Pygame - Play Single Sound

pygame8_singleSound.py

import pygame, sys, os
from pygame.locals import *
 
running = True
pygame.init()
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((800,600))
clock = pygame.time.Clock()

#Create path to sound file
mypath = os.path.dirname( os.path.realpath( __file__) )
laser = os.path.join(mypath, 'resources/laser.wav')

#Create sound object for laser
pygame.mixer.init()
sound = pygame.mixer.Sound(laser)
 
def handleEvents():
    global running
        for event in pygame.event.get():
            if (event.type == QUIT) or (event.type == KEYDOWN and event.key == K_ESCAPE):
                running = False
            if event.type == KEYDOWN:
                if event.key == K_SPACE:
                    sound.play()
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
    while running:
        handleEvents()
        pygame.display.flip()
        clock.tick(30)
    pygame.quit()
    sys.exit()