near, each column clipped by the walls in front of it. - `readonly width: number` — Image width in pixels. - `readonly height: number` — Image height in pixels. - `readonly pixels: Uint32Array` — The image, `width × height` pixels row by row from the top-left, 0xAABBGGRR and opaque after a render. - `readonly columns: RaycastColumns` — The last render's columns: what each hit and how far away (the depth buffer). - `constructor(options: RaycastOptions = {}, target?: Uint32Array)` — Make one with `options`. `target`, when given, is the buffer drawn into (a view passes its canvas's pixels): at least `width × height` long. Throws, naming the field, on an option out of range or a target too short. - `get settings(): RaycastSettings` — Every option's value now. - `configure(options: RaycastOptions): void` — Change options from the next render; anything left out keeps its value. Throws on a value out of range, or on a new `width` or `height`. - `addTexture(name: string, w: number, h: number, rgba: ArrayLike, frames = 1): RaycastTexture` — Add or replace a texture from RGBA bytes (an ImageData's `data`): `frames` frames of `w` × `h` side by side, so the bytes hold `w × frames × h × 4`. Throws on a size out of range (1 to 4096 pixels a side, 1 to 1024 frames) or bytes of the wrong length. - `texture(name: string): RaycastTexture | undefined` — A texture by name, or undefined. - `has(name: string): boolean` — Whether a texture of that name has been added. - `get textureNames(): string[]` — Every texture name, in the order added. - `render(map: RaycastMap, camera: RaycastCamera, sprites: readonly RaycastSprite[] = []): RaycastColumns` — Draw `map` from `camera`, with `sprites` (default none), into `pixels`, and return the columns. Every pixel is written. Throws (when `strict`) on a non-finite camera, a name with no texture, or a sprite frame outside its strip. ## Types ### `CastOptions` ```ts interface CastOptions ``` How `castColumns` casts. - `width?: number` — Columns, a whole number from 1 to 8192; default 320 (or `out`'s width). - `fov?: number` — Horizontal field of view, radians, 0.1 to 3.1; default 66° (`66 * Math.PI / 180`). - `maxDistance?: number` — How far a ray goes, world units, 1 to 1024; default 64. A column with nothing nearer reports `'none'`. - `jamb?: string | null` — A picture for the wall faces either side of a door, seen from inside the door's cell (the door's frame); default none, the wall's own. - `textureOf?: ((name: string, x: number, z: number, kind: RaycastHitKind) => string) | null` — Choose the picture per hit (an animated wall, a used switch, a palette per floor): given the map's name, the cell and the kind of hit, return the name to draw. Called once per column, so keep it cheap. Default: the map's name. - `out?: RaycastColumns` — Columns to fill in place of new ones; its width wins over `width`. ### `RaycastCamera` ```ts interface RaycastCamera ``` Where the eye is. World units: cells are 1 unit, cell `(x, z)` spans `x..x+1` and `z..z+1`. The engine's yaw: forward is `(−sin yaw, cos yaw)`, so 0 faces +z and turning right adds to it. - `x: number` — Eye position across the map, world units. - `z: number` — Eye position down the rows, world units. - `yaw: number` — Facing, radians: 0 faces +z, π/2 faces −x. - `height?: number` — Eye height above the floor, world units; default the view's `eyeHeight` (half a wall). Kept inside the walls' height. - `bob?: number` — A small vertical offset added to the eye height (a walking bob), world units; default 0. ### `RaycastColumn` ```ts interface RaycastColumn ``` One column's hit as an object, from `RaycastColumns.column(i)`. - `dist: number` — Distance to the hit along the view direction (perpendicular, so walls do not bow), world units; `Infinity` when nothing is within range. - `side: 'x' | 'z'` — `'x'` when the face hit faces along x (crossing a vertical x boundary), `'z'` when it faces along z. - `x: number` — The cell hit (a pushed wall reports the cell it started this step in). - `z: number` — The cell row hit. - `texture: string` — The picture name to draw ('' when nothing was hit). - `u: number` — 0 to 1 across the face, left to right as the viewer sees it, so pictures are never mirrored. A door's runs with its panel. - `kind: RaycastHitKind` — What was hit. - `door: boolean` — Whether a door panel was hit. ### `RaycastHitKind` ```ts type RaycastHitKind = 'none' | 'wall' | 'door' | 'push' | 'jamb' ``` What a column's ray stopped on: nothing within range, a wall cell's face, a door panel, a pushed wall, or a wall face beside a door seen from the doorway. ### `RaycastMap` ```ts interface RaycastMap ``` The map a raycaster draws: what `cell-dungeon`'s `CellDungeon` provides. Any grid of square cells with the same four questions can be drawn, so a game with its own map type adapts it here rather than converting. - `kindAt(x: number, z: number): CellKind` — The kind of a cell; off the map is a wall. - `textureAt(x: number, z: number): string` — The picture name on a wall, door or switch cell. - `doors(): readonly CellDoor[]` — Every door with its axis and how far open it is; read once per draw. - `pushing(): readonly CellPushWall[]` — The walls sliding now, with their direction and progress; read once per draw. ### `RaycastOptions` ```ts interface RaycastOptions ``` How a raycast view looks. Every field is optional; `configure` changes any of them later except the resolution. - `width?: number` — Image width in pixels, a whole number from 8 to 2048; default 320. Fixed once made. - `height?: number` — Image height in pixels, a whole number from 8 to 2048; default 200. Fixed once made. - `fov?: number` — Horizontal field of view, radians, 0.1 to 3.1; default 66°. - `sideShade?: number` — Brightness of faces that face along x, against 1 for faces along z, 0 to 1; default 0.7. - `fog?: string | null` — The CSS colour distance fades toward, or null for no fading; default `'#000000'`. - `fogStart?: number` — Distance where fading starts, world units, 0 or more; default 4. - `fogEnd?: number` — Distance where everything is the fog colour, world units, beyond `fogStart`; default 24. - `floor?: string` — Floor colour, CSS, where there is no floor texture; default `'#707070'`. - `ceiling?: string` — Ceiling colour, CSS, where there is no ceiling texture; default `'#383838'`. - `floorTexture?: string | null` — A texture name for the floor, cast row by row, or null for the flat colour; default null. - `ceilingTexture?: string | null` — A texture name for the ceiling, or null for the flat colour; default null. - `floorScale?: number` — How many times the floor and ceiling textures repeat per cell, 0.05 to 64; default 1. - `wallHeight?: number` — How tall walls are drawn, world units (a cell is 1 across), 0.1 to 16; default 1. The ceiling sits on top of them. - `eyeHeight?: number | null` — Eye height above the floor, world units, between 0 and `wallHeight`; default half of `wallHeight`. A camera's `height` overrides it. - `maxDistance?: number` — How far rays go, world units, 1 to 1024; default 64. Beyond, the floor and ceiling run on to the horizon. - `pixelAspect?: number` — How tall a pixel shows relative to its width, 0.25 to 4; default 1 (square). 1.2 for 320 × 200 shown at 4:3. - `jamb?: string | null` — A texture name for the wall faces either side of a door, seen from the doorway; default null (the walls' own). - `fallback?: string | null` — A texture name drawn wherever a name has no texture; default null. - `textureOf?: ((name: string, x: number, z: number, kind: RaycastHitKind) => string) | null` — Choose the picture per hit (an animated wall, a used switch): `(name, x, z, kind) => name`; default null. Called once per column. - `strict?: boolean` — Throw on a name with no texture (and no `fallback`), a sprite frame outside its strip or a non-finite camera; default true (a view takes the game's dev mode). When false these draw flat grey, wrap or skip the frame. ### `RaycastSettings` ```ts interface RaycastSettings ``` Every option with its value now, as `settings` reports them. - `readonly width: number` — Image width in pixels. - `readonly height: number` — Image height in pixels. - `readonly