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JavaScript Introducing JavaScript Let's Make a Game The Language of Programming

Abdallah El Kabbany
Abdallah El Kabbany
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Posted by Abdallah El Kabbany
Abdallah El Kabbany
2,042 Points

the game is not launched when i hit preview neither here not the first video

please help

2 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
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Jonathan Grieve
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Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
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Hi Abdallah,

This has thrown me a couple of times too, because as a Front End language, you would expect JavaScript commands to work in the local browser right out of the box.

However, the game used in this example is built on a framework called "phaser.js" which requires a server to work. The good news is you don't need to use a web host for development. I have my version of the software running right not my XAMPP local server as I try to build out the game.

If you haven't already try installing a local server on your computer and putting your files there! :-)

Good luck!

Lizzie Bailey
Lizzie Bailey
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Lizzie Bailey
Lizzie Bailey
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If you're on windows, you can turn on IIS in order to allow it to serve phaser.js - here's a link on how to do this: https://gist.github.com/jgravois/5e73b56fa7756fd00b89 That solved the problem for me :)