Install Phaser Editor 2D Core
You can install Phaser Editor 2D Core using two main methods:
Download it from the Phaser Editor 2D website.
Install it using the Node Package Manager (NPM)
Getting Phaser Editor 2D Core from the Phaser Editor 2D website
Download the PhaserEditor2D-core-<version>-<platform>.zip file for your platform from the Downloads page.
Un-compress the downloaded file, open the terminal and run:
$ cd /path/to/downloaded/PhaserEditor2D
$ ./PhaserEditor2D -project path/to/project
The server starts and opens the default browser in the address: http://127.0.0.1:1959/editor.
The -project flag is mandatory, its value must be the path to the game project.
Check the Create your first project section for creating a new game.
Warning
In previous versions of the editor, there was the workspace concept. It allowed you to create new projects inside a workspace folder. It is not supported anymore, the editor’s server only runs for a single project.
By default, the server runs in application-mode. It means it does its best on providing better integration with your OS:
It opens the default browser at the right URL (you can change it with the
-browser-commandoption).It allows launching third-party OS applications like Visual Studio Code or the file manager (Windows Explorer, macOS Finder, etc…).
It denies remote connections.
However, you can run the server in a remote host using the -public option:
$ ./PhaserEditor2D -public
It allows remote connections but disables all the OS integration described before.
Getting Phaser Editor 2D Core from the NPM registry
You can install Phaser Editor 2D Core globally in your system using NPM:
> npm install -g phasereditor2d-launcher
And you can run it in a terminal:
$ phasereditor2d-launcher -project path/to/project
The phasereditor2d-launcher script downloads the latest Phaser Editor 2D Core version from the Phaser Editor 2D website and runs it. Next time, the script will use the downloaded editor.
However, probably you would like to install phasereditor2d-launcher as a dependency of your project. Then do:
> npm install phasereditor2d-launcher --save-dev
And run it:
$ npx phasereditor2d-launcher -project .
If your project was created using one of the project templates provided by the Phaser Editor 2D All-in-One distribution or downloaded from the Phaser Editor 2D Start page, then the editor is installed together with the other dependencies. Also, the package.json file contains the editor script for running the editor:
> npm run editor