--- a/gamelib/scenes/cryo.py	Wed Aug 25 15:34:52 2010 +0200
+++ b/gamelib/scenes/cryo.py	Wed Aug 25 15:45:45 2010 +0200
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 import random
 from albow.music import change_playlist, get_music, PlayList
-from pygame.colordict import THECOLORS
-from pygame.color import Color
 
 from gamelib import speech
 from gamelib.sound import get_sound
@@ -11,6 +9,7 @@
 from gamelib.state import Scene, Item, Thing, Result, \
                           InteractImage, InteractNoImage, InteractRectUnion, \
                           InteractAnimated
+from gamelib.statehelpers import GenericDescThing
 from gamelib.constants import DEBUG
 
 
@@ -155,22 +154,12 @@
         return "A broken cryo chamber. The corpse inside is missing a leg."
 
 
-class GenericCryoUnit(Thing):
+class GenericCryoUnit(GenericDescThing):
     "Generic Cryo unit"
 
-    INITIAL = 'unit'
-
     def __init__(self, number, description, detailed_description, areas):
-        super(GenericCryoUnit, self).__init__()
-        self.description = description
+        super(GenericCryoUnit, self).__init__('cryo.unit', number, description, areas)
         self.detailed_description = detailed_description
-        self.name = 'cryo.unit.%d' % number
-        self.interacts = {
-                'unit' : InteractRectUnion(areas)
-                }
-        if DEBUG:
-            # Individual colors to make debugging easier
-            self._interact_hilight_color = Color(THECOLORS.keys()[number])
 
     def interact_without(self):
         return Result(self.detailed_description)

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/gamelib/statehelpers.py	Wed Aug 25 15:45:45 2010 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+"""Set of utility classes for common state things"""
+
+from pygame.color import Color
+from pygame.colordict import THECOLORS
+
+from gamelib.state import Thing, Result, \
+                          InteractImage, InteractNoImage, InteractRectUnion, \
+                          InteractAnimated
+from gamelib.constants import DEBUG
+
+
+class GenericDescThing(Thing):
+    "Thing with an InteractiveUnionRect and a description"
+
+    INITIAL = "description"
+
+    def __init__(self, prefix, number, description, areas):
+        super(GenericDescThing, self).__init__()
+        self.description = description
+        self.name = '%s.%s' % (prefix, number)
+        self.interacts = {
+                'description' : InteractRectUnion(areas)
+                }
+        if DEBUG:
+            # Individual colors to make debugging easier
+            self._interact_hilight_color = Color(THECOLORS.keys()[number])
+
+    def get_description(self):
+        return self.description
+