gistfile1.lua

-- How I want to use Sprites
--   By: Jacob Eiting

--[[ File system contents
main.lua
faces.lua
faces-hd.lua
faces.png
faces-hd.png
pop.png
pop-hd.png
kansas/
    logo.png
]]

-- load a sprite sheet
Sprite.loadSpritesheet("faces")

-- create a sprite from that sheet
local jacob = Sprite.spriteWithName("jacob.png") -- returns a moai prop with all the write stuff
local aaron = Sprite.spriteWithName("aaron.png") 

-- create a sprite from a file
-- checks the cache, if no frame, hit the file system
-- this will load the file and make it a texture and create a 'frame' and add it to the cache
local pop = Sprite.spriteWithName("pop.png") 

-- this will create a second sprite using the same texture created in the previous step
local pop2 = Sprite.spriteWithName("pop.png")

--[[
How we implement this with decks is yet to be decided. We need to also consider frame animations and how to most easily achieve those in MOAI.
]]