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Version: Phaser Editor v5-beta

Change Log

v4.11.1 - Mar 24, 2025​

  • Fixes checkbox layout in Inspector view.
  • Fixes Phaser Studio color theme on disable buttons.
  • Fixes Inspector view show nested prefab variants properties.

Release notes

v4.11.0 - Mar 17, 2025​

  • Show Phaser news and editor tutorials in the Start page.
  • Show a project thumbnail image for every project in the Start page.
  • Show a "resume your project" section in the Start page.
  • The editor doesn't open the latest project automatically. It is highlighted in the Start page.
  • Removes chat window.
  • Adds Phaser Studio color theme to start screens of the desktop edition.
  • Adds Phaser Studio color theme to the workbench, and set it by default.
  • Adds the Theme section to the Settings dialog.
  • Adds Telemetry.
  • Detects if the project is a Phaser 4 project. Disables FX and Spine features if the project is Phaser 4.

Release notes

v4.10.0 - Mar 10, 2025​

Release notes

  • Updates templates to Phaser 3.88.2.
  • Adds in-scene Spine animation preview.
  • Allows setting a preview atlas key to the spine assets in the Asset Pack editor.
  • Fixes bugs in nested prefab serialization.
  • Allows editing nested prefabs of Box2D bodies and shapes.
  • Allows editing the skeleton of Spine prefabs and nested prefabs.
  • Fixes bug with default blendMode code generation for container, layer, and spine objects.
  • Fixes regression bug with adding objects to a container or layer.
  • Adds new parameter to include/exclude the code generation of the this.gameObject field in user components.

v4.9.0 - Feb 18, 2025​

Release notes

  • Removes delete confirmation dialog in Desktop edition.
  • Adds support to Box2D.
  • Fixes a bug regarding the selection of "ghost" objects when the editor gets the focus.

v4.8.1 - Dec 18, 2024​

Release notes

  • Fixes viewer rendering regression.

v4.8.0 - Dec 16, 2024​

Release notes

  • Adds support to compressed textures.
  • Never shows assets preview and image file preview at the same time.
  • Fix bug in setSizeToFrame method for inline sprite animation.
  • #53 Compiler's JavaScript output is adding redundant lines of code.
  • #54 Adds support to quality and distance parameters in Glow FX object.
  • #58 Adds Blend Mode support.
  • #55 (Fix) Arrow keys in Outline view move the selected objects.
  • #21 A command to open the OS Terminal.
  • #26 Delete files operation now send the files to the recycle bin (Desktop edition).
  • #33 Adds the "visible" parameter to the Asset Pack editor. Allows hide/show assets in the scene tools.
  • #2 Fixes scene editor grid rendering when the browser has a huge zoom in factor.

v4.7.1 - Dec 2, 2024​

Release notes

  • #50 Fixes tilemap layer serialization inside a layer or container.

v4.7.0 - Nov 27, 2024​

Release notes

  • Removes enable/disable Pixel art commands.
  • Removes set canvas context to WebGL/Canvas type commands.
  • Welcome the new Settings UI (Default apps, Keyboard shortcuts, Scene settings).
  • #49 Fixes tilemap accidental deletion on depth order operation.
  • Updates internal editors to Phaser 3.87.
  • Adds Font loader support to Asset Pack and Scene Editor.

4.6.1 - Nov 10, 2024​

Release notes

  • Fixes regression bug with Text object code generation.

4.6.0 - Nov 7, 2024​

Release notes

  • Editable tilemap support.
  • #44 Adds sprite animation support to ArcadeSprite objects.
  • #46 Adds resolution property to Text object.
  • #43 Updates all help links to the new help website.

v4.5.1 - Oct 13, 2024​

Release notes

  • Updates to Phaser 3.86.
  • Fixes tilemap pixel rounding issue in the Scene Editor.
  • Desktop: shows a new page to wait while the editor's server starts.
  • Desktop: fixes npm install when proxy is configured but disabled.
  • #41 Fixes variable name generation.

v4.5.0 - Sep 26, 2024​

Release notes

  • Scene compiler doesn't import Phaser from "phaser" module.
  • Removes the basic typescript template.
  • Group by folder the script nodes in the Add Script dialog.
  • Group by folder the script nodes in the Go To dialog.
  • Replaces the CodeMirror editor by the Monaco editor, for better coding experience.
  • Allow dropping a folder in the dock icon in macOS.
  • Allow dropping a folder in the Start page of the Desktop editor.
  • Exclude Desktop plugins when the editor is running in the browser (regression).

v4.4.1 - Sep 23, 2024​

Release notes

  • Fixes user auth behind a proxy.

v4.4.0 - Sep 17, 2024​

Release notes

  • In-scene preview of the sprite animations.
  • Uses a "find" button for the Go To Scene dialog.
  • New Go To dialog replaces the Go To Scene dialog. It includes asset packs and user components.
  • Adds sort commands to the scene tools pane.
  • Adds "Open in external editor" action to the main toolbar (Ctrl+Alt+E).
  • Makes the "Open in external editor" action smart enough to open source code files (scenes, user components).
  • Adds a Chat with Phaser Studio support team.
  • Workbench: fixed default scene settings computation.
  • Updates to 3.85.2.

v4.3.0 - Sep 9, 2024​

Release notes

  • Rework the workflow for uploading files.
    • Uses "Add Files" instead of "Upload Files" in the Files view.
    • Improves the "Add Files" section (former "Upload Files") in the Inspector view. It shows a drop area and an Add Files button.
    • Allows adding external folders to the project.
  • Shows asset image frames in Inspector view when you select atlas or image files in the Files view.
  • The "there is a new update" message now opens the Phaser downloads if you click it.
  • Workbench: fixes dragging split panes while there is an active dialog.
  • Implements a Trial time or the editor.
  • Adds an "Open Scene" button to the main toolbar.
  • Fixes screen bounds computation of a Layer object.
  • 30 Fixes duplicate command of script nodes and containers.
  • Updates to Phaser 3.85.
  • Workbench: shows script nodes at the end of the Go To Scene dialog.
  • Workbench: fixes issue with selection when the IDE window is activated.
  • Workbench: fixes scene panning when the mouse gets out.