fov: number` — Horizontal field of view, radians. - `readonly sideShade: number` — Brightness of faces along x. - `readonly fog: string | null` — The fog colour, or null. - `readonly fogStart: number` — Where fading starts, world units. - `readonly fogEnd: number` — Where fading ends, world units. - `readonly floor: string` — Floor colour. - `readonly ceiling: string` — Ceiling colour. - `readonly floorTexture: string | null` — Floor texture name, or null. - `readonly ceilingTexture: string | null` — Ceiling texture name, or null. - `readonly floorScale: number` — Floor and ceiling texture repeats per cell. - `readonly wallHeight: number` — Wall height, world units. - `readonly eyeHeight: number` — Eye height in use, world units. - `readonly maxDistance: number` — Ray range, world units. - `readonly pixelAspect: number` — Pixel aspect. - `readonly jamb: string | null` — Door frame texture name, or null. - `readonly fallback: string | null` — Fallback texture name, or null. - `readonly textureOf: ((name: string, x: number, z: number, kind: RaycastHitKind) => string) | null` — The per-hit texture chooser, or null. - `readonly strict: boolean` — Whether mistakes throw. ### `RaycastSprite` ```ts interface RaycastSprite ``` A flat picture that always faces the eye: an enemy, an item, a shot. World units. - `x: number` — Position across the map, world units. - `z: number` — Position down the rows, world units. - `y?: number` — Height of the picture's centre above the floor, world units; default half its height, so it stands on the floor. - `texture: string` — The picture's name, as given to `texture`, `textureFrom` or `texturePixels`. - `frame?: number` — Which frame of the picture's strip, a whole number from 0; default 0. - `scale?: number` — Height in world units (a wall is 1); default 1. The width follows the frame's shape. - `tint?: string` — A CSS colour multiplied into the picture; default white (none). - `bright?: boolean` — Drawn at full brightness, ignoring fog (a muzzle flash, a glowing shot); default false. ### `RaycastTexture` ```ts interface RaycastTexture ``` A picture the renderer samples: a strip of `frames` frames of `width` × `height` side by side. - `readonly name: string` — Its name. - `readonly width: number` — One frame's width in pixels. - `readonly height: number` — Height in pixels. - `readonly frames: number` — How many frames, side by side. - `readonly pixels: Uint32Array` — The pixels, 0xAABBGGRR, row by row across the whole strip (`width × frames` a row). ### `RaycastView` ```ts interface RaycastView ``` A raycast view: one picture of `width` × `height` pixels that `draw` repaints from a map, a camera and sprites. Show it with a sprite: `game.spawn({ texture: view.key, x, y, width, height, layer })`. Textures are added by name before they are drawn. - `readonly key: string` — The asset key of the picture. - `readonly frame: number` — The picture's frame index, for a sprite's `frame`. - `readonly width: number` — Image width in pixels. - `readonly height: number` — Image height in pixels. - `readonly live: boolean` — False headless (no canvas pixels): draws and paints do nothing. - `readonly drawn: number` — Frames drawn so far (0 headless). - `readonly destroyed: boolean` — Whether `destroy` has run. - `readonly renderer: RaycastRenderer` — The renderer underneath: its `pixels` after a draw, its textures, `configure`. - `readonly columns: RaycastColumns` — The last draw's columns: each one's hit and distance (the depth buffer). - `readonly settings: RaycastSettings` — Every option's value now. - `texture(name: string, w: number, h: number, draw: (ctx: PaintContext, frame: number) => void, frames?: number): RaycastView` — Paint a texture with the ordinary 2D canvas, as the kernel's `paint` does: `frames` frames of `w` × `h` pixels side by side, `draw(ctx, i)` once for each on its own `w` × `h`, translated and clipped to it. The pixels are read once. A name painted again is replaced. Headless the texture is registered blank and `draw` never runs. Throws on a size out of range (1 to 4096, 1 to 1024 