Fixed the TweenManager and added support to GameObjectFactory, so you can create tweens easily now all hooked in to the internal game clock. Also added the AnimationManager into Sprite, so you can create and play animations directly from sprites nice and easily.

src/animation/AnimationManager.js

@@ -61,16 +61,17 @@ Phaser.AnimationManager.prototype = {
 
 		if (this._frameData == null)
 		{
+			console.warn('No frameData available for Phaser.Animation ' + name);
 			return;
 		}
 
 		//  Create the signals the AnimationManager will emit
-		if (this._parent.events.onAnimationStart == null)
-		{
+		// if (this._parent.events.onAnimationStart == null)
+		// {
 			// this._parent.events.onAnimationStart = new Phaser.Signal();
 			// this._parent.events.onAnimationComplete = new Phaser.Signal();
 			// this._parent.events.onAnimationLoop = new Phaser.Signal();
-		}
+		// }
 
 		if (frames == null)
 		{
@@ -243,7 +244,6 @@ Object.defineProperty(Phaser.AnimationManager.prototype, "frame", {
         {
             this.currentFrame = this._frameData.getFrame(value);
             this._frameIndex = value;
-            console.log('AM set frame', value, this.currentFrame);
 			this._parent.setTexture(PIXI.TextureCache[this.currentFrame.uuid]);
         }
 

src/core/World.js

@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ Phaser.World.prototype = {
 
 	add: function (gameobject) {
 		this._container.addChild(gameobject);
+		return gameobject;
 	},
 
 	addAt: function (gameobject, index) {
 		this._container.addChildAt(gameobject, index);
+		return gameobject;
 	},
 
 	getAt: function (index) {
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ Phaser.World.prototype = {
 
 	remove: function (gameobject) {
 		this._container.removeChild(gameobject);
+		return gameobject;
 	},
 
 	/**

src/gameobjects/GameObjectFactory.js

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 Phaser.GameObjectFactory = function (game) {
 
 	this.game = game;
-	this._world = this.game.world;
+	this.world = this.game.world;
 
 };
 
 Phaser.GameObjectFactory.prototype = {
 
-	_world: null,
 	game: null,
+    world: null,
 
 	/**
     * Create a new Sprite with specific position and sprite sheet key.
@@ -24,8 +24,23 @@ Phaser.GameObjectFactory.prototype = {
         if (typeof key === "undefined") { key = ''; }
         if (typeof frame === "undefined") { frame = null; }
 
-        // return this._world.group.add(new Phaser.Sprite(this.game, x, y, key, frame));
+        return this.world.add(new Phaser.Sprite(this.game, x, y, key, frame));
 
     },
 
+    /**
+    * Create a tween object for a specific object. The object can be any JavaScript object or Phaser object such as Sprite.
+    *
+    * @param obj {object} Object the tween will be run on.
+    * @param [localReference] {bool} If true the tween will be stored in the object.tween property so long as it exists. If already set it'll be over-written.
+    * @return {Phaser.Tween} The newly created tween object.
+    */
+    tween: function (obj, localReference) {
+
+        if (typeof localReference === "undefined") { localReference = false; }
+
+        return this.game.tweens.create(obj, localReference);
+
+    }
+
 };

src/gameobjects/Sprite.js

@@ -47,9 +47,14 @@ Phaser.Sprite = function (game, x, y, key, frame) {
 	 */
 	this.texture = PIXI.TextureCache[key];
 
+    if (this.game.cache.isSpriteSheet(key))
+    {
+        this.animations.loadFrameData(this.game.cache.getFrameData(key));
+    }
+
     if (frame !== null)
     {
-        if (typeof frame == 'string')
+        if (typeof frame === 'string')
         {
             this.frameName = frame;
         }

src/tween/Tween.js

@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ Phaser.Tween = function (object, game) {
 		this._valuesStart[ field ] = parseFloat(object[field], 10);
 	}
 
-    // this.onStart = new Phaser.Signal();
-    // this.onUpdate = new Phaser.Signal();
+    this.onStart = new Phaser.Signal();
     this.onComplete = new Phaser.Signal();
 
     this.isRunning = false;
@@ -93,12 +92,14 @@ Phaser.Tween.prototype = {
 
 	start: function ( time ) {
 
-		//TWEEN.add( this );
-
         if (this.game === null || this._object === null) {
             return;
         }
 
+		this._manager.add(this);
+
+		this.onStart.dispatch(this._object);
+
         this.isRunning = true;
 
 		this._onStartCallbackFired = false;
@@ -139,11 +140,7 @@ Phaser.Tween.prototype = {
 
 	stop: function () {
 
-		//TWEEN.remove( this );
-        if (this._manager !== null) {
-            this._manager.remove(this);
-        }
-
+		this._manager.remove(this);
         this.isRunning = false;
 
 		return this;
@@ -171,7 +168,6 @@ Phaser.Tween.prototype = {
 
 	},
 
-
 	easing: function ( easing ) {
 
 		this._easingFunction = easing;

src/tween/TweenManager.js

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Phaser.TweenManager.prototype = {
 	*/
 	getAll: function () {
 
-		return _tweens;
+		return this._tweens;
 
 	},
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Phaser.TweenManager.prototype = {
 	*/
 	removeAll: function () {
 
-		_tweens = [];
+		this._tweens = [];
 
 	},
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Phaser.TweenManager.prototype = {
 	*/
 	add: function ( tween ) {
 
-		_tweens.push( tween );
+		this._tweens.push( tween );
 
 	},
 
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ Phaser.TweenManager.prototype = {
 	*/
 	remove: function ( tween ) {
 
-		var i = _tweens.indexOf( tween );
+		var i = this._tweens.indexOf( tween );
 
 		if ( i !== -1 ) {
 
-			_tweens.splice( i, 1 );
+			this._tweens.splice( i, 1 );
 
 		}