pygame animation code. don't laugh.

import pickle, sys
import pygame
from pygame.locals import *
from time import sleep
from math import sin, cos, pi, sqrt

vial = open('dat/cash_timeline.dat','r')
cash = pickle.load(vial)
vial.close()

vial = open('dat/flux_timeline.dat','r')
flux = pickle.load(vial)
vial.close()


centerx, centery = 300,300#of the megacircle
radius = 175#of the megacircle
kay = 85**2/6855.#chips to radius conversion

if True:#define colors

    red = pygame.Color('#FF486C')
    orange = pygame.Color('#FF7148')
    yellow = pygame.Color('#FFF748')
    green = pygame.Color('#95FF48')
    blue = pygame.Color('#48C9FF')
    violet = pygame.Color('#486CFF')
    grey = pygame.Color('#A3A3A3')
    graph = pygame.Color('#3A3A3A')
    black = pygame.Color(0,0,0)
    white = pygame.Color(255,255,255)#Color definition
    colors=[red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, grey]

allPlayers = ['Brontosaur', 'Mongoose', 'Aardvark', 'FruitBat', 'MantaRay', 'Tapeworm', 'Ebola']#all together now!

def arr(x):#given x chips, calculate the radius of the circle;
    return int(sqrt(kay*x))#holdings proportional to area
def winner():#who wins the tournament?
    for player in allPlayers:
        if flux[player][hand] > 0:
            return player

color_dict = {}
place_dict = {}
for i in range(0, len(allPlayers)):#give each player a color and a location.
    color_dict[allPlayers[i]] = colors[i]#colors for everyone!
    place_dict[allPlayers[i]] = (centerx+int(radius*cos(2*pi*i/len(allPlayers))), centery+int(radius*sin(2*pi*i/len(allPlayers))))


pygame.init()

windowSurfObj = pygame.display.set_mode([700,700])
pygame.display.set_caption('Poker Face')
fontObj = pygame.font.Font('freesansbold.ttf', 24)


hand=0#slight abuse of notation; counter to iterate thru time series
while hand < 675:
    windowSurfObj.fill(white)
    win = winner()

    for playa in allPlayers:#draw your lines in the sand...
        if flux[playa][hand] < 0.0:
            wid = arr(abs(flux[playa][hand]))#does this correctly represent flow? ie, is area ~ flux? oh wellz...
            pygame.draw.line(windowSurfObj, black, place_dict[playa], place_dict[win], wid)

    for playa in allPlayers:#circleround.
        rad = arr(cash[playa][hand])#radius of circle
        pygame.draw.circle(windowSurfObj, color_dict[playa], place_dict[playa], rad)#draw circles.

    for playa in allPlayers:#his name was robert paulson.
        msgSurfObj = fontObj.render(playa, False, graph)
        msgRectObj = msgSurfObj.get_rect()
        msgRectObj.topleft = place_dict[playa]
        windowSurfObj.blit(msgSurfObj, msgRectObj)

    for event in pygame.event.get():#event.get calls up all the events that have happened since the last time get was called.
        if event.type == QUIT:#GTFO
            pygame.quit()
            sys.exit()
        elif event.type == KEYDOWN:#interact with the keyboard
            if event.key == K_ESCAPE:
                pygame.event.post(pygame.event.Event(QUIT))#GTFO

    pygame.display.update()#update the display!
    pygame.image.save(windowSurfObj, 'frm/frame%d.jpeg'%(hand))

    hand += 1#animate
    #sleep(0.07)