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Phaser 4 is picking up speed and this week we are diving deep. New renderer breakdown, AI models straight into the editor, a game jam that left us genuinely speechless, and a bunch of community projects that remind us why this ecosystem is something special 💜

From high school students shipping games in 24 hours to a little cat racking up 266,000 plays on YouTube, it has been quite a week 🎉

Grab a coffee, scroll down, enjoy 👇

⭐ Phaser 4's renderer is here and it's a whole new beast

A couple of weeks ago we launched Phaser 4, and now we want to take you behind the scenes and show you one of the biggest changes under the hood: the brand new WebGL renderer ⚡️

From faster sprite rendering to a cleaner architecture, there is a lot to unpack. This article breaks it all down so you know exactly what changed and why it matters for your games 😎

🎬 OpenRouter: Unlock Any AI Model in Phaser Editor

Open Router is now one of the ways to power up the built-in AI chat in Phaser Editor, giving you access to hundreds of models from different providers through a single API key, including Claude, Gemini, and OpenAI 🤖

And the setup could not be simpler. The editor opens your browser, handles the whole auth flow, grabs the key, and you are done. No manual steps, no copy pasting. Just pick your model and get to work ⏩

🏆 Phaser Game Jam 2026: Students Built Games in Just One Day

Every year, the team behind the Phaser Game Jam puts in serious work to make this happen, and every year the students deliver 🤩 This edition brought over 25 high school teams to Baronissi, Italy, with one theme, (r)EVOLUTION, and one day to build 🏆

From a Conway's Game of Life strategy game to a monkey tycoon civilization builder, these students shipped real, playable games using TypeScript and Phaser. If you want a reminder of why this community is so great, go play their games 🎮

🔥 Fresh From the Web This Week

» Phaser 4 Level Selection Screen Tutorial in TypeScript

Emanuele Feronato is back with his most complete level selection screen yet, now updated for Phaser 4 and TypeScript. Swipe navigation, drag, mouse wheel, snap-to-page, pagination, clickable thumbnails — all in one clean, well-structured example 👌

He has been refining this component since Phaser 2, so this is not a quick prototype. It is a solid, battle-tested starting point you can drop straight into your project. Full source code included 🧑‍💻

» WAMP: Collaborative Platformer

WAMP stands for We All Make A Platformer, and that is exactly what it is. A shared browser-based platformer where every room in the overworld is built by a real player, using a built-in editor powered by Phaser 📺

Pick an unclaimed room, design your challenge, set your goal type, and publish it. From that moment it is part of the world for everyone to play. It is in beta right now, and the best way to get it is to just jump in 🧪

» Swing Shot: Arcade Game Now on YouTube Playables

Swing Shot is a physics-based arcade game built with Phaser and Box2D, and it just landed on YouTube Playables. You play as a little cat swinging from anchor point to anchor point, building momentum, grabbing coins, and dodging hazards. Easy to pick up, hard to put down 😸

The numbers back it up: 266,000 plays in its first 28 days. If YouTube Playables is available in your region, this one is well worth a try 😉

» Noxious: 2D Isometric MMORPG

Noxious is a 2D isometric MMORPG built with Phaser where the entire server shares the same world. Ten floors, and none of them open until every player breaks through the one before. No solo instances, no private lobbies. If the server is stuck, you are all stuck together 🫂

Guilds, markets, raids, a karma system that tracks every choice without ever explaining what it means. It is already picking up steam on Reddit 🗨️

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📩 20,000 Devs Want to See What You've Built

Games, tutorials, tools, videos. If you made it with Phaser, we want to feature it. Completely free, always. Drop us a line and let's get it in front of them 👇

Happy coding, and see you next week! 💜