v4.2.0 - Aug 6, 2024​

Release notes

  • Adds duplicate command.
  • Updates Electron to v31.2.0.
  • Adds support to proxy configuration. Includes proxy configuration page in Phaser Editor Desktop.
  • Fixes issue detecting dev server running with disabled CORS.
  • Adds cancel button to the Go To Scene dialog.
  • Checks if the selected directory is not empty before creating a project.
  • Adds Video game object.
  • Adds Video and Audio file and asset preview sections.
  • Adds Pan tool to the main toolbar of the Scene Editor.
  • #24 Passing polygon points in super() call.
  • #23 Starting Dev Server with Vite configuration on Mac.
  • #29 Workbench: fixed set snapping to object size command.
  • Ask the user to confirm the Phaser EULA before starting the app.
  • Updates logo win welcome page.
  • Adds the beginners guide link to the Welcome page.

v4.1.0 - Jul 11, 2024​

Release notes

  • Adds ParticleEmitter game object support.
  • Fixes serialization of the NineSlice object with the size smaller than the border values.
  • #7 Adds support to more audio formats.
  • Logs all server and desktop messages and errors to server.log and desktop.log.
  • Server: adds support to WEBP image support.
  • [#1] Fixes bad layout in Inspector view when imports multiple images.
  • Desktop: improves marketplace templates fetching, organization, and filtering.
  • Desktop: added new Vite built-in project template.
  • Desktop: installs project dependencies automatically.
  • Desktop: starts development server before running the game. It installs dependencies if needed.
  • Desktop: shows guidance UI if npm is not installed.
  • Desktop: removes legacy (Gumroad) license key support.
  • Desktop: clicking on the profile image or name opens the Phaser account in a browser.

v4.0.2 - May 20, 2024​

Release notes

  • Moves the Scene Editor context menu's option "Layout -> Show Layout Tools" to "Tools -> Show In-Scene Tools".
  • Improves Spritesheet Preview section.
  • Shows Spritesheet Preview section when selecting an object in the SceneEditor.
  • Uses object bounds to select a BitmapText.
  • Fixes ColorMatrix FX code generation.
  • #1 Fixed compatibility issues with v3 configuration files and the -max-number-files flag.

v4.0.1 - May 4, 3034​

  • Updates the link to the issues repo in the welcome page.
  • #3 Fixes confirm dialog in Windows 11.

Online​

  • Allows working in multiple projects at the same time.

v4.0.0 - Apr 29, 2024​

  • Shows welcome page.
  • #314: (Fix) Pasting multiple script nodes changes their ordering.
  • #316: (Fix) Hides user component in prefab instance.
  • Removes number of files limits.
  • Requires authentication with the Phaser.io users.
  • The free mode is not available for the desktop version.
  • New icon.
  • Workbench: fixes openfile command when there is a the welcome page.
  • Removes sub-sections from the Files view.
  • Adds support to multiple window layout.
  • Updates to latest Monaco Editor v0.47.

v3.67.0, Feb 22​

  • Updates to latest TypeScript 5.3.3.
  • Updates to latest CodeMirror 5.66.16.
  • Adds support to Phaser 3.80.
  • Save all editors when the user executes the Play commands.
  • Depth order commands now works with Mac keyboard with a numeric pad, in its default config.
  • Fixes bug with opening multiple context menus.
  • Color Picker shows realtime preview of the color.
  • Allows changing numeric values with the mouse wheel.
  • Allows changing numeric values with the Up/Down keys. If Shift is pressed, it increments it by 10.
  • Allows changing numeric values by dragging the label.
  • Adds support to Shader Effects objects, Glow and Shadow.
  • Uses the Text's internal canvas to render the Text object in the Outline view.
  • Use the __MISSING texture by default in NineSlice and ThreeSlice.

v3.66.0 - Jan 11, 2024​

  • Allows to set a display name to game objects.
  • The display name formatting expression #{x} expands to "x".
  • The display name formatting shows prepends the TargetActionComp.target value, if present.
  • Fixes name collision when copying a game objects tree.
  • Fixes duplicating children objects on a tree copy/paste.
  • Fixes getting user components of nested prefabs.
  • Allows user component object formatting.
  • Allow read-only editors.
  • Set read-only to editors of node_module files.

v3.65.0 - Dec 13, 2024​

  • Allows using prefabs and user components from node modules.
  • Allows tagging folders as "copied" libraries, with the library.txt file.
  • Adds onWorldBounds property to the Arcade Physics Body.
  • The Add Script Node dialog groups scripts by folder and node modules.
  • The Blocks view groups the scripts by folder and node modules.
  • Allows custom display format of prefab instances, using ${} and #{} expressions.
  • Shows tooltip with prefab property info.
  • Allows setting a Scene Display Name for scenes.
  • Allows setting the Display Name of user components.
  • Migrates all project templates to the new script libraries.

v3.64.0 - Nov 10, 2023​

  • Fixes making thumbnails of single-layer prefabs.
  • Allows merging Import and Open buttons in the Asset Pack Entry section.
  • #251 Fixes sprite positioning in Animations Editor.
  • #209 Improves scene border painting.
  • Improves animations preview UI:
    • New Animation preview section.
    • New Animations Preview section.
    • Shows a preview button in the Animation Key user property.
  • Adds new Animation section to Sprite game objects. It is about to auto-start a sprite animation.
  • Adds showBeforeDelay to the Animations Editor.
  • Shows Sprite Animation blocks in the Scene Editor's Blocks view.
  • Aseprite animations support.
  • New Code Snippets scene elements.
  • Optimizes pooling of WEBGL contexts.
  • #295 Fixes tilemapLayer nullable method factory.

