How to use an Entity-component system with Phaser?

[evanwalsh]

Hello! I'm puzzling through how one would use an Entity-Component System with Phaser. Normally, I'd add a Sprite component to an Entity, but Sprites in Phaser are kind of like entities, in that they are more than just a texture. Also, Sprites are added to the Game, which then handles rendering them. Normally an ECS-style System would handle their display, so I'm feeling a bit lost.

 

How do I use an ECS with Phaser? Specifically, I'm trying to use ces.js, but if someone has a better library, let me know!

 

Thanks!

[Mike]

It's not a simple topic and the short answer is you are not supposed to use Phaser in an ECS since Phaser is not organized that way.

 

Check this topic: http://www.html5gamedevs.com/topic/2855-has-anyone-used-an-ecs-pattern-in-their-phaser-project/?hl=entity 

[Noid]

If you want to create html5 games using ECS I think the most popular option is http://craftyjs.com/

[David]

KiwiJs is supposed to be using the ECS pattern.  That is according to it's listed features on the main page.  I haven't actually looked at any of the code, so I can't speak to how well it's implemented.

 

One thing to note:  Crafty isn't really ECS.  It's more EC.

 

From the wiki article you pointed to: System: "Each System runs continuously (as though each System had its own private thread) and performs global actions on every Entity that possesses a Component of the same aspect as that System."

 

Where distinct systems would normally contain logic, Crafty bundles logic with components instead.

[CrazySam]

Look at Flambe for a modern game framework that uses Entity / Component model.

[stasuss]

It's haxe, but nevertheless https://code.google.com/p/awe6/