Phaser World Issue 230

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Phaser Studio
April 02, 2026

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Hey there, game dev! 🚀

Artemis II just launched for the Moon, and we figured the best way to celebrate is with a newsletter with space games, dungeon crawlers, and procedural magic 🌕✨

We've also got a game jam with real prizes, 9 Phaser games shipping on Steam, a spicy 2.5D plugin, and the latest from the Phaser 4 dev log.

Scroll on 👇

This week:

🏆 Enter the Phaser Challenge and Win Phaser Editor Pro Licenses

Got a game idea you've been putting off? The Gamedev.js Jam 2026 runs April 13–26, giving you 13 days to build an HTML5 game around a secret theme 🎮

Build with any version of Phaser and you're in the Phaser challenge. Prizes include 10 Phaser Editor Pro annual licenses and 5 Vampire Survivors bundles, judged by Rich Davey and the Phaser Studio team 🏆

🎬 9 Steam Games Built With Phaser

This video rounds up 9 real games shipped on Steam, all built with Phaser. Bullet hells, roguelikes, dungeon crawlers, card games, sandbox adventures, and even a 2D MMORPG 🎮

Watch it, get inspired, and maybe start planning your own Steam release 🚀

🔥 Fresh From the Web This Week

» Hex Sweeper: Minesweeper Just Got a Hex Makeover

Hex Sweeper is a free browser Minesweeper built with Phaser by Gamesanova, a web developer making his first steps into game dev. The twist? Hexagonal tiles replace the classic grid, giving each cell six neighbors instead of four and completely changing how you read the board ⛳

Multiple board sizes and difficulty settings included. Worth a few rounds 💣

» The Spinning Comet Escape: Artemis II Is Heading to Space. So Are You.

NASA launches Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the Moon since 1972. If that's got you in a space mood, The Spinning Comet Escape is your game 🚀

Land on a comet, mine resources, build your base, and race to refuel your rocket before the terrain collapses around you. Built with Phaser and Three.js by the HomeTeamGameDev crew. About 30 minutes per run. No AI generated content. Handcrafted game design 🌑

» TwoPointFive: The 2.5D Phaser 3 Plugin You've Been Waiting For

Ever wanted to build a Wolfenstein-style or first-person dungeon crawler inside Phaser 3? TwoPointFive adds a pseudo-3D viewport to your game, complete with perspective camera, tile-based environments, and sector culling. All while keeping the Phaser workflow you already know 🔫

It's an open source port by Jamaal Sawyerd, comes with a full demo, and is actively looking for contributors. A great time to get involved 🕹️

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🚀 Phaser 4 Dev Log: Noise, Cellular Noise, and Hash Functions

The latest Tales from the Pixel Mines by Ben Richards digs into how Phaser 4 handles procedural randomness. New Noise and NoiseCellular game objects let you generate animated textures, reflections, clouds, and terrain — all at runtime 🎨

Under the hood, it's built on hash functions that produce predictable, stateless randomness, perfect for generating consistent game worlds. A fascinating read for anyone serious about procedural generation 🤓👇

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I'm essentially adding randomness to the randomness to make it less random.

Ben Richards, Senior WebGL Developer, Phaser Studios Inc

🔴 Built a game with Phaser Editor? 📭

We'd love to see how you're using Phaser Editor in your projects. Share your development process: how you organized your scenes, your project structure, your workflow. Screenshots or short clips work great ✨

20,000 game devs read this newsletter every week. If you've been building something with Phaser Editor, this is your moment. We'd love to feature your project in the newsletter and interview you for our website 😄

Happy coding, and see you next week! 🐣🐰

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