---
title: "Load Sprite Sheet"
description: "Demonstrates how to load sprite sheets by defining frame dimensions, create animations from frame numbers, and display specific individual frames."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "800x600"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/loader/sprite%20sheet/view/load-sprite-sheet
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Load Sprite Sheet

Demonstrates how to load sprite sheets by defining frame dimensions, create animations from frame numbers, and display specific individual frames.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Loader / Sprite Sheet](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/loader/sprite%20sheet.md). It runs at 800 × 600, and loads its assets from https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410. See it running, with its code, at https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/loader/sprite%20sheet/view/load-sprite-sheet.

To run it, load Phaser 4.1.0 (`https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/phaser@4.1.0/dist/phaser.min.js`), then the file, on a page with a `<div id="game-container">`.

## Code

### load sprite sheet.js

```js
class Example extends Phaser.Scene
{
    preload ()
    {
        this.load.setBaseURL('https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410');
        this.load.spritesheet('explosion', 'assets/sprites/explosion.png', { frameWidth: 64, frameHeight: 64, endFrame: 23 });
        this.load.spritesheet('balls', 'assets/sprites/balls.png', { frameWidth: 17, frameHeight: 17 });
    }

    create ()
    {
        const config = {
            key: 'explodeAnimation',
            frames: this.anims.generateFrameNumbers('explosion', { start: 0, end: 23, first: 23 }),
            frameRate: 20,
            repeat: -1
        };

        this.anims.create(config);

        this.add.sprite(400, 300, 'explosion').play('explodeAnimation');

        this.add.sprite(400, 300, 'balls', 3);
    }
}

const config = {
    scale: { mode: Phaser.Scale.FIT },
    type: Phaser.AUTO,
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    parent: 'game-container',
    scene: Example
};

const game = new Phaser.Game(config);
```

## More in Sprite Sheet

- [Load Sprite Sheet From Object](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/loader/sprite%20sheet/view/load-sprite-sheet-from-object.md): This example shows how to load a sprite sheet by passing a single configuration object to the loader, specifying the asset key, URL, and frame dimensions.
- [Load Sprite Sheet From Object Array](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/loader/sprite%20sheet/view/load-sprite-sheet-from-object-array.md): Demonstrates how to load multiple sprite sheets simultaneously by passing an array of configuration objects to the loader.
- [Loading Sprite Sheets via Scene Payload](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/loader/sprite%20sheet/view/load-sprite-sheet-from-scene-payload.md): Demonstrates how to load a sprite sheet and its frame configuration by defining it within the Scene constructor's pack property, instead of using the preload method.

---

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