---
title: "Facebook Instant Games in Phaser 3"
subtitle: "Part 5 - Player Details"
date: 2018-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
url: https://phaser.io/tutorials/getting-started-facebook-instant-games/part5
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
copyright: © 2026 Phaser Studio Inc. All rights reserved.
---

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# Facebook Instant Games in Phaser 3

*Part 5 - Player Details*

Now that we've received the all important `startgame` event from the plugin, we're in a position where we can access the SDKs features. The core app and player details are already available from the plugin, which means you can access any of the following:

property | details
--- | ---
`supportedAPIs` | A list of supported APIs
`contextID` | The game Context ID
`contextType` | The game Context Type
`locale` | The game locale
`platform` | The platform the game is running on
`version` | The SDK version
`playerID` | Player ID
`playerName` | Player Name
`playerPhotoURL` | Player Photo URL

<br />

Let's use this to show the player's name and photo:

```
class PlayerDetails extends Phaser.Scene {

    constructor ()
    {
        super({ key: 'PlayerDetails', active: false });
    }

    create ()
    {
        this.add.bitmapText(400, 400, 'azo', this.facebook.playerName).setOrigin(0.5);

        this.facebook.loadPlayerPhoto(this, 'player').once('photocomplete', this.addPlayerPhoto, this);
    }

    addPlayerPhoto (key)
    {
        this.add.image(400, 200, key);
    }

}
```

The code should be pretty clear, but to explain: The `playerName` is a property of the plugin that contains the current player's name. There are other properties available too, but we just use the name for this screen. It is being displayed with a bitmap font.

Then we use the built-in `loadPlayerPhoto` method to use Phaser's internal Loader to grab the player photo and call `addPlayerPhoto` when it finishes loading.

The end result looks like this:

![Player Details](profile.png)

Rather than use `loadPlayerPhoto` you could also use the Loader Plugin directly. Here is the same as the above, but using direct Loader calls:

```
class PlayerDetails extends Phaser.Scene {

    constructor ()
    {
        super({ key: 'PlayerDetails', active: false });
    }

    create ()
    {
        this.add.bitmapText(400, 400, 'azo', this.facebook.playerName).setOrigin(0.5);

        this.load.image('player', this.facebook.playerPhotoURL);

        this.load.once('filecomplete-image-player', this.addPlayerPhoto, this);

        this.load.start();
    }

    addPlayerPhoto (key)
    {
        this.add.image(400, 200, key);
    }

}
```

You'll get the same end result.

For a complete list of all the properties available, such as `playerName`, please see the [plugin API documentation](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/3.90.0/api-documentation).

### Modifying Player Photos

Very often you'll want to modify the player's photo. Perhaps to make it into a circle, or add some kind of mask to it. There are lots of ways to achieve this and here I'll present one of them: using a Canvas Texture object.

First, let's add a new function:

```
    addRoundedPlayerPhoto (key)
    {
        var photo = this.textures.createCanvas('playerMasked', 196, 196);

        var source = this.textures.get('player').getSourceImage();

        photo.context.beginPath();

        photo.context.arc(98, 98, 98, 0, Math.PI * 2, false);

        photo.context.clip();

        photo.draw(0, 0, source);

        this.add.image(400, 200, 'playerMasked');
    }
```

Here we create a new Canvas Texture called `playerMasked`. We draw an arc to it, just using the normal canvas operations, but set it to be a clipping path. Finally, we draw the image we've loaded from Facebook. The end result is a clipped photo:

![Arc Photo](profile2.png)

Rather than define a clipping path, you can also draw a masked image over the top of your photo. I created a simple 196 x 196 mask in Photoshop that looks like this:

![Mask](mask1.png){.nc}

You can apply it to the photo using the following method:

```
    addMaskedPlayerPhoto (key)
    {
        var photo = this.textures.createCanvas('playerMasked', 196, 196);

        var source = this.textures.get('player').getSourceImage();
        var mask = this.textures.get('mask').getSourceImage();

        photo.draw(0, 0, mask);

        photo.context.globalCompositeOperation = 'source-in';

        photo.draw(0, 0, source);

        this.add.image(400, 200, 'playerMasked');
    }
```

Where the composite blend mode of `source-in` allows us to achieve the end result we want:

![Masked Photo](profile3.png)

Obviously, the mask can look a lot better than the squiggle above, but hopefully you get the idea!

---

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