Phaser 3 Scenes Summary

phaser-scenes-summary.md

Scene control

Calls without a key argument

These affect the calling scene only.

Example:

this.scene.start()

method	calling scene	notes
pause	pause
remove	destroy	Queued during scene processing
restart	shutdown?, start	Shutdown first only if RUNNING or PAUSED.
resume	resume
sleep	sleep
start	shutdown?, start	Shutdown first only if RUNNING or PAUSED.
stop	shutdown
wake	wake

destroy() is queued during most of the game update phase, or run immediately otherwise.

All other operations are queued always.

start() and restart() are identical when called without a key argument.

Calls with a key argument

These affect the target scene and may affect the calling scene.

Example:

this.scene.start('target')

method	calling scene	target scene	notes
launch		shutdown?, start	Target scene is shutdown first only if RUNNING or PAUSED. If the calling scene is also the target, nothing happens
pause		pause
remove		destroy	Queued during scene processing
resume		resume
run		start/wake/resume
sleep		sleep
start	shutdown	shutdown?, start	Target scene is shutdown first only if RUNNING or PAUSED
stop		shutdown
switch	sleep	start/wake
wake		wake

destroy() is queued during most of the game update phase, or run immediately otherwise.

All other operations are queued always.

restart() never takes a key argument. Use launch('target') instead.

Scene Systems

Scene operations change a scene's state and trigger certain events.

Within a scene, you can listen to these events from this.events.

active means a scene is updating its objects and plugins.

visible means a scene is rendering its objects and plugins.

method	status	identity	active	visible	events
init	INIT				boot
start	START		yes	yes	start, ready
pause	PAUSED	isPaused()	no		pause
resume	RUNNING	isActive()	yes		resume
sleep	SLEEPING	isSleeping()	no	no	sleep
wake	RUNNING	isActive()	yes	yes	wake
shutdown	SHUTDOWN		no	no	shutdown
destroy	DESTROYED		no	no	destroy

Scene Flow

Table shows: SCENE STATUS, scene events, scene methods

INIT	START	LOADING	CREATING	RUNNING	PAUSED	SLEEPING	SHUTDOWN	DESTROYED
boot
	start			(resume/wake)	pause	sleep	shutdown	destroy
	ready
	init
			create
		preupdate		preupdate
		update		update
				update
		postupdate		postupdate
		render		render	render

• resume is emitted only for PAUSED → RUNNING.
• wake is emitted only for SLEEPING → RUNNING.

References

• Phaser.Scene
• Phaser.Scenes.Events
• Phaser.Scenes.SceneManager
• Phaser.Scenes.ScenePlugin
• Phaser.Scenes.Systems
• Phaser 3 Dev Log #119
• Phaser 3 Dev Log #121