game_manager.py

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# game_manager.py
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from common import *


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# Manager class
#
# The game manager handles all of the configuration options
# for the game.  It simply loads the configuration from the
# config file directly into a dictionary.
#
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class Manager:

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# __init__
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	def __init__(self, config_file_name):

		# Load the config file and eval the config options
		try:
			config = open(config_file_name, 'r')
			self.config_options = eval(config.read())
			config.close()
		except:
			raise PacmanError('Manager: Configuration file failed to load')

		# Set the number of levels
		self.num_levels = len(self.config_options['level_files'])

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# get_next_level()
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	def get_next_level(self):
		"Returns the file name for the next level"

		level_file_name = self.config_options['level_files'][self.next_level]

		# Keep track of the sequnce of level files
		self.next_level = (self.next_level + 1) % self.num_levels

		return level_file_name