diff --git a/ion/src/simulator/windows/Makefile b/ion/src/simulator/windows/Makefile
index 0a1913c6f..00cc6c9f9 100644
--- a/ion/src/simulator/windows/Makefile
+++ b/ion/src/simulator/windows/Makefile
@@ -17,3 +17,17 @@ ion_src += ion/src/shared/telemetry_console.cpp
 endif
 
 LDFLAGS += -lgdiplus
+
+# The header is refered to as <ion/src/simulator/windows/resources.h> so make sure it's findable this way
+SFLAGS += -I$(BUILD_DIR)
+
+$(eval $(call rule_for, \
+  WINDOWS_RESOURCES, \
+  ion/src/simulator/windows/resources.h, \
+  ion/src/simulator/windows/resources.rc, \
+  $$(PYTHON) ion/src/simulator/windows/resources.py --resource $$^ --header $$@, \
+  global \
+))
+
+$(BUILD_DIR)/ion/src/simulator/windows/images.o: $(BUILD_DIR)/ion/src/simulator/windows/resources.h
+
diff --git a/ion/src/simulator/windows/images.cpp b/ion/src/simulator/windows/images.cpp
index 60a6c7cdb..3536c2edc 100644
--- a/ion/src/simulator/windows/images.cpp
+++ b/ion/src/simulator/windows/images.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "../shared/platform.h"
+#include <ion/src/simulator/windows/resources.h>
 
 #include <SDL.h>
 #include <windows.h>
@@ -40,7 +41,14 @@ SDL_Texture * IonSimulatorLoadImage(SDL_Renderer * renderer, const char * identi
   Gdiplus::GdiplusStartup(&gdiplusToken, &gdiplusStartupInput, nullptr);
 
   LPSTREAM stream;
-  const char * resname = MAKEINTRESOURCE(300);
+  int resourceID = -1;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(resourcesIdentifiers)/sizeof(resourcesIdentifiers[0]); i++) {
+    if (strcmp(identifier, resourcesIdentifiers[i].identifier) == 0) {
+      resourceID = resourcesIdentifiers[i].id;
+    }
+  }
+  assert(resourceID >= 0);
+  const char * resname = MAKEINTRESOURCE(resourceID);
   CreateStreamOnResource(resname, &stream);
 
   Gdiplus::Bitmap * image = Gdiplus::Bitmap::FromStream(stream);
diff --git a/ion/src/simulator/windows/resources.py b/ion/src/simulator/windows/resources.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47298ed20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ion/src/simulator/windows/resources.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# This script generates a .h file representing available resources to access
+# them from C code
+
+import sys
+import re
+import argparse
+import io
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Process some jpg files.")
+parser.add_argument('--resource', help='the resources.rc file')
+parser.add_argument('--header', help='the .h file to generate')
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+def process_line(f, line):
+    rc_re = re.compile('^(\d{1,4}) RCDATA "\.\./assets/(.*)"')
+    rc_match = rc_re.match(line)
+    if rc_match:
+        f.write('{"' + rc_match.groups()[1] + '", ' + rc_match.groups()[0]  + '},\n')
+        return True
+    return False
+
+def process_resource(resource, path):
+    rc = open(resource, "r")
+    f = open(path, "w")
+
+    f.write("#ifndef ION_SIMULATOR_WINDOWS_RESOURCES_H\n")
+    f.write("#define ION_SIMULATOR_WINDOWS_RESOURCES_H\n\n")
+    f.write("// This file is auto-generated by resources.py\n\n")
+    f.write("constexpr struct {const char * identifier; int id; } resourcesIdentifiers[] = {\n")
+
+    while (process_line(f, rc.readline())):
+        pass
+
+    f.write("};\n\n")
+    f.write("#endif\n")
+    rc.close()
+    f.close()
+
+process_resource(args.resource, args.header)
+
+
diff --git a/ion/src/simulator/windows/resources.rc b/ion/src/simulator/windows/resources.rc
index 024eb2d13..0dd6b9368 100644
--- a/ion/src/simulator/windows/resources.rc
+++ b/ion/src/simulator/windows/resources.rc
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 300 RCDATA "../assets/background.jpg"
+301 RCDATA "../assets/horizontal_arrow.jpg"
+302 RCDATA "../assets/large_squircle.jpg"
+303 RCDATA "../assets/round.jpg"
+304 RCDATA "../assets/small_squircle.jpg"
+305 RCDATA "../assets/vertical_arrow.jpg"
 
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