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Is there any recommended way to add custom tasks to the preloader?

I've got a few functions that I would like to run before the game starts. I guess one way to do this would be to execute them before the initial ig.main() call, but from a visual perspective I would like these to run while the loader bar is displayed.

Extending or injecting your own things into the loader should be possible. Something like:

MyLoader = ig.Loader.extend({

    load: function() {
        
    	// call your own functions here

    	this.parent();
    }
});

ig.main('#canvas', MyGame, 60, 320, 240, 2, MyLoader);

If you want to tweak the visuals to add a few more steps in the progress bar or something you'll need to do a bit more extending.

Bear in mind that in the progress bar you do not have access to any assets (images, sounds, fonts) so anything you do must use base canvas methods.

If you want to see a more advanced extending of the loader you can look at the pre-loader for Biolab on github.

Thanks for the suggestions guys.