What is Phaser?
While researching how to actually create a video game using Javascript, I found that there were various ways to do so. One of the more popular methods was to use the canvas that was provided in Javascript to act as the window for the game itself. I also learned that the whole process behind writing code to deal with the physics aspect of the game was tedious and quite difficult to do, especially in a week. This is when one of my fellow classmates suggested using something called Phaser to lighten the burden on my end during this whole process. Phaser is a free, open-source framework that uses Javascript and specifically caters to video game development. It is data-oriented and provides users with a full body physics system, so that they don’t have to code that part themselves. It also comes with essential elements needed to create a functional game such as input control and a mechanism to animate images whether they are static or dynamic.