v3.63.0 - Sep 30, 2023​

  • Opens the file given in the openfile URL search parameter. Like in ?openfile=some/file.
  • Show splash before loading the workbench.
  • Boost load speed: migrates editor's icons from single files to a texture atlas.
  • Boost load speed: bundle all IDE text resources into a single res.json file.
  • Improves browser cache managing. Loads way faster when running in the cloud.
  • Shows property shortcuts in the prefab properties section.
  • Shows Prefab Properties section also when a property is selected.
  • Show event icons in the Event property's dialog.
  • Allows downloading all v3 files from the Phaser Editor 2D website.
  • 249 Auto compile the scene file when it is created.
  • Adds support to Spine animations.
  • Adds spine project template to marketplace.
  • #289 Fixes hit area computation on nested containers.

v3.62.2, Jul 2, 2023​

  • Fixes exporting user components in prefabs.

v3.62.1, Jun 30, 2023​

  • Fixes KeyCode user property editor.

v3.62.0, Jun 29, 2023​

  • New Event user property.
  • #284 Fixes hit area rendering for containers.
  • A new Add Prefab Property command that shows a dialog.
  • Replaces the Object Depth commands for the Edit move commands.
  • Replaces the Object List sort commands by the Editor move commands.
  • Allows change prefab properties with the Edit move commands. Remove the Move options from the Prefab Properties section's menu.
  • Allows copy/cut/paste of prefab properties.
  • Allows copy/cut/paste keyboard keys.
  • Shows Keyboard.Key and Object List objects in the Object Variable user property's dialog..
  • Adds the new KeyCode User Property.
  • Fixes hit area serialization.
  • Removes the User Components section and shows user components properties as individual sections:
    • Renames the Scripts context menu to Scripting and include:
      • Add User Component (M key)
      • Browse User Components (Shift+M key)
  • Removes user component nodes from the Outline view.
  • Removes the Prefab Instance section, shows the prefab instance user properties as individual sections.
  • The Replace Texture Frame command responds to the F key.
  • Fixes adding a script node to all selected game objects. #223 Fixed tab-focus on the DOM elements of the user properties.

v3.61.0 - May 18, 2023​

  • Checks if a scene file was generated by a newer and incompatible version of the editor.
  • Shows Object List items in the Outline view. Allows ordering the items with the Up, Down, Top, Down, commands.
  • A new game object scope: LOCAL. The LOCAL scope is now the default scope for objects and has the same meaning of METHOD scope before. Now the METHOD scope forces the creation of a variable for the object.
  • Auto computes the middle-private nested prefabs. It doesn't require to declare a parent of a nested prefab as nested prefab.
  • Improves Outline elements tagging. It uses tahs like #prefab_inst #nested_prefab_inst #scope_local #scope_nested_prefab... So you can search for it in the Outline filter box.
  • Allows enabling input in objects.
  • Adds the Name parameter to the Variable section of a nested prefab instance.
  • #282 Use full nested prefab path in user object variable properties.
  • Excludes script node prefabs from the Blocks view when editing a non-script node scene.

v3.60.3 - Apr 27, 2023​

  • Fixes regression bug with the Play command.

v3.60.2 - Apr 27, 2023​

  • Fixes creating a prefab layer with a selected container or layer.
  • Updates the ScriptNode resources with the bug fixes.
  • #129 Adds Preview Scene command (Ctrl+0). It runs the game in the browser and passes the start=<scene-name> parameter.

v3.60.1 - Apr 21, 2023​

  • Fixes plain object serialization (keyboard keys, colliders,...).

v3.60.0 - Apr 16, 2023​

  • Fixes labels of the Size section in the Inspector view.
  • Scene compiler: fixes class-field declaration.
  • Scene compiler: fixes nested prefab varname resolution.
  • Improves folder icons.
  • Adds command for enable/disable pixel art rendering mode.
  • New game objects support: NineSlice and ThreeSlice.
  • Removes Parent section.
  • Supports the new ScriptNode object.
  • Updates the app icon.
  • Updates to Phaser 3.60.
  • Updates allInOne built-in templates to support Phaser 3.60 and script nodes.

v3.36.2 - Dec 14, 2022​

  • Get latest update from Core:
    • Fixes email notification with license keys generated by the License Manager.

v3.36.1 - Dec 12, 2022​

  • Get latest changes from Core.

v3.36.0 - Nov 15, 2022​

  • Animations Editor: allows creating an animation with a single frame.
  • Animations Editor: allows compiling the animation keys as JavaScript/TypeScript constants.
  • Scene Editor: adds Keyboard.Key object support.

v3.35.2 - Nov 10, 2022​

  • Refactored migration process. Fixes running migrations when creating the scene thumbnails.
  • Adds migration for Text.align property.
  • Fixes bug when opening the Command Palette and no editor is open.
  • Adds a Migrate & Compile All Scenes command.
  • #250: Fixes adding a physics body to a scaled object.

v3.35.1 - Nov 3, 2022​

  • Removes extra collideWorldBounds parameter in Inspector section.
  • Shows prefab properties as independent elements in the Outline view.
  • User Components Editor: shows & edits properties as independent entities.
  • Bug fix: doesn't keep user comonents in object when convert it to prefab.
  • Fixes background for the "New update available" notification. If you click the notification panel, it opens the https://phasereditor2d.com/downloads page.
  • Shows User Components as children nodes of the objects in the Outline view.
  • A new Export parameter in the user components of prefab objects.

v3.35.0 - Oct 14, 2022​

  • Allows append objects to a prefab instance.
  • Fixes Users Components files serialization. The app field is Phaser Editor 2D - User Components Editor, and the contentType field is phasereditor2d.core.scene.UserComponents.
  • Removes Monaco-based editors.
  • Uses colors for XY labels in the Inspector view.
  • Adds support for Arcade physics. The Arcade Image & Sprite. And the body tools.
  • Adds APPLE_M1_README.txt file to All-in-One/macOS-arm dist.
  • Fixes bug with Replace Type command: wrong unlocking position properties.

