--- title: "Snow roll: API" package: "@phaser-ae/snow-roll" tier: Pro version: 3.0.0-1 released: 2026-10-19 updated: 2026-10-20 description: "A snowball capture mechanic for any platform game, where thrown snow turns enemies into snowballs to push, kick and roll into crushing chains." url: https://phaser.io/packs/snow-roll/api site: Phaser - https://phaser.io --- # Snow roll: API `@phaser-ae/snow-roll` — A snowball capture mechanic for any platform world: snow covers enemies into snowballs that melt, are pushed and kicked, roll, rebound and crush in chains. ## The pack ### `snowRoll` ```ts function snowRoll(): Pack<{ snowRoll: typeof api }> ``` Install the snow-roll API (`game.snowRoll`). ## Helpers ### `createSnow` ```ts function createSnow(o: SnowOptions): SnowField ``` Create a snow field over a walker world and an enemy director. ### `snowSettings` ```ts function snowSettings(o: Partial = {}): SnowSettings ``` Defaults: Snow Bros on 16 px tiles (estimates from play; see the docs). ## Types ### `SnowBall` ```ts interface SnowBall ``` A snowball's motion state. - `state: "rest" | "rolling"` — 'rest' (pushable, kickable, standable) or 'rolling'. - `dir: -1 | 1` — Rolling or pushed direction. - `bounces: number` — Wall rebounds so far. - `chain: number` — Chain id (0 at rest before any kick). - `rolled: number` — Seconds rolling. - `rest: number` — Seconds at rest (toward `hold`). - `carried: string[]` — Player bodies carried inside. ### `SnowChain` ```ts interface SnowChain ``` A kick chain: one kicked snowball and everything it set rolling. - `id: number` — Chain id. - `by: string` — Kicker body id. - `kills: number` — Enemies killed so far. - `alive: number` — Enemies alive (not waiting) when it was kicked. ### `SnowCover` ```ts interface SnowCover ``` Snow on one enemy. - `enemy: string` — Enemy (walker body) id. - `kind: string` — Enemy kind. - `units: number` — Snow units (1 .. cover). - `timer: number` — Seconds since the last hit (melting clock). - `ball: SnowBall | null` — Present when fully covered. - `profile: WalkerProfile` — The enemy's own profile, restored when the ball melts. ### `SnowEvent` ```ts type SnowEvent = | { kind: "thrown"; id: string; owner: string; x: number; y: number } | { kind: "hit"; id: string; enemy: string; enemyKind: string; units: number; full: boolean; by: string; x: number; y: number } | { kind: "snowball"; enemy: string; enemyKind: string; x: number; y: number } | { kind: "melted"; enemy: string; units: number } | { kind: "freed"; enemy: string; enemyKind: string } | { kind: "kicked"; enemy: string; by: string; dir: -1 | 1; chain: number } | { kind: "pushed"; enemy: string; by: string; dir: -1 | 1 } | { kind: "rebound"; enemy: string; bounces: number } | { kind: "chained"; enemy: string; chain: number } | { kind: "crushed"; enemy: string; enemyKind: string; chain: number; index: number; by: string; x: number; y: number } | { kind: "struck"; enemy: string; ball: string; chain: number; by: string; x: number; y: number } | { kind: "shattered"; enemy: string; enemyKind: string; chain: number; index: number; by: string; x: number; y: number } | { kind: "carried"; player: string; ball: string } | { kind: "released"; player: string; x: number; feet: number } | { kind: "chain-end"; chain: number; by: string; kills: number; alive: number } ``` Snow events from `drain()`. ### `SnowField` ```ts interface SnowField extends WalkerController ``` The snow field: a walker controller plus throwing, kicking and queries. - `readonly settings: Readonly` — Settings in force. - `readonly shots: SnowShot[]` — Copies of the shots. - `readonly covers: SnowCover[]` — Copies of the covers (partly covered enemies and snowballs). - `cover(enemyId: string): SnowCover | null` — The cover on one enemy, or null. - `configure(o: Partial): void` — Change settings. - `throw(bodyId: string, o?: { range?: number; power?: number; speed?: number }): string | null` — Throw snow from a body in its facing direction. Returns the shot id or null when full. - `kick(bodyId: string): string | null` — Kick the resting snowball next to a body (in front of it). Returns the snowball's