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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+##
+## Copyright (C) 2011 Thibaut Girka <thib@sitedethib.com>
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+## by the Free Software Foundation; version 3 only.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+##
+
+
+from math import cos, sin, atan2, pi
+
+
+class Item(object):
+    def __init__(self, pos, item_type, angle, speed, player, game_state):
+        self._game_state = game_state
+        self._sprite = item_type.sprite
+        self._removed = False
+        self._item_type = item_type
+
+        self.hitbox_half_size = item_type.hitbox_size / 2.
+
+        self.frame = 0
+
+        self.player = player
+
+        self.x, self.y = pos
+        self.angle = angle
+        self.speed = speed
+        dx, dy = cos(angle) * speed, sin(angle) * speed
+        self.delta = dx, dy
+
+        self._sprite.angle = angle
+
+
+    def update(self):
+        dx, dy = self.delta
+
+        if self.player is not None:
+            self.angle = atan2(self.player.y - self.y, self.player.x - self.x)
+            dx, dy = cos(self.angle) * self.speed, sin(self.angle) * self.speed
+        else:
+            pass #TODO: item falls!
+
+        self.x += dx
+        self.y += dy
+