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George Martinez
6,232 PointsWhen using the Phaser library, do we always have to separate the loading and creating functions?
The spritesheet is loaded inside function preload() using the following function: game.load.spritesheet(arg0,arg1,arg2,arg3). After it's loaded, then we can print to the Canvas inside the addItems() function using createItem(arg0,arg1,arg2).
The spritesheet is loaded inside one function and printed to the Canvas inside a second function. Would it be possible to do this inside only ONE function.
Re: this is related to the following video:
https://teamtreehouse.com/library/adding-new-graphics
Would it be possible to do something like this:
game.load.spritesheet(a,b,c,d).createItem(a,b,c)?
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Joshua Hardy
17,317 PointsIt seems like that would lead to messy code, which isn't good. If you have to come back to the code at a later time, or a colleague has to edit the code at a later time, you want it easy to read. This makes life (coding) easier.
Laércio Filho
883 PointsLaércio Filho
883 Pointsat first yes ... this would not be possible because you would have to load the game several times to create each object on the screen. this would cause or create an error. when we use the function separately, we load the game only once and the objects are loaded simultaneously.