enemy id or null. - `fire(bodyId: string, o?: { range?: number; power?: number; speed?: number }): { kicked: string } | { shot: string } | null` — Kick if a snowball is in front, otherwise throw. - `pushing(bodyId: string): boolean` — Whether a body pushed a snowball during the last step. - `addSnow(enemyId: string, units: number, by?: string): void` — Add snow to an enemy directly (power-ups, tests). - `clear(): void` — Remove every shot and melt every cover (enemies resume). - `drain(): SnowEvent[]` — Events since the last drain. - `snapshot(): SnowSnapshot` — Serialisable state. - `restore(s: SnowSnapshot): void` — Restore a snapshot (restore the world and director too). ### `SnowOptions` ```ts interface SnowOptions ``` Options for `createSnow`. - `world: WalkerWorld` — The walker world. - `enemies: EnemyDirector` — The enemy director. - `settings?: Partial` — Rules (partial; defaults are Snow Bros'). - `canCover?: (enemyId: string, kind: string) => boolean` — Which enemies snow can cover (default any active enemy). - `isTough?: (enemyId: string, kind: string) => boolean` — Enemies a rolling snowball strikes without killing (bosses): the ball shatters and a 'struck' event fires. - `id?: string` — Controller id. Default 'snow'. - `attach?: boolean` — Add itself to the world as a controller. Default true. ### `SnowSettings` ```ts interface SnowSettings ``` Snow rules. Distances in world units, times in seconds. - `shotSpeed: number` — Snow shot speed, units per second. Default 210. - `shotRange: number` — Distance a shot flies level before it drops. Default 48. - `shotGravity: number` — Gravity on a dropping shot, units/s². Default 700. - `shotSize: number` — Shot hit size (half extent). Default 4. - `shotLife: number` — Seconds a shot lives. Default 1.2. - `cover: number` — Snow units that make a full snowball. Default 4. - `power: number` — Units a shot adds (a power potion doubles it). Default 1. - `melt: number` — Seconds without a hit before a partly covered enemy sheds one unit. Default 1.4. - `hold: number` — Seconds a full snowball holds before the enemy starts to break out. Default 6. - `ballSize: number` — Snowball size (width and height). Default 22. - `kickSpeed: number` — Rolling speed after a kick, units per second. Default 240. - `pushSpeed: number` — Speed of a pushed snowball, units per second. Default 40. - `ballGravity: number` — Gravity on a snowball, units/s². Default 700. - `maxBounces: number` — Wall rebounds before a rolling snowball shatters. Default 8. - `breakRow: number | null` — A rolling snowball shatters when it hits a wall while on this map row (default: the bottom row, -1). null: never. - `rollLife: number` — Seconds a snowball may roll before it shatters. Default 12. - `carryPlayers: boolean` — Rolling snowballs sweep up players and carry them (invulnerable) until they shatter. Default true. - `carryImmune: number` — Seconds a released player cannot be swept up again. Default 1.5. - `playerTag: string` — Tag of player bodies (pushers, kickers, riders). Default 'player'. - `maxShots: number` — Most shots at once (resource bound). Default 64. ### `SnowShot` ```ts interface SnowShot ``` A snow shot in flight. - `id: string` — Stable id. - `owner: string` — Thrower body id. - `x: number` — Centre x. - `y: number` — Centre y. - `vx: number` — Velocity x. - `vy: number` — Velocity y. - `age: number` — Seconds alive. - `travelled: number` — Distance flown. - `range: number` — Level flight distance. - `power: number` — Snow units it adds. ### `SnowSnapshot` ```ts interface SnowSnapshot ``` Serialisable state. - `shots: SnowShot[]` — Shots. - `covers: SnowCover[]` — Covers. - `chains: SnowChain[]` — Chains still rolling. - `seq: number` — Counters. - `chainSeq: number` — Chain counter. - `immune: [string, number][]` — Released players' immunity (body id, seconds). - `pushers: string[]` — Pushers this step. - `settings: SnowSettings` — Settings. - `events: SnowEvent[]` — Undrained events. --- ## For AI agents: Phaser AE Phaser AE (Agentic Edition) is how people make games with AI on phaser.io. 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