v3.34.0 - Aug 12, 2022​

  • Fixes assets preloading when paste a layer/container prefab from another scene.
  • Removes the Key and Digit prefixes from the label of commands.
  • Scene Editor: fixes layout operations with scaled images.
  • Scene Editor: improves layout toolbar. Adds origin actions.
  • #229 Fixes serialization of tilemap layers as children of containers and layers.
  • #227 Adds the Polygon shape game object.

v3.33.2 - May 31, 2022​

  • Improves Size tool modifiers.
  • Avoids caching of plugin resources.
  • Scene Editor: skips refreshing the scene after the paste operation. Fixes object's loader extensions.
  • Exports Tint properties to plugins.
  • Origin tool allows custom origin properties (like in in a NinePatchContainer).
  • Improves support for third-party game object plugins.
  • Adds Alpha component to the Container game object.
  • Fixes layout commands for objects with custom origin.
  • Fixes tilemap's field code generation.
  • Fixes tilemap's layer selection in scene.

v3.33.1 - May 10, 2022​

  • #210 Missing Variable Pane. Removes everythign related to the Inspector view sections.
  • #212 The new Object Constructor user property type.
  • #216 No Textures are Available to Select from the Select Texture Window When Using Components.

v3.33.0 - April 18, 2022​

Added​

  • #195 The new GO Name parameter.
  • #144 Scene Editor: allows paste in place.
  • Scene Editor: supports new Scene Key user property type.
  • Scene Editor: supports new Object Variable user property type.
  • #181 Scene Editor: supports new Color user property type.

Changed​

  • Scene Editor: removes the Details sub-tab from the Inspector view.
  • Scene Editor: the Reset Zoom button restores the zoom and position (0, 0) of the camera.
  • #182 macOS error: exec: "code": Executable file not found in $PATH.
  • #185 Allows uploading files with more than 10MB using the Upload dialog.

Fixes​

  • Scene Editor: fixes TileSprite hit area computation in CANVAS mode. A work around Phaser's bug in RenderTexture.shapnshotPixel method.
  • Scene Editor: fixes the scene thumbnail maker. Invisible containers/layers are not included in the thumbnail.
  • Scene Editor: fixes viewer rendering of objects with 0 width/height. Like a Text game object with a "" value.
  • Scene Editor: fixes picking of objects under hidden parents.
  • Scene Editor: fixes ordering of objects when moving to a new parent.
  • Scene Editor: prevents scrolling the whole page on macOS with scrolling inertia enabled.
  • Scene Editor: fixes panning with ALT key when the pointer is close to the Translate tool handlers.
  • Scene Editor: fixes selection changed when panning with the ALT key.
  • Scene Editor: fixes command for opening a scene file in macOS (⌘+⌥+O).
  • #200 BitmapText aligned cause NaN position.
  • Scene Editor: fixes Text Content's textarea parameter in Inspector view.
  • Scene Editor: adjusts the loading message position to the DPR.
  • Scene Editor: adds missing light/[email protected] icon.
  • #29 Fixes drag & drop image in Safari.
  • Workbench: prevents Safari to include the address bar in the tab/focus order.
  • #149 Renames children when pasting a container. Fixes trimming of numbering in new names.
  • Editor tab label: fixes cursor type in Safari.
  • Fixes cell size of viewers in screens with DPR > 1.

v3.32.1 - Feb 27, 2022​

  • Scene compiler: generates the import of the super class of a scene if it is also a scene.
  • #190 Structuring the generated code so that vscode doesn't add imports to the section that gets overwritten.
  • #185 Your project exceeded the maximum number of files allowed.
  • #183 Component Option Type Scroll Issue.

v3.32.0 - Jan 12, 2022​

  • Customize the editor with the new phasereditor2d.config.json file.
  • #168 Down Arrow in Command Palette closes palette, moves select Image in Scene Editor.
  • #171 Consistent use of "Import" throughout editors.
  • #169 Ctrl+Digit2 -> Ctrl+2 to look like Ctrl+3 and Ctrl+4

v3.31.2 - Dec 14, 2021​

  • Update version.

v3.31.1 - Dec 14, 2021​

Fixes​

  • Starter templates: webpack split chunks.
  • Fixes webpack build of A day in the beach example.
  • Monaco editor loads Phaser built-in type defs. It doesn't require to read the .d.ts files from the project.
  • Property section: fixes show three-dots menu and collapsing.

v3.31.0 - Nov 29, 2021​

Added​

  • #145: BitmapText: adds support for maxWidth property.
  • Scene editor: commands for setting default render type.

Changed​

  • AllInOne: the Play Project command opens the default browser.
  • Scene compiler: formats Text style JSON with a VSCode similar formatting.

Fixed​

  • Scene editor: fixes Break Parent command.
  • #143 Fixes bitmap font loading when pasting a bitmap text object from other scene.
  • #154 Incorrect position values passed to super call in derived class of nested prefab.
  • 150 Incorrect editor representation: Unlocked nested prefab properties aren't applied to instances of the prefab.
  • Fixes serialization of default origin values in Text and BitmapText objects. It now uses (0, 0) in those cases.
  • Always include the value of an unlocked property in the scene serialization and the code generation.
  • Scene Editor: allows changing the origin of a container prefab instance with unlocked position.
  • Scene Editor: fixes var name of nested prefabs.

v3.30.0 - Sep 18, 2021​

Added​

  • The CodeMirror text editors.
  • The allInOne commands: Open project, Close project.

Updated​

  • The Monaco editor always runs on advanced mode.
  • Update to latest Phaser 3.55.2.

Remove​

  • Removes all features related to create and load projects. It now shows a single project at the time.

v3.20.0 - Aug 23, 2021​

Added​

  • Nested prefabs:
    • Nested prefabs support.
    • Uses nullish operator (??) in prefab constructors.
    • Allows unlock the position of prefab instances. This change introduces a new scene format that is not compatible with previous versions of the editor.
  • Good bye prefab-awake & components-awake events. Welcome scene-awake.
    • Updates UserComponent.js templates.
  • Scene Editor: new Show Children In Outline parameter in the Children section.
  • #136 Prefabs: generateAwakeHandler.
  • Compiler: adds the Fields In Constructor (JS) flag. Allows generating field initialization code in the constructor and no as class fields. Some transpilers don't support class fields.
  • NinePatch game object support, as part of the Phaser Editor 2D Extras project.

