One more addition to pause.

__init__.py

@@ -315,6 +315,36 @@ def play_bgm(music_file):
     except Exception as e:
         pass
 
+def pause_game():
+    """Pauses the game"""
+    speak("Game paused, press backspace to resume.")
+    pygame.event.clear()
+    try:
+        pygame.mixer.pause()
+    except:
+        pass
+
+    try:
+        pygame.mixer.music.pause()
+    except:
+        pass
+
+    while True:
+        event = pygame.event.wait()
+        if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN and event.key == pygame.K_BACKSPACE: break
+
+    try:
+        pygame.mixer.unpause()
+    except:
+        pass
+
+    try:
+        pygame.mixer.music.unpause()
+    except:
+        pass
+
+    pygame.event.pump()
+
 def get_input(prompt="Enter text:", text=""):
     """Display a dialog box for text input.