world.py

# Copyright 2012 Andrew "Jamoozy" Correa
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import cPickle as pickle

'''This module contains all the things needed to make a world.'''

class Block:
  '''Superclass of all block types.'''
  def __init__(self):
    pass

  def paint(self, screen):
    pass

class Chunk:
  '''One "chunk" of the level, to be loaded at any one time.'''
  def __init__(self):
    pass

  def paint(self, screen):
    pass


class Level:
  '''A level is a series of chunks in a 2D array.'''
  def __init__(self):
    self.pos = (0,0)
    self.chunks = [[]]

  def save(self, fname):
    '''fname: the name of the file stored in ... some format.'''
    pickle.Pickler(self, open(fname, 'w'))

  def paint(self, screen):
    for i in xrange(max(0, self.progress-1), min(self.progress + 1, len(self.chunks))):
      self.chunks[i].paint(screen)

  @staticmethod
  def loadFrom(fname):
    '''Loads and creates a new level from the file.'''
    return pickle.Unpickler(open(fname, 'r'))