Hey there, game dev! 👋

The one you've been waiting for is here. Phaser Editor v5 beta just dropped with AI integration, full Phaser 4 support, and a lot more. Plus three tutorials this week: projectiles, an EarthBound-style shader, and migrating Phaser 3 shaders to Phaser 4. And two fresh showcases from the community.

Plenty to dig into! 🚀🦕

This week:

• ⭐️ Phaser Editor v5 beta is finally here

• 📚 Tutorials

  • » 3 Ways to Make Projectiles in Phaser

  • » EarthBound-Style Transparency Effect in WebGL

  • » Migrating Phaser 3 Shaders to Phaser 4

• 🎮 Phaser Showcase

  • » Ice Maze: English Grammar Made Fun

  • » Darkness of the Dungeon: Browser Dungeon Crawler

• 🚀 Phaser 4 Dev Log: Actions.AddEffectShine

⭐️ Phaser Editor v5 beta is finally here

We've been teasing this for a while in Phaser World, and the moment is finally here: Phaser Editor v5 beta is live, and it's packed 🎉🦕:

• ✅ AI integration via MCP, built right into the editor. One click to connect Claude Desktop, Cursor, or VS Code

• ✅ Full Phaser 4 support, including the new filters system, updated Spine runtime, and new project templates

• ✅ Full Phaser 3 backward compatibility

• ✅ Unbox Prefab Instance to customize prefab instances independently

• ✅ Particle emitter animations configurable directly in the Scene Editor

• And a ton of smaller improvements across the board

» The first beta users have spoken

» Claude meets Phaser Editor v5. Watch what happens

The beta is live and waiting for you. Be one of the first to try it 😎🦕

📚 Tutorials

» 3 Ways to Make Projectiles in Phaser

Projectile attacks are a big part of how your game feels. Scott Westover breaks down three ways to build them in Phaser: particle emitters, animated sprites, and tween-driven sprite instances. No huge sprite sheets needed 🪃🫧

» EarthBound-Style Transparency Effect in WebGL

Ever wondered how EarthBound gets that dreamy layered look in its battle backgrounds? It's a transparency shader that blends two textures together on the GPU. Lightning fast, and you can bring it into Phaser 3. Here's how ✨🌀

» Migrating Phaser 3 Shaders to Phaser 4

Phaser 4 replaces the Post FX pipeline with a new two-class system that makes shaders easier to manage. Learn how to migrate your Phaser 3 shaders with three practical examples: grayscale, wipe, and noise 🛠️🔀

🎮 Phaser Showcase

» Ice Maze: English Grammar Made Fun

Ice Maze is a free browser game that turns English grammar into something students actually want to play. Built with Phaser by educator James Abela, it uses colors to teach sentence structure through maze navigation 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

No sign-up, no cost, works on desktop, tablet, and mobile. Already adopted by teachers from Malaysia to the US, and the full source code is available on GitHub 🧊

» Darkness of the Dungeon: Browser Dungeon Crawler

🚀 Phaser 4 Dev Log: Actions.AddEffectShine is here

The last of the old FX just made it into Phaser 4. Actions.AddEffectShine replaces the original Shine effect, and it's not even close ✨

The original was limited: one color, no angle control near horizontal or vertical, and a constant speed highlight. This one is built on the Gradient system, which means you get full angle support, color overdrive in any direction, and tween-based movement with yoyo and easing. Displacement support is in there too.

And if our settings don't cover what you need, you can dig into the individual parts and configure them however you want 👌

The difference speaks for itself. Join the conversation on our Discord to watch the full video and follow every Phaser 4 update as it happens 😁

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That's it for this edition. Now go build something. Happy coding! 🚀