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Play again

What we are doing

When the game is over, a click or a drop key starts a new game. reset already knows how to empty the board.

```js
canvas.addEventListener('pointerdown', (event) => {
  if (winner) {
    reset()
    return
  }

    event.preventDefault()
    if (winner) reset()
    else play(hoverCol)
```

What it means

• On a click after the game, reset() starts again and return stops there, so the click is not also a move.
• In keydown, a drop key resets when the game is over, and plays otherwise.

Your turn

1. At the top of the pointerdown listener write the if (winner) block.
2. In keydown, replace play(hoverCol) with the if ... else pair.

Skills: Keyboard and mouse input, Game states

← A draw Try a move and take it back →

All steps

1. A dark background
2. A drawing function
3. The blue board
4. One hole
5. A whole row
6. All 42 holes
7. The board in memory
8. Discs in their colors
9. Draw every frame
10. Where does the disc land?
11. Play a column
12. Taking turns
13. Click to play
14. The next disc
15. Whose turn?
16. Playing with the keyboard
17. Keys 1 to 7
18. A disc on its way
19. Gravity
20. Watch it fall
21. Inside the board?
22. Walking along a line
23. Four in a row?
24. We have a winner
25. Circle the four
26. Who won?
27. A draw
28. Play again
29. Try a move and take it back
30. Win, or block
31. Don't help the player
32. Prefer the middle
33. The computer's turn
34. Only on your turn
35. You and the computer
36. Counting wins
37. Show the score
38. Build it yourself: the loser starts