python - GameOver screen not appearing when i want - pygame -

i'm having problem finding way blit gameover screen @ right time. made platformer on pygame , want game on screen appear after animation of character dying has occurred , when enemy has had attack animation. right bypasses animation , collision detection between sprites true, says game over. ideas?

thanks

def gameover():      intro = true      while intro:         event in pygame.event.get():             if event.type == pygame.quit:                 pygame.quit()                 quit()          screen.blit(pygame.image.load("background0.jpg").convert(), (0,0))         largetext = pygame.font.sysfont("elephant",60)         textsurf, textrect = text_objects("gameover", largetext)         textrect.center = ((screen_width/2),(screen_height/2))         screen.blit(textsurf, textrect)          pygame.display.update()         clock.tick(15)   class enemy:     def __init__(self,x,y):          self.x=x         self.y=y         self.width=40         self.height = 40         self.speed=1         self.s0 = pygame.image.load("images/enemy/s0.png")         self.s1 = pygame.image.load("images/enemy/s1.png")         self.s2 = pygame.image.load("images/enemy/s2.png")         self.s3 = pygame.image.load("images/enemy/s3.png")         self.attack = pygame.image.load("attack.png")         self.rotatedattack = pygame.transform.flip(self.attack ,true,false)         self.rotateds0 = pygame.transform.flip(self.s0 ,true, false)         self.rotateds1 = pygame.transform.flip(self.s1 ,true, false)         self.rotateds2 = pygame.transform.flip(self.s2 ,true, false)         self.rotateds3 = pygame.transform.flip(self.s3 ,true, false)          self.collision = false         self.collision1 = false          self.timetarget=10          self.timenum=0          self.currentimage=0      def move(self,player):          if self.x > player.x:             self.x -= self.speed             if self.currentimage > 3:                 self.currentimage = 0             if self.collision == true:                  if self.currentimage < 4:                     #image of him attacking                     self.currentimage = 8                     spearattack.play(loops = 0, maxtime = 10)                          elif self.x < player.x:             self.x += self.speed             if self.currentimage < 4:                     self.currentimage = 4             if self.collision == true:                 if player.y > 487:                      if self.currentimage == 4 or 5 or 6 or 7:                         #image of him attacking flipped                         self.currentimage = 9                         spearattack.play(loops = 0, maxtime = 10)                         #tried putting gameover here skips animation          if self.x < player.x:             if self.x > player.x:                 if self.currentimage > 3:                     self.currentimage = 0             def update(self,collisiondetect,player,enemy2):          self.timenum+=1         if self.timenum == self.timetarget:              if self.currentimage ==0:                 self.currentimage=1              elif self.currentimage ==1:                 self.currentimage=2              elif self.currentimage == 2:                 self.currentimage=3              elif self.currentimage ==3:                 self.currentimage =0              elif self.currentimage ==4:                 self.currentimage=5              elif self.currentimage ==5:                 self.currentimage=6              elif self.currentimage == 6:                 self.currentimage=7              elif self.currentimage ==7:                 self.currentimage = 4              self.timenum=0          if self.currentimage==0:              screen.blit(self.s0, (self.x,self.y))          elif self.currentimage==1:             screen.blit(self.s1, (self.x,self.y))          elif self.currentimage==2:             screen.blit(self.s2, (self.x,self.y))          elif self.currentimage ==3:             screen.blit(self.s3, (self.x,self.y))          elif self.currentimage==4:             screen.blit(self.rotateds0, (self.x,self.y))          elif self.currentimage==5:             screen.blit(self.rotateds1, (self.x,self.y))          elif self.currentimage==6:             screen.blit(self.rotateds2, (self.x,self.y))          elif self.currentimage ==7:             screen.blit(self.rotateds3, (self.x,self.y))          elif self.currentimage ==8:             screen.blit(self.attack, (self.x,self.y))             #tried putting gameover() here skips blit.         elif self.currentimage ==9:             screen.blit(self.rotatedattack, (self.x,self.y))          self.collision = collisiondetect(self.x,self.y,self.width,self.height,player.x,player.y,player.width,player.height) 

i'd have delay animation. seems pygame doesn't have default animation queue, therefore you'll have take care of it. there few things work:

• using time.sleep() - wont work if animation part of single thread, since entire thread stopped (and animation should freeze). therefore i'll recommend second option since sounds more reasonable me.

• using pygame timer pygame.time.set_timer(), should thread , therefore not freeze spear-animation. you'll have send gameover event caught inside gameover function , reset timer event 0 (to stop loop) once it's caught. https://www.pygame.org/docs/ref/time.html#comment_pygame_time_set_timer

• using thread (see: python threading.timer - repeat function every 'n' seconds) , calling thread timer after spear-animation

the following has nothing error code poorly designed in general might help: trying call function game (in case gameover) instance of class (in case enemy), bad practice , semantically incorrect. enemy-class shouldn't know game @ all, should used game - not other way around. can fire events, different, global handler should take care of when game on (and similar game-related events), not single instance of class.

also, instead of having endless if-else conditions should consider using kind of mapping - example dictionary. it'll safe many lines of code, it's easier maintain , more readable.