Updated​

  • #140 Scene compiler generates code with a format compatible with VS Code. It doesn't create unneeded git diffs.
  • Scene Editor: the Change Texture command allows auto unlocking the texture property.
  • Scene Editor: the Layout operations allows auto unlocking of the texture property.
  • Scene Editor: replaces the Container section by the Children section, and applies for Layer objects too.
  • #139[Feature Request] add type for method in typescript.
  • #136 Prefabs: constructor ordering of custom definition props and START-USER-CTR-CODE.

Fixed​

  • Scene Editor (BitmapText): fixes error when the font data isn't available in the cache.
  • #134 Creating a list in the editor results in an initialized array in the generated code.
  • #135 Word wrap width does not behave correctly
  • Scene Editor: fixes Move To Parent dialog in context of prefab scenes.
  • Scene Editor: fixes Scene section layout when shows a prefab's instance.
  • #142 Animations Editor: fixes changing multiple properties of the same animation.

Removed​

  • Removes Parcel templates.

v3.15.0 - Jul 11, 2021​

Fixed​

  • Catches project resources preloader errors.
  • #127 Fixed: the scroll height is wrong when a section is opened by default.
  • Animations editor: allows setting a float value to the frameRate.

Added​

  • Scene Editor: Select Children command.
  • Scene Editor: Layout actions: Align, Align To Border, Grid.
  • Scene Editor: Toggle Visibility command auto unlock prefab's visible property.
  • #132 Scene Editor: custom property definition.
  • Scene compiler: emits the "prefab-awake" event in prefab instances.
  • #131 Scene Editor: supports Text word wrap properties.

Update​

  • Updates Monaco Editor to v0.25.2. Improves JavaScript worker loading.
  • Updates the Webpack project template. Now it uses the Phaser Asset Pack Hashing tool for distribute the files.

v3.14.0 - May 29, 2021​

Added​

  • Scene Editor: Add Component button opens a dialog. Components are grouped by the container file.
  • Scene Editor: adds the Settings option in the Scene menu of the context menu.
  • Asset Pack Editor: adds the Blocks property section. It shows an option for displaying all files in the Blocks view.
  • Asset Pack Editor: shows a Settings option in the context menu.
  • Scene Editor: when enable a tool (like the Scale Tool), it asks for unlocking the scale properties of the selected objects. This applies to Rotate Tool, Scale Tool, Origin Tool, and Size Tool.

Updated​

  • Viewer: optimize internal structure with paint information. Rendering is now way faster.
  • Viewer: auto-hide scrollbar.
  • Main menu: shows Unofficial Phaser Help Center option.

Fixed​

  • Fixed null-pointer on context menu item with no bitmap icon.
  • Viewer: fixes scrolls when all sections are collapsed.
  • Asset Pack Editor: Add Asset dialog shows all files if the flag is enabled.
  • Fixed Get License button from the Unlock Dialog.
  • Asset Key property: fixes rendering of animations in the selection dialog.
  • Scene Editor: method removeFromDisplayList() and removeFromUpdateList() is not present in Phaser.GameObjects.Layer. Skip it.
  • Scene Editor: fixes copy/paste layer objects.
  • Scene compiler: fixes "components-awake" event emitting of prefab's children.
  • Scene compiler: fixes asset pack file url when a publicroot file is present.
  • Inspector: fixed the many images viewer.
  • #89 Scene Editor: remembers last selected objects when opens.
  • Menu: items show the negative icon on mouse hover.
  • Menu: fixes positioning on buttons and similar elements.
  • Menu: fixes color of "checked" icon on mouse hover.

v3.13.0 - Apr 2, 2021​

Added​

  • Code editor: enables ES modules (exportClass, autoImport settings and code generation).
  • The new "public root" concept. You can configure different public folders inside the project. Now an url of a pack file is computed based on the public root containing the pack file.
  • Files view: highlights "publicroot" files and the container folder.
  • User components: options button for the component's Game Object Type & Super Class fields.
  • User components: the new UserComponent.(js|ts) class generator.
  • Webpack project templates for JavaScript and TypeScript.
  • Parcel project templates for JavaScript and TypeScript.

Updated​

  • Update to Phaser v3.54.0.
  • Inspector view: improves style of color buttons in Dark theme.
  • Code generator: always use class fields. Init all fields in the declaration. Init in constructor is not used anymore.
  • Default User Components File has the Behaviors.components name.
  • Replace Type dialog: groups built-in types in sections: Texture, String, Shapes...
  • By default, a new scene has editorCreate() as name of the "Create Method". The user code is generator calling editorCreate() within a handwritten create() method.
  • User Component compiler: fixes TypeScript error when strict mode is enabled.
  • Organize New Project dialog. It shows new categories: Basic, Game Demos, Parcel, and Webpack.
  • Updated the basic project templates with a similar behavior to the webpack and parcel templates.

v3.12.0 - Mar 12, 2021​

Added​

  • View: the tab sections are collapsible.
  • Go To Scene dialog: scene files are grouped by the Phaser type.
  • Scene Editor Blocks: when Prefabs tab-section is selected, the prefabs are grouped by Phaser type.
  • Files view: the Design and Assets section.

Updated​

  • Get latest Phaser v3.53.1.
  • Viewer: improves cell renderer. It is always square by default.
  • Assets Viewer: improves BitmapFont cell renderer.
  • Set dark theme by default.

