Space Defenders - HTML5 Game Development - page 242

Loading the bitmap graphics into the
game
In this task, we show the bitmap graphics by loading them into the game.
Prepare for lift off
In this task, we add the colored bitmaps and load them onto the game. These bitmaps are
colored and exported from Adobe Flash.
So, make sure we have the PreloadJS file ready in the vendors folder and in the
index.html ile:
<script src="vendors/preloadjs-0.4.1.min.js"></script>
Engage thrusters
Let's follow the given steps to load the graphics into the game:
1. In the game.js file, we define the load method:
game.load = function() {
// load bitmap assets before starting the game
var loader = new createjs.LoadQueue(false);
loader.addEventListener("fileload", function(e){
if (e.item.type === "image") { images[e.item.id] = e.result; }
// assign to images object for assets.js to use
});