How do you load all images at a time in pygame? - path

Question

I'm trying to load all these images at once. Their all in the same directory so is there a way to load them all at once without being this repetitive?
bg = pygame.image.load('Desktop/Files/Dungeon Minigame/background.png')
f_zombie = pygame.image.load('Desktop/Files/Dungeon Minigame/f_zombie.png')
f_knight = pygame.image.load('Desktop/Files/Dungeon Minigame/f_knight.png')
b_knight = pygame.image.load('Desktop/Files/Dungeon Minigame/b_knight.png')
r_knight = pygame.image.load('Desktop/Files/Dungeon Minigame/r_knight.png')
heart = pygame.image.load('Desktop/Files/Dungeon Minigame/heart.png')
empty_heart = pygame.image.load('Desktop/Files/Dungeon Minigame/empty_heart.png')

Answer 1

Get a list of all the files in the directory (see os) and create a dictionary with the loaded files:
import os
path = 'Desktop/Files/Dungeon Minigame/'
filenames = [f for f in os.listdir(path) if f.endswith('.png')]
images = {}
for name in filenames:
imagename = os.path.splitext(name)[0]
images[imagename] = pygame.image.load(os.path.join(path, name)).convert_alpha()
You can access the images in the dictionary by its name:
screen.blit(images['background'], (0, 0))
Alternatively you can add variables to global namespace, using globals():
path = 'Desktop/Files/Dungeon Minigame/'
filenames = [f for f in os.listdir(path) if f.endswith('.png')]
for name in filenames:
imagename = os.path.splitext(name)[0]
globals()[imagename] = pygame.image.load(os.path.join(path, name)).convert_alpha()
screen.blit(background, (0, 0))