--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/gamelib/sound.py	Wed Sep 02 10:34:22 2009 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import os
+import pygame
+
+import data
+import constants
+
+SOUND_INITIALIZED = False
+
+def init_sound():
+    """initialize the sound system"""
+    global SOUND_INITIALIZED
+    try:
+        pygame.mixer.init(constants.FREQ, constants.BITSIZE, constants.CHANNELS, constants.BUFFER)
+        SOUND_INITIALIZED = True
+    except pygame.error, exc:
+        print >>sys.stderr, "Could not initialize sound system: %s" % exc
+
+def play_sound(filename):
+    """plays the sound with the given filename from the data sounds directory"""
+    if not SOUND_INITIALIZED:
+        return
+    file_path = data.filepath("sounds", filename)
+    if not os.path.exists(file_path):
+        return
+    pygame.mixer.music.load(file_path)
+    pygame.mixer.music.play()
+
+