Samples

Learn Excalibur by referencing these sample games.

Pathfinding

Sample using the pathfinding plugin with A* and Dijkstra!

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UI with HTML/CSS/JS

Example of how to build vanilla html/css/js UIs with Excalibur code. The main gist is to put an HTML layer above the canvas layer and use that for UI.

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Tiny Tactics

High fidelity example of a tactics game, with multiple levels, AI, and pathfinding!

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Grid Movement

Example of building grid based movement.

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Tiled w/ Parcel

This is a small level with the Tiled Plugin and Parcel bundler.

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Tiled w/ Vite

This is a small level with the Tiled Plugin and Vite bundler.

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Tiled w/ Webpack

This is a small level with the Tiled Plugin and Webpack bundler.

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Platformer

This is a small platforming example.

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Matter.js

This is a small sample showing how to wire in a 3rd party physics instead of using Excalibur.

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Electron Template

This is a template to show Electron integration with Excalibur. Useful for shipping games to desktops or steam!

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Excalibird

This is a sample clone of the popular mobile game flappy bird.

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Shoot 'Em Up

This is an example of how to create a Shoot 'Em Up game

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Breakout

This is a sample brick breaking game.

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