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Game over

What we are doing

Losing the last life ends the game. While there are lives left, crash resets the ship and returns; otherwise the state becomes 'over'.

```js
function crash() {
  lives -= 1
  if (lives > 0) {
    resetShip()
    return
  }
  state = 'over'
}
```

With lives left, the ship respawns and return skips the rest. Only the last crash reaches state = 'over'.

In crash, put resetShip() inside if (lives > 0) { ... return } and write state = 'over' after it.

Skills: Game states