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Overview
HaxeFlixel is a 2D game engine built on Haxe and OpenFL. It provides sprites, cameras, tilemaps, input, audio, tweening, and debugging features while allowing the same Haxe codebase to target desktop, mobile, HTML5, and other supported platforms.
Features and best fit
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Key features
Provide core 2D game systems for sprites, cameras, tilemaps, input, and more
Classes such as FlxSprite and FlxCamera combine with tilemaps, input managers, tweens, sound, and other runtime systems to build 2D gameplay.
Target multiple platforms through Haxe and OpenFL
HaxeFlixel sits on Haxe and OpenFL and supports a cross-platform workflow where the same codebase can target desktop, mobile, HTML5, and other environments.
Best fit
Fits code-driven 2D games that need one Haxe codebase across platforms
It is useful when a project prefers state- and code-oriented game construction rather than an editor-first workflow and wants to share gameplay logic across desktop, web, and mobile targets.
Sources: [1]
Before adoption
The engine depends on the wider Haxe, Lime, and OpenFL toolchain
Haxelib metadata declares Lime and OpenFL dependencies, and individual target platforms may also require compilers, SDKs, and native setup beyond the engine package itself.
Version 6.2.0 contains substantial sound-system changes
HaxeFlixel 6.2.0 includes a large sound-initialization refactor, music streaming, FlxMatrixSprite, tilemap ray helpers, and other API changes. Existing projects should review deprecations and sound-related changes before upgrading.
Official sources
- [1]HaxeFlixel README(2026-10-04)
- [2]HaxeFlixel 6.2.0 changelog(2026-10-04)
- [3]Haxelib flixel 6.2.0 package(2026-10-04)
- [4]HaxeFlixel package metadata(2026-10-04)
- [5]HaxeFlixel MIT license(2026-10-04)
Supplemental curator note
The stable package baseline is Haxelib 6.2.0. The repository does not publish GitHub Releases, so use Haxelib and the changelog for release-version verification.
Try it in 3 steps
- 1
Install HaxeFlixel 6.2.0 from Haxelib
Pin the installation to the current stable 6.2.0 package. Lime and OpenFL are resolved as dependencies.
haxelib install flixel 6.2.0 - 2
Inspect the installed package and dependency paths
Check the active flixel package path and the resolved library dependencies.
haxelib path flixel - 3
Confirm the selected flixel version
Verify that 6.2.0 is selected before creating a project or configuring platform-specific native SDKs.
haxelib list | grep '^flixel:'
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GitHub Topics
- 2d-game-engine
- cross-platform
- flixel
- game-engine
- haxe
- haxeflixel
- haxelib
- openfl
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