Game is not defined?

[tobymcfly]

Hey guys!

I'm making a game based on states.

This is my Game.js (1st stage) fil starts with this. 

var SpaceChicken = SpaceChicken || {};

The problem is, everything is working except 2 functions. I have a function where you can pickUp boxes but the game crashes whenever i pick it up telling me this error: ""

The code i've used looks like this:

i have tried putting player.addChild(this.game.make.sprite(25, -150, 'box')); but then it says same error, just with this.make is not defined

 

Any solutions or ideas to prevent this?

Thanks:)

[samme]

You can use 

player.game.make.sprite(/* ... */)

 

[tobymcfly]

oh wow thanks!

It worked

My other function that doesnt work is this. I cannot do this action where i free a chicken from the cage. it says game is not defined?

 

here is the code!

  

 

 

 

[tobymcfly]

it seems like the problem is "Game.add.sprite(...) somehow?

[samme]

You may just want to use 

window.game = new Phaser.Game(/* ... */)

That will create a global game variable.

[tobymcfly]

Well, this it what i would have to replace it with?

And then it obviously won't work. It's weird that it says it isnt defined, when i alreadt defined it? But when i take my gaming code out of the state anatomy, it works fine

[samme]

If SpaceChicken is a global then you should be able to use SpaceChicken.game wherever you need it.

If it's not global, you can add 

window.SpaceChicken = SpaceChicken;

 

[tobymcfly]

Sorry im really, really noob at phaser. Only been working with it for 1 week.

How exactly do I know if a variable is global?

And if I do add the window.spacechicken, what changes do i have to do in the code, cause it says spacechiken.game undefined.

[samme]

console.log(window.SpaceChicken === SpaceChicken);

If that's true then SpaceChicken is already a global variable.

You don't have to do much different in the other code, you can just use 

var game = SpaceChicken.game;

to get a reference to the game in places where it's not available. 

[tobymcfly]

Im a little confused now. Where do i put the phrase: console.log(window.SpaceChicken === SpaceChicken); ?