Fixes​

  • Asset Pack Editor: fixes duplicate context menu.
  • Scene Editor: panning with Alt key is selecting object under cursor. Fixed.
  • Blocks view sections: collapsing sections changes the tab's label height. Fixed.

v3.11.0 - Mar 5, 2021​

Added​

  • Scene Editor: command V toggles the visibility of the selected objects.
  • Scene Editor: non-visible objects are shown with a "hidden" suffix in the Outline view labels.
  • Scene Editor: the Change Texture dialog groups the items by type.
  • Scene Editor: support SVG assets in the Blocks view.
  • Scene Editor: show option to open an object's texture in the Asset Pack Editor.
  • Scene Editor: allows changing texture's frame of an object (M).
  • #90 Scene Editor: shows the Add Object sub-menu in the context menu.
  • #90 Scene Editor: shows the Add Object dialog. You can open it with the A shortcut.
  • Scene Editor: allows panning the scene by pressing Alt+MouseLeftButton.
  • #105 Scene Editor: the Select Texture dialog allows grouping the assets by type, asset pack, or location.
  • Adds key-binding (Ctrl+Alt+E) for the command to open the output file in the configured external editor. This command is available in the Scene Editor and the User Components Editor.
  • Scene Editor: new command to open a scene file (Ctrl+Alt+O).
  • Scene Editor: Blocks content filtering via view's tab-sections.
  • Asset Pack Editor: allows setting the scale of the SVG assets.
  • Animations Editor: allows grouping the blocks by type, pack, and location.
  • Viewer: advanced filtering by default. Allows matching different words.
  • Viewer: filtering isn't triggered at every key.
  • #103: Close editor's tab with the mouse middle button.
  • Allows adding the selected object to a new object list.
  • Asset Pack Editor: Blocks are grouped by folder.
  • #109: Double click a folder to expand.
  • Viewer: default context menu and three dots button.

Fixed​

  • Scene Editor: Change Texture dialog allows selecting a texture with double-click.
  • Scene Editor: Text.lineSpacing is ignored in code generation when it has the default value (0).
  • Scene Editor: keep same origin when change the texture.
  • Scene Editor: uses Array<any> as type for an empty ObjectList.
  • Scene Editor: fixes code generation of the Text's lineSpacing property.
  • Scene Editor: fixes change texture command. D*oesn't apply to non-texture objects. Fixes when selecting a new image (instead of atlas frame).
  • Viewer: fixes Collapse All command, when the viewer is scrolled.
  • Viewer: fixes Collapse/Expand branch command, when the viewer is scrolled.
  • #112 Asset Pack: skipping frames from spritesheets.

v3.10.2 - Jan 17, 2021​

  • Scene Editor: Improve error handling when creating an object from JSON data.
  • Scene Editor: Fixes scene creation when a BitmapText font key is not found.
  • Files view: fixes bug on opening the context menu for files without an registered editor.
  • Go To File dialog shows the file path.
  • Commands dialog: highlights the keys.
  • #99 Scene Editor: string user property allows multi-line text.
  • Update to Phaser 3.52.0.

v3.10.1 - January 7, 2021​

Updated​

  • Theme restoring is managed by the colibri platform. This is not backward-compatible, your saved theme id will be ignored the first time you run this version of the editor.
  • Moved phasereditor2d.inspector plugin to colibri.inspector.
  • Get Phaser v3.51.0.

v3.10.0 - Dec 22, 2020​

Added​

  • Scene Editor: support for all tilemap orientation.
  • Scene Editor: Bitmap Text shadow properties.
  • Scene Editor: Layer object.

Updated​

  • Adopt Phaser v3.50.
  • Scene Editor: uses WEBGL for scene's thumbnail generation.
  • Scene Editor: set origin commands now uses Ctrl+Numpad instead Shift+Numpad.
  • Project templates:
    • Migrated Sunny Land template to Phaser v3.50.
  • When running the server in -dev mode, don't use Monaco editor dev files. This fixes the -dev option when it's used along.

Fixed​

  • Editor tab context menu misspelling "Close to the right Right".
  • Scene Editor: validates a tilemap's tileset doesn't have an external source.
  • Scene Editor: catches error when accessing localforage for storing the thumbnail image.

Version 3.9.2 - Dec 7, 2020​

  • Viewer: massive improvement of rendering performance.
  • Viewer: fixes layout request in filtered viewers.
  • Viewer-based dialogs: allows open an item with the Enter key.
  • Scene Editor: caches scene file thumbnails in local browser Indexed DB.
  • Scene Editor: more accuracy on thumbnail generation of container-based prefabs.
  • Restore custom "alert" message dialog.

Version 3.9.1 - Nov 30, 2020​

  • Check if a new version is available at startup.
  • Check For Updates is a new option in the main menu. It shows a message if there is a new version.

Version 3.9.0 - Nov 24, 2020​

Added​

  • Scene Editor: supports new Shape objects:
    • Rectangle.
    • Ellipse.
    • Triangle.
  • Scene Editor: the Tilemap Layer Outline cell renderer draws the layer.
  • Scene Editor: group built-in types by category, in the Blocks view.
  • Electron:
    • Allows changing the workspace.
  • A main menu option to unlock the editor, when it runs in application mode.
  • Shows license activation status in title bar and About dialog.

Modified​

  • The Resize TileSprite Tool was renamed to Resize Tool. It also allows resize shape objects.

Fixed​

  • Fixes regression sorting atlas frames in viewers.

Version 3.8.1 - Nov 1, 2020​

Fixed​

  • Fixes atlas thumbnail generation when atlas URL is pointing to a missing file.

Version 3.8.0 - Oct 30, 2020​

Added​

  • User property: Texture Config type shows the texture as the search-button icon.
  • User property: Animation Key type shows the middle frame as the search-button icon.
  • User property: Asset Key (and derived) properties reveal current value when the search dialog is open.
  • Blocks view of Scene Editor shows built-in type blocks, ready to be dropped into the scene.
  • Files view: Open a file with the default editor if no other editor is available for it.
  • Files view: shows the Open With option in the context menu.
  • Remember the editor type when open a file at startup.
  • User components editor: complete the Compiler menu in the context menu. With commands to open the output file.
  • User components editor: shows the context menu in the Outline view.
  • Scene Editor: allows writing an expression in property fields.
  • New Sunny Land project template, based on Tiled maps.
  • Scene Editor:Tilemap, StaticTilemapLayer and DynamicTilemapLayer support.

