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JavaScript Introducing JavaScript Finishing the Game Control the Flow with Conditional Statements

Manuel Cano
Manuel Cano
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Posted by Manuel Cano
Manuel Cano
1,058 Points

key property part of item

at 3:46, you mentioned about key being a property of item. Is key part of the phaser.js framework? when and where is key called/stored and how does it detect what you're referring to?

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,608 Points

Since the "key" is a property of a Phaser.Sprite object, it is stored in each item instance. It gets set from the third argument of the "create" method. This basic object type is part of the Phaser framework.

You must already have a reference to an object in a variable to be able to access the key. The contents of the key is just the name of the object type (star, coin, etc).

Manuel Cano
Manuel Cano
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Manuel Cano
Manuel Cano
1,058 Points

perfect response. Thank you.