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Sky and ground

What we are doing

Behind the sling we paint a light blue sky over the whole canvas, then a green strip of ground from GROUND down.

```js
ctx.fillStyle = '#bae6fd'
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height)
ctx.fillStyle = '#65a30d'
ctx.fillRect(0, GROUND, canvas.width, canvas.height - GROUND)

// The sling and, while aiming, the pulled-back bird and the path it will take.
ctx.fillStyle = '#78350f'
```

What it means

• The sky: a rectangle from (0, 0) as big as the canvas (canvas.width × canvas.height).
• The ground: from x = 0, y = GROUND, the full width and canvas.height - GROUND (30) tall.
• The comment names everything this part of the drawing will show by the end of the game.

Your turn

Write the lines above ctx.fillStyle = '#78350f' (the sling post stays last), then press Run.

Skills: Drawing on a canvas

← The sling Draw it again and again →

All steps

1. The sling
2. Sky and ground
3. Draw it again and again
4. The aim: an angle and a pull
5. A bird in the sling
6. Pull the bird back
7. The rubber band
8. Aim with the arrow keys
9. Bodies
10. Launch!
11. Move by the velocity
12. Gravity
13. Land on the ground
14. Aiming or flying
15. An empty sling in flight
16. Gone off the screen
17. Wait for calm
18. The next bird
19. See the path before you shoot
20. From a point to an aim
21. Grab the sling
22. Drag and let go
23. Wood and stone
24. A level as data
25. Push overlapping boxes apart
26. Bounce by mass
27. Every pair meets
28. Friction
29. Smaller steps
30. Hit points
31. Hard hits hurt
32. Things break
33. Pigs
34. Score
35. Show the score
36. Cracks
37. Three birds
38. Count the birds
39. Won or lost
40. The end panel
41. Play again
42. Three levels of data
43. Start any level
44. On to the next level
45. The best score
46. The right words
47. Build it yourself: the yellow bird