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One function to start

What we are doing

A game has many waves but only one start. The start-up lines at the bottom move into newGame(), so a new game can be started again later with one call.

```js
function newGame() {
  score = 0
  lives = 3
  wave = 1
  bullets = []
  resetShip()
  spawnWave()
}

newGame()
```

What it means

• The same start-up lines, now inside a function. The bottom of the file calls it once.

Your turn

1. Above function shoot() { write newGame, followed by an empty line.
2. At the bottom, replace the six start-up lines (from score = 0 to resetShip()) with newGame().

Skills: Game states, Functions

← Faster every wave Playing or over →

All steps

1. Black space
2. Where the ship is
3. Which way it points
4. A triangle ship
5. Which keys are down?
6. Turning
7. The game loop
8. Thrust and drift
9. A little friction
10. A speed limit
11. Around the screen
12. Making a bullet
13. Fire!
14. Bullets fly
15. A lifetime for bullets
16. Making a rock
17. Four big rocks
18. Drawing the rocks
19. Jagged rocks
20. Drifting rocks
21. When do two circles touch?
22. Breaking a rock
23. Bullets hit rocks
24. Points
25. Show the score
26. Losing a life
27. A rock hits the ship
28. Show the lives
29. What time is it?
30. A moment of safety
31. Blink while safe
32. Waves of rocks
33. The next wave
34. Faster every wave
35. One function to start
36. Playing or over
37. Game over
38. Best score
39. GAME OVER
40. Play again
41. Build it yourself: hyperspace