#! /usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# Kuku Anakula
# Copyright (C) 2007, Julius B. Lucks, Adrian DelMaestro, Sera L. Young
# Copyright (C) 2012, Alan Aguiar
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
#
# Contact information:
# Julius B. Lucks <julius@younglucks.com>
# Alan Aguiar <alanjas@gmail.com>

import os
import pygame
from pygame.locals import RLEACCEL


def data_path(file_name):
    return os.path.join('./data', file_name)


def load_image(file, transparent):
    "loads an image, prepares it for play"
    file = data_path(file)
    try:
        surface = pygame.image.load(file)
    except pygame.error:
        raise SystemExit, 'Could not load image "%s" %s'%(file, pygame.get_error())
    if transparent:
        corner = surface.get_at((0, 0))
        surface.set_colorkey(corner, RLEACCEL)
    return surface.convert()