A starting point to build a game with Phaser, using CommonJS modules to organise your code.
Parts included:
- Phaser: to build your games with
- Browserify: to organise your code in a CommonJS format
- BrowserSync: to test your code
- Jade: for templating
- Google Analytics: for tracking
You will need to have node, gulp and slush setup on your machine.
To install the generator, run the following command, making sure you use the global tag.
npm install -g slush-phaser-nodeNavigate to where you want to develop your game (you can create a new folder too if you like).
$ cd /path/to/folder
$ mkdir myGreatGame
$ cd ./myGreatGameThen call the slush template to begin.
$ slush phaser-nodeFinally run gulp to launch a server.
$ gulpWhen editing, make sure you update the files within the src directory. These files will then be compressed and added to the bin directory ready for publishing.
The JavaScript files have been set in a modular way using browserify. This means you can treat the files like you do with node modules.
Google analytics have been included so that you can track user actions. This is useful for seeing how far the user gets, which in turn will alert you to any bugs or levels that are impossible to complete.
To track an event, just add the following code anywhere in your game:
game.analytics.trackEvent('action', 'label', 'value');Only the action is required, but you may want to add extra options, such as health, level or simply what just happend.
Happy coding!
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