frames) or after `destroy` in dev. Returns the view. - `textureFrom(name: string, source: CanvasImageSource, frames?: number): RaycastView` — A texture from an existing image, canvas or bitmap: `frames` equal frames across its width (which must divide by `frames`). Read once. Headless it is registered blank at the source's size. Returns the view. - `texturePixels(name: string, w: number, h: number, rgba: ArrayLike, frames?: number): RaycastView` — A texture from RGBA bytes: `frames` frames of `w` × `h` side by side (`w × frames × h × 4` bytes). Works headless too. Returns the view. - `has(name: string): boolean` — Whether a texture of that name has been added. - `configure(options: RaycastOptions): void` — Change any option but the resolution from the next draw. Throws on a value out of range. - `draw(map: RaycastMap, camera: RaycastCamera, sprites?: readonly RaycastSprite[]): void` — Draw `map` from `camera` with `sprites` (default none) and show it from this frame. Throws in dev on a non-finite camera, a name with no texture (unless `fallback` is set) or a sprite frame outside its strip, and after `destroy`. - `destroy(): void` — Stop drawing and give the canvas back for the next view of this size. The scene that made the view does this when it exits. ### `RaycastViewApi` ```ts interface RaycastViewApi ``` `game.raycastView`: live views, and the pure maths and renderer underneath them. - `create(options?: RaycastViewOptions): RaycastView` — Make a view: a picture of `width` × `height` pixels (default 320 × 200) registered as a live canvas, repainted by each `draw`. Show it with `game.spawn({ texture: view.key, … })`. Made in a scene, it is destroyed when the scene exits and its canvas is reused by the next view of that size. Throws, naming the field, on an option out of range. - `castColumns: typeof castColumns` — Cast one ray per column and report each hit: `castColumns(map, camera, { width, fov, maxDistance, jamb, textureOf, out })`. - `projectSprite: typeof projectSprite` — Where a sprite lands on the screen: `projectSprite(camera, sprite, screen)`. - `spriteColumns: typeof spriteColumns` — The first and last columns a projected sprite covers. - `spriteSpans: typeof spriteSpans` — The runs of columns where a projected sprite is in front of the walls. - `createRaycastRenderer: typeof createRaycastRenderer` — A renderer with no canvas, drawing into a buffer of pixels. - `RaycastRenderer: typeof RaycastRenderer` — The renderer's class. - `RaycastColumns: typeof RaycastColumns` — The columns' class. - `RAYCAST_HIT: typeof RAYCAST_HIT` — The codes `RaycastColumns.hit` holds. ### `RaycastViewOptions` ```ts interface RaycastViewOptions extends RaycastOptions ``` What `create` takes: how the view looks, and the asset key its picture goes under. - `key?: string` — The key the picture is registered under, for `spawn({ texture: key })`; default `'raycast-view-1'`, `'raycast-view-2'`, … ### `SpriteProjection` ```ts interface SpriteProjection ``` Where a sprite lands on the screen, in pixels from the top-left corner (column `i` spans `i..i+1`). - `depth: number` — Distance along the view direction, world units: compared with the walls' `RaycastColumns.dist`. - `x: number` — Screen x of its centre. - `left: number` — Screen x of its left edge. - `right: number` — Screen x of its right edge. - `top: number` — Screen y of its top edge. - `bottom: number` — Screen y of its bottom edge. ### `SpriteScreen` ```ts interface SpriteScreen ``` The screen a sprite is projected onto: the view's resolution, field of view and eye. - `width: number` — Image width in pixels. - `height: number` — Image height in pixels. - `fov: number` — Horizontal field of view, radians. - `eyeHeight: number` — Eye height above the floor when the camera gives none, world units. - `pixelAspect?: number` — How tall a pixel shows relative to its width; default 1 (square). - `frameAspect?: number` — The frame's width over its height; default 1 (square). - `near?: number` — Nearest depth drawn, world units; default 0.05. 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