I really like the 2D web game engine Phaser. Its documentation is exceptional. There is an astounding amount of examples (all available online). And its feature set is great (particle, 3 physics engine, atlas and spritesheet). I also happened to like Typescript.

I then decided to setup a small phaser + typescript template that would be as simple as possible. No babel, no node modules. Just typescript compiler, its code watcher and requirejs. If you use the express extension for VsCode and the VsCode Task Runner, developing is a delight and the build system and deployment doesn’t get in your way.

Now if I only could find the drive to create a game!