9.34: Flipping the Squirrel Image

    if sq['movex'] < 0: # squirrel is facing left
        sq['surface'] = pygame.transform.scale(L_SQUIR_IMG, (sq['width'], sq['height']))
    else: # squirrel is facing right
        sq['surface'] = pygame.transform.scale(R_SQUIR_IMG, (sq['width'], sq['height']))
    sq['bounce'] = 0
    sq['bouncerate'] = random.randint(10, 18)
    sq['bounceheight'] = random.randint(10, 50)
    return sq

The L_SQUIR_IMG and R_SQUIR_IMG constants contain Surface objects with left-facing and right-facing squirrel images on them. New Surface objects will be made using the pygame.transform.scale() function to match the squirrel’s width and height (stored in sq['width'] and sq['height'] respectively).

After that, the three bounce-related values are randomly generated (except for sq['bounce'] which is 0 because the squirrel always starts at the beginning of the bounce) and the dictionary is returned on line 8 [372].

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