Ok, I have actualy made progress on this game. So, initial commit of mine-racer.

mine-racer/mine-racer.py

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+#!/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from storm_games import *
+
+# Initial variable settings
+mode = "menu"
+gameName = "Mine Racer"
+sounds = initialize_gui(gameName)
+
+# loop forever (until a break occurs)
+while True:
+    # wait for an event
+    event = pygame.event.wait()
+    # if the event is about a keyboard button that have been pressed...
+    if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
+        # Escape is the back/exit key, close the game if not playing, or return to menu if playing.
+        if event.key == pygame.K_ESCAPE:
+            if mode != "menu": mode = "menu"
+            if mode == "menu": exit_game()
+        # Call the game menu, if needed.
+        if mode == "menu": mode = game_menu("start game", "credits", "exit")
+    time.sleep(.001)

mine-racer/storm_games.py

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+#!/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""Standard initializations and functions shared by all games."""
+
+import os
+from os import listdir
+from os.path import isfile, join
+import pygame
+import speechd
+import time
+
+def __init__():
+    spd = speechd.Client()
+
+def speak(text, interupt = True):
+    if interupt == True: spd.cancel()
+    spd.say(text)
+
+def exit_game():
+    spd.close()
+    pygame.quit()
+    exit()
+
+def initialize_gui(gameTitle):
+    # start pygame
+    pygame.init()
+    # start the display (required by the event loop)
+    pygame.display.set_mode((320, 200))
+    pygame.display.set_caption(gameTitle)
+    # Load sounds from the sound directory and creates a list like that {'bottle': 'bottle.ogg'}
+    soundFiles = [f for f in listdir("sounds/") if isfile(join("sounds/", f)) and (f.split('.')[1].lower() in ["ogg","wav"])]
+    #lets make a dict with pygame.mixer.Sound() objects {'bottle':<soundobject>}
+    soundData = {}
+    for f in soundFiles:
+        soundData[f.split('.')[0]] = pygame.mixer.Sound("sounds/" + f)
+    soundData['game-intro'].play()
+    time.sleep(soundData['game-intro'].get_length())
+    return soundData
+