Removed​

  • Removed the Add Object dialog. Instead, you should use the Blocks view.
  • Removed old Dark theme. Renamed Dark Plus theme to Dark.

Modified​

  • Improves performance of the viewer cell renderers of atlas assets.
  • Improves some colors in the blue theme: scene editor, buttons and toolbar items.
  • Allows add more files to the Upload dialog.
  • Scene Editor: groups the compiler commands in the compiler section of the context menu.
  • Scene Editor: improves performance of the Inspector view updating when transforming an object.

Fixes​

  • Fixed the clicking-area of the titles in the Inspector sections.
  • Fixes Ctrl+S when the Quick Edit Dialog is active.
  • Scene Editor: uses spritesheet name on objects created with a spritesheet frame.
  • Scene Editor: show a message when you open the Quick Editor dialog but no output file is generated yet.
  • Scene Editor: fixes layout of image preview in the Texture section of the Inspector view.
  • Scene Editor: fixes picking of flipped objects.
  • Viewer: fixed filtering, now it does not expand mismatching parent items.
  • JavaScript editor: fixes the file-rename operation handling.

Version 3.7.1 - Sep 22, 2020​

Fixes​

  • Animations Editor: fixes display and serialization of animations based on simple image files.

Version 3.7.0 - Sep 19, 2020​

Added​

  • Scene Editor: add more user property types:
    • Texture Config
    • Animation Key
    • Audio Key.
    • Asset Key
  • Scene Editor: allows change type of the selected objects in the Variable section.
  • Scene Editor: allows change type of user properties.
  • Asset Pack Editor: adds support of the Scripts asset type. To load multiple scripts in a predictable order.

Modified​

  • Some icons updated.
  • The Delete command is mapped to the Backspace key (in addition to the Delete one). It is more friendly for macOS users.

Fixed​

  • Viewer: ignore mouse-up event if it was originated outside the viewer.
  • Assets: increase the limit of spritesheet frames to 1000.
  • Animations Editor: handles asset missing errors.
  • Scene Editor: does not sort the content of the Add Object dialog.
  • Keys: in macOS, the Command and Ctrl keys are handled as the same key.
  • Code editor: when is active, the Ctrl+P keys open the Go To File dialog, and not the printing dialog.
  • Fixed: Scene Editor captures the key commands even if a dialog is open.

Version 3.6.0 Sep 7, 2020​

Added​

  • The Animations Editor.

Fixed​

  • #71 Files view: fixes files sorting. Folders go first.
  • Viewer: scrolling when distant elements are selected.
  • Scene Editor: better scene thumbnail generation.
  • Viewers in Inspector view: removes the lag when updating the viewer size with its parent.

Modified​

  • Viewers: Pads with 0 chars the labels of spritesheet frames. It helps with sorting: 001, 002,...,126.

Version 3.5.0 Aug 19, 2020​

Added​

  • Scene Editor: shows error dialog when multiple files share the same scene id.
  • #63 Scene Editor: the Fix Duplicated Scenes ID command assign new IDs to the newer scene files.
  • Scene Editor: the Duplicate Scene File command, available in Scene Editor > context menu > Scene.
  • #65 Scene Editor: the Insert Spaces and Tab Size parameters. To convert tabs to spaces in the compiler output.
  • Scene Editor: the new created scenes will get the following parameters value from the latest modified scene: compilerOutputLanguage,compilerInsertSpaces, compilerTabSize, borderWidth, borderHeight, borderX, borderY.
  • SceneEditor: the Pan scene tool.
  • Scene Editor: allows move up/down the user components.
  • User Components Editor: the Insert Spaces and Tab Size parameters.
  • Saves the zooming state of all viewers in views, editors, dialogs, etc...
  • #59 Option to exclude a directory from the project.

Modified​

  • #61 Alphabetic sorting of viewer content.
  • #47 Inspector view: clearing content of a number field resets it to the default value.

Fixes​

  • Scene Editor: fixes serialization of user number properties with null as default value.
  • Scene Editor: fixes ID generation when pasting container objects.
  • #62 Scene Editor: fixes prefab constructor code generation when the texture is empty.

Version 3.4.0 - Aug 4, 2020​

Added​

  • User Component Editor.
  • Scene Editor: in Prefab Instance section shows a menu next to each prefab, to select all prefab instances.
  • Scene Editor: adds user property of boolean type.
  • Scene Editor: added a Compile Project command. It compiles all compilable files of the project (scenes, components).
  • Volcano project template.

Removed​

  • User Init Method parameter and Compiler Prefab Settings section. Now you can insert code directly in the constructor of the prefab.
  • Show size info of images, atlas frames and spritesheet frames in the Inspector view.
  • Scene Editor: the Texture section shows the image size.
  • Scene Editor: removed the Compile Scenes command. The Compile Project command compiles all files including the scenes.
  • Flying Dragon project template.

Modified​

  • Scene Editor: Object Lists are created first as temporal variables, and, if the scope is CLASS or PUBLIC, a field is generated.
  • Scene Editor: in prefab scenes, the Outline view displays the non-prefab objects with transparency.
  • Scene Editor: in prefab scenes, when the prefab object is selected, the Variable section is not shown in the Inspector view.
  • Scene Editor: a new object is added to a container if the container is selected or a child of it.
  • Scene Editor: in prefab scenes, when add an object it is added to the root object if it is a container, else, a new container is created, to wrap the root object and the newly added.
  • Inspector view: use rounded background for title and sub-titles of the sections.

Fixed​

  • Scene Editor: fixes command to create a prefab with the selected object. The new prefab is positioned at 0,0.
  • Scene Editor: fixes scene thumbnail generator when the scene is a prefab with a container that wraps an object.

Version 3.3.1 - July 15, 2020​

Added​

  • Phaser 3.24.1 support.

