so we have a lot of it wor_ing properly, now we have to do the thing where it preloads necessary spritesgit add -A

generic_moveable.lua

@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ require "entity"
 
 GenericMoveable = class("GenericMoveable", Entity)
 
-function GenericMoveable:initialize(x, y, color, sprite)
+function GenericMoveable:initialize(x, y, color, sprite, name)
 	Entity.initialize(self, {
+		name = name,
 		x = x,
 		y = y,
 		color = color,

level_editor/editor.lua

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local selectedFolder = nil
 local selectedAsset = nil
 local selectedRoom = nil
 local selectedRow = 1
-local gameAssets = getAllAssets()
+local gameAssets = {}
 local inputText = ""
 local assetProperties = {}
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ local labels = {}
 
 
 function _initLevelEditor()
-	assets = getAllAssets()
+	gameAssets = getAllAssets()
 
 	--create folder buttons
 	local counter = 1

level_editor/object_attributes.lua

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ function get(folder)
 end
 
 function getAllAssets()
-	local properties = TSerial.unpack(love.filesystem.read("assets.prop") or "{}")
 	local objectnames = {}
 	local topFolder = "art"
 	local files = love.filesystem.getDirectoryItems(topFolder)
@@ -28,21 +27,21 @@ function getAllAssets()
 
 						local name = fileToAnalyze:sub(1, fileToAnalyze:len() - 6)
 
-						if not properties[name] then 
-							properties[name] = {}
-							properties[name].directory = folder
-							properties[name].sprites = {}
-							properties[name].class = "unmoveable"
-							properties[name].preload = false
+						if not globalAssetProperties[name] then 
+							globalAssetProperties[name] = {}
+							globalAssetProperties[name].directory = folder
+							globalAssetProperties[name].sprites = {}
+							globalAssetProperties[name].class = "unmoveable"
+							globalAssetProperties[name].preload = false
 						end
-						properties[name].sprites[color] = topFolder .. "/" .. folder .. "/" .. fileToAnalyze
+						globalAssetProperties[name].sprites[color] = topFolder .. "/" .. folder .. "/" .. fileToAnalyze
 					end
 				end
 			end
 		end
 	end
 
-	str = TSerial.pack(properties, nil, true)
+	str = TSerial.pack(globalAssetProperties, nil, true)
 	love.filesystem.write("assets.prop", str)
-	return properties
+	return globalAssetProperties
 end

main.lua

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ local utf8 = require("utf8")
 class = require "libs/middleclass"
 Timer = require "libs/hump/timer"
 sfxr = require "libs/sfxrlua/sfxr"
+require "libs/TSerial"
 require "_debug_helpers"
 require "_helpers"
 require "input"
@@ -14,11 +15,15 @@ require "sprite_manager"
 require "level_editor/editor"
 
 function love.load()
+	globalAssetProperties = TSerial.unpack(love.filesystem.read("assets.prop") or "{}")
+
 	_initDefaults()
 	_initGridVars()
 	_initSounds()
 	_initGlobalColors()
 	_initLevelEditor()
+
+
 	processSprites()
 
 	gameCanvas = love.graphics.newCanvas()

sprite_manager.lua

@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ sprites = {
 
 spriteCells = {}
 
-
 function processSprites()
 	getCellsFromSprite(sprites.player)