Phaser 2.1.0 removeTile()

starstruck.js

var game = new Phaser.Game(800, 600, Phaser.CANVAS, 'phaser-example', { preload: preload, create: create, update: update, render: render });

var map;
var tileset;
var layer;
var player;
var facing = 'left';
var jumpTimer = 0;
var cursors;
var jumpButton;
var bg;

var marker;
var erase = false;
var curIndex = {x:0, y:0};
var currentTile = "You haven't removed a tile yet";

function preload() {
    game.load.tilemap('level1',     'assets/games/starstruck/level1.json', null, Phaser.Tilemap.TILED_JSON);
    game.load.spritesheet('dude',   'assets/games/starstruck/dude.png', 32, 48);
    game.load.spritesheet('droid',  'assets/games/starstruck/droid.png', 32, 32);
    game.load.image('tiles-1',      'assets/games/starstruck/tiles-1.png');
    game.load.image('starSmall',    'assets/games/starstruck/star.png');
    game.load.image('starBig',      'assets/games/starstruck/star2.png');
    game.load.image('background',   'assets/games/starstruck/background2.png');

}

function create() {
    game.physics.startSystem(Phaser.Physics.ARCADE);
    game.stage.backgroundColor = '#000000';

    bg = game.add.tileSprite(0, 0, 800, 600, 'background');
    bg.fixedToCamera = true;

    map = game.add.tilemap('level1');
    map.addTilesetImage('tiles-1');
    map.setCollisionByExclusion([ 13, 14, 15, 16, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 ]);

    layer = map.createLayer('Tile Layer 1');
    layer.debug = true;
    layer.resizeWorld();

    game.physics.arcade.gravity.y = 250;

    player = game.add.sprite(32, 32, 'dude');
    game.physics.enable(player, Phaser.Physics.ARCADE);
    player.body.bounce.y = 0.2;
    player.body.collideWorldBounds = true;
    player.body.setSize(20, 32, 5, 16);
    player.animations.add('left', [0, 1, 2, 3], 10, true);
    player.animations.add('turn', [4], 20, true);
    player.animations.add('right', [5, 6, 7, 8], 10, true);
    game.camera.follow(player);

    cursors = game.input.keyboard.createCursorKeys();
    jumpButton = game.input.keyboard.addKey(Phaser.Keyboard.SPACEBAR);

    marker = game.add.graphics();
    marker.lineStyle(2, 0x000000, 1);
    marker.drawRect(0, 0, map.tileWidth, map.tileHeight);
}

function update() {
    game.physics.arcade.collide(player, layer);
    player.body.velocity.x = 0;

    if (cursors.left.isDown) {
        player.body.velocity.x = -150;
        if (facing != 'left') {
            player.animations.play('left');
            facing = 'left';
        }
    } else if (cursors.right.isDown) {
        player.body.velocity.x = 150;

        if (facing != 'right') {
            player.animations.play('right');
            facing = 'right';
        }
    } else {
        if (facing != 'idle') {
            player.animations.stop();

            if (facing == 'left') {
                player.frame = 0;
            } else {
                player.frame = 5;
            }
            facing = 'idle';
        }
    }

    if (jumpButton.isDown &&
        player.body.onFloor() &&
        game.time.now > jumpTimer) {
        player.body.velocity.y = -250;
        jumpTimer = game.time.now + 750;
    }

    if (erase) {
        marker.clear();
        marker.lineStyle(2, 0xff0000, 1);
        marker.drawRect(0, 0, map.tileWidth, map.tileHeight);
    } else {
        marker.clear();
        marker.lineStyle(2, 0x000000, 1);
        marker.drawRect(0, 0, map.tileWidth, map.tileHeight);
    }

    curIndex.x = layer.getTileX(game.input.activePointer.worldX);
    curIndex.y = layer.getTileY(game.input.activePointer.worldY);
    marker.x = curIndex.x * map.tileWidth;
    marker.y = curIndex.y * map.tileHeight;

    if (game.input.keyboard.isDown(Phaser.Keyboard.SHIFT)) {
        erase = true;
        if (game.input.mousePointer.isDown) {
            map.removeTile(curIndex.x, curIndex.y, layer);
            currentTile = map.getTile(layer.getTileX(marker.x),
                                      layer.getTileY(marker.y));
        }
    } else {
        erase = false;
    }

}

function render () {
    game.debug.text('Hold Shift while clicking with the left '+
                    'mouse button to remove a tile', 32, 32);
    game.debug.text('The removed tile: '+currentTile, 32, 64);
}

This test confirms that removing a tile does not cause an error, like reported in Phaser issue #862.

To try this out, clone phaser-examples and replace the contents of ./examples/games/starstruck.js with this Gist.