[PyGame] finding local area in dictionary

[XavierPlatinum]

UPDATE:

I went with the try/except route. Works fine. I've used that local list for drawing and updating too. I discovered a fun fact. Using sprite.Group.update() on a huge group, even if most of the sprites in the group don't even have an update section is resource intensive. Who knew?! lol

Atom crashed when I tried to generate a 1000x1000 map, but 100x1000 worked and now with 100,000 tiles there is still no hint of lag. Pretty happy.