I'm using the HTML5 canvas and JavaScript to make a basic game, and I have an array of images for the numbers 1-10, and then have another array for the Welsh words for the numbers 1-10.
What I want to do is select a random element from the images array and a random element from the words array and display them both on the canvas. The user will then click on a tick to indicate if the word represents the correct number, or a cross if it doesn't.
The problem is that I'm not sure how to draw an array element to the canvas. I have the following code, which I was going to use just to test that it works, before I think about how to make the elements drawn be chosen at random:
function drawLevelOneElements(){
/*First, clear the canvas */
context.clearRect(0, 0, myGameCanvas.width, myGameCanvas.height);
/*This line clears all of the elements that were previously drawn on the canvas. */
/*Then redraw the game elements */
drawGameElements();
/*Now draw the elements needed for level 1 (08/05/2012) */
/*First, load the images 1-10 into an array */
var imageArray = new Array();
imageArray[0] = 1.png;
imageArray[1] = 2.png;
imageArray[2] = 3.png;
imageArray[3] = 4.png;
imageArray[4] = 5.png;
imageArray[5] = 6.png;
imageArray[6] = 7.png;
imageArray[7] = 8.png;
imageArray[8] = 9.png;
imageArray[9] = 10.png;
/*Then create an array of words for numbers 1-10 */
var wordsArray = new Array();
wordsArray[0] = Un;
wordsArray[1] = Dau;
wordsArray[2] = Tri;
wordsArray[3] = Pedwar;
wordsArray[4] = Pump;
wordsArray[5] = Chwech;
wordsArray[6] = Saith;
wordsArray[7] = Wyth;
wordsArray[8] = Naw;
wordsArray[9] = Deg;
/*Draw an image and a word to the canvas just to test that they're being drawn */
context.drawImage(imageArray[0], 100, 30);
context.strokeText(wordsArray[3], 500, 60);
}
but for some reason, when I view the page in the browser, in the firebug console, I get the error:
Could not convert JavaScript argument arg 0 [nsIDOMCanvasRenderingContext2D.drawImage]
context.drawImage(imageArray[0], 100, 30);
I'm not sure if this is how I'm meant to access the image in array element 0... could someone please point out what I'm doing wrong?
* EDIT *
I've changed the code below the to arrays to:
var image1 = new Image();
image1.src = imageArray[0];
/*Draw an image and a word to the canvas just to test that they're being drawn */
context.drawImage(image1, 100, 30);
context.strokeText(wordsArray[3], 500, 60);
but for some reason, the only the element from the wordsArray is drawn to the canvas- the image element from imageArray isn't displayed at all.
Any ideas?