Adding Game Over Message with data from MongoDB

Phaser 3
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Hey everybody,

totally new to phaser and just finished the intro tutorial here. I combined it with this tutorial on how to implement a message modal here.

I’m now calling the dialog modal “on Game Over” of the tutorial game. The dialog modal is created as a plugin in an external file and called with an “init” function. The code is working so far, but I would like to know how I might implement a call to a mongoDB Atlas connection.

I have the phaser game running on localhost via an express server. I have a successful connection to mongoDB Atlas running in the express app and can find / serve mongoDB objects.

I would like to be able to make a call to the DB collection and display the message from DB in my message modal. The idea is to show a quiz question, which allows the player to prolong their game.

Right now I’m unsure how to execute an async await function within the constructor of the dialog modal. Whenever I introduce async, the game fails on me. Do you have any ideas or resources? I would really appreciate it.

Thank You!

TL;DR:

  • Running phaser 3 tutorial game via express server
  • I have a good connection to a mongoDB Atlas collection using mongoose
  • I am calling a message modal “on Game Over” of the tutorial game
  • I would like to fill the message modal with a quiz question from mongoDB
  • Whenever I try to implement async functions, the game fails on me
  • I am looking for direct support or resources, if you can help

Thanks!

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Why would you put the async in the dialog?
Create the dialog once, use setText after you’ve retrieved your question, and open the dialog.