>> weeks ago. RAM footprint ranges from 56 - 64 Mb depending on the number
> Got that down to 43 - 52 Mb now. Amazing how much I was wasting...
The saga of how you fixed it all might make a good article for gamedev.net or the like.
I would imagine it would have the most relevance to a pygame user so I'd be interested to find it on some page pygame-y... Is there some place on the pygame site where such a tale would be good to place?