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Out of lives

What we are doing

At zero lives the game is over: state becomes 'lost', update stops doing anything and no more bombs can be dropped.

```js
let state // 'playing', 'won' or 'lost'

  state = 'playing'

function hurt() {
  lives -= 1
  if (lives === 0) {
    state = 'lost'
    return
  }

function update() {
  if (state !== 'playing') return

  if (state !== 'playing' || bombs.length >= maxBombs) return
```

What it means

hurt ends the game at 0 lives and leaves before moving the player.
!== means "is not equal to": when not playing, update returns at once, so nothing moves or burns.
dropBomb also leaves when not playing (|| means "or").

Your turn

Under let safe write let state; in reset, under safe = 0, write state = 'playing'.
In hurt, under lives -= 1, write the if block.
Write if (state !== 'playing') return as the first line of update.
Extend the first line of dropBomb with state !== 'playing' ||.

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