This post is part of a Phaser series. Click here to see the first post of the series.

Any GameObject can be made interactive.

To do so, we must call the setInteractive() method on it:

text = this.add.text(100, 100, 'test')
text.setInteractive()

Once a GameObject is interactive, it can listen for events.

This is done using the on() method. We pass an event name, and a callback function that’s executed when the event occurs:

text.on('pointerup', function () {})

pointerup is just one of the mouse events we can listen for. We also have:

• pointerdown
• pointerdownoutside
• pointerup
• pointerupoutside
• pointermove
• pointerover
• pointerout
• wheel

This is just the beginning. We have many advanced mouse (and touch events) controls at our disposal.

gameobjectdown is a more general event that is fired when any interactive element is clicked, and it’s not fired on an object, but on this.input:

this.input.on('gameobjectdown', () => {})

Lessons in this unit:

0:	Introduction
1:	Setting up a project to build a JavaScript game with Phaser
2:	Phaser: The Canvas
3:	Phaser: Scenes
4:	Phaser: Multiple scenes
5:	Phaser: The game loop
6:	Phaser: Adding images
7:	Phaser: Sprites
8:	Phaser: GameObjects
9:	Phaser: Animations
10:	Phaser: Keyboard events
11:	▶︎ Phaser: Mouse input
12:	Phaser: Physics
13:	Phaser: collisions and screen boundaries
14:	Phaser: Playing sounds
15:	How to create a platformer game with Phaser.js