gameview.py

from threading import Thread


class GameView(object):
    """A state of the game. The menu can be a gameview, the game itself
       is another gameview. The point of this is to keep the resources and
       everything that may be necessary all contained.
       
       Gameviews are given a canvas to work off.
       The canvas is shared by gameviews, and is used so that the same
       window can display different things at different times.
    """
    def __init__(self, canvas):
        """Initializes the gameview"""
        self.canvas = canvas
    
    def render(self):
        """renders the gameview to the canvas"""
        pass
    
    def easing(self, elapsed):
        """eases in the objects to be all juicy and shit"""
        pass
    
    def main_loop(self, elapsed):
        """the main loop of this GameView. Iterates the world by the
           elapsed number of seconds
        """
        pass