Fixed​

  • #52 Moving objects with arrow keys is not updating the properties in the Inspector view.
  • #54 Asset Pack Editor: fixes delete items with context menu Delete option.
  • Fixes Asset Pack file selection dialog in Compiler Scene Settings.
  • FileEditor clears undo history when a file is modified in an external editor.

Version 3.3.0 - July 1, 2020.​

Added​

  • Asset Pack: allows to import SVG files as HTML Image.
  • Asset Pack: adds an Open button to the File Key section.
  • Asset Pack: shows a Help link in the menu of the Inspector sections.
  • Closes a couple of Input dialogs (New File, New Project, Rename File) when press ENTER in the input field.
  • Go To File command Ctrl+P.
  • Viewer dialog selects visible (or selected) item with the ENTER key.
  • Filtered Viewer: allows pressing the Up/Down keys to focus the filter text or the viewer.
  • Filtered Viewer: shows zoom buttons.
  • Upload dialog: allows to drop files.
  • Scene Editor: the Select Region tool.
  • Scene Editor: scale proportionally if the Shift key is pressed when using the Scale tool.
  • Scene Editor: arrow keys commands to change the position of the objects. Press Shift for 10x. It respects snap values.
  • Scene Editor: enables copy/paste objects across scenes.
  • Scene Editor: Inspector view sections show a menu with a Help item and related commands.
  • Scene Editor: automatic creation of root container in a prefab scene.
  • Scene Editor: in a prefab scene, non-prefab objects are renderer with transparency.
  • #41 Scene Editor: zoom in/out buttons.

Modified​

  • Improved Asset Pack File section in Inspector view.
  • #44 Workbench: does not validate if there is an index.html file in the root folder.

Fixed​

  • Fixes menu vertical positioning when there is few space at the top.
  • Scene Editor: shows message when a prefab is not found.
  • Scene Editor: fixes user property declaration when no initial value is provided.
  • #59 Scene Editor: compiler skips using field declarations in JavaScript output. It is not supported in Safari.
  • Scene Editor: fixes scene compiler code merging when the output file was modified by formatters that replace tab chars with spaces.
  • Scene Editor: fixes mouse wheel click on Safari.

Version 3.2.0 - June 14, 2020​

Added​

  • #32 In-App update. With PhaserEditor2D -update the server downloads the latest version and replace the old files with the new files. With PhaserEditor2D -download, the server downloads the latest version zip, and you can install it manually.
  • Prefab user properties. You can add user properties to prefabs and change the values in the prefab instances.
  • Scene Editor: create a prefab file with the selected object.
  • Scene Editor: new command (with key Q) to open a Quick Editor Dialog to edit the compiler output file.
  • Scene Editor: open compiler output file in VS Code. Enabled when the IDE runs in Desktop mode.
  • Scene Editor: the Replace Type dialog provides the option "Keep the original texture", used when you are morphing an object to a prefab type.
  • Scene Editor: removes extra blank lines in generated code.
  • Open Visual Studio Code command in main menu. Bound to the Ctrl+Alt+U key.
  • A Comment Dialog (Ctrl+Alt+Space), to write messages in presentations or video-recording.

Modified​

  • Files view: the context menu New option does not open the New File dialog. Now it is a sub-menu with the shortcuts to create a new file of any supported content type.
  • Scene Editor: the translate and rotate manipulators set integer values to objects.
  • Scene Editor: in a prefab scene, the non-prefab objects are rendered with transparency, in the Outline view.
  • Scene Editor: in a prefab scene, does not show the Inspector view's Variable and Lists sections if the selected object is the prefab object.
  • Scene Editor: auto creates a container when add new objects to a prefab scene.
  • Scene Editor: removes redundant sceneType attribute in scene file serialization.

Fixed​

  • Don't activate the editor when clicking on the close button.
  • Image Editor: registers the right content type association.
  • Monaco editor: on a model change, if the model content is the same of the file content then the editor is not marked as dirty (unsaved).
  • Scene Editor: fixes the type inference of an empty Object List.
  • Pre-load content type of uploaded files.

Version 3.1.1 - May 25, 2020​

Fixed​

  • #33 Wrong BitmapText default origin.
  • #32 The server checks if there is a new version available.
  • Monaco (code) editor updates content with external changes only if the flag -enable-advanced-js-editor is set. Now it updates always.
  • #37 TypeScript project template opens the README file the first time, with the instructions to run the project.
  • Scene Editor: does not compile a scene if the output file is open in a dirty (unsaved) editor.

Version 3.1.0 - May 24, 2020​

Added​

  • Scene Editor: use a color picker for the color properties in the Inspector view.
  • Scene Editor: the origin manipulator. To select it press O or select it in the context menu or toolbar. It also support containers.
  • Scene Editor: the Tint properties.
  • Scene Editor: two scopes for transformations: local and global. You can select it in the context menu (Coords -> Global). Default is local.
  • Server: shows helpful welcome messages.
  • Persist the collapsing state of the Inspector view sections.

Removed​

  • The TypeScript template does not include the compiler output files (game.js). The user should compile the project before play it.

Modified​

  • Scene Editor: the Set Origin To commands modify the origin of the object but keep it's global position.
  • Replace usage of EventTarget with a custom event emitter.

Fixed​

  • Scene Editor: fixes the Translate manipulator when the objects are children of a transformed container.
  • Deep nested menus are closed well.
  • Sub-menus do not overlap with the parent menu.
  • #26: File upload in Windows.
  • Scene Editor: fixes picking of a container prefab instance.
  • Scene Editor: fixes the Parent dialog in the Parent properties section. Now it does not show container prefab instances.

Compatibility​

  • Safari browser: EventTarget is not supported as constructor. We replaced it by a custom event emitter (colibri.ui.controls.ListenerList).

Version 3.0.1 - May 16, 2020​

Bug fixes​

  • #15: Blurry text in HiDPI screens.
  • Scene Editor: improves picking of objects.
  • SceneEditor: improves Outline view rendering of BitmapText objects.
  • Inspector view: hides overflow text in the sections title.

Version 3.0.0 - May 5, 2020​

First public release