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Lives and a fresh start

What we are doing

Getting hurt will cost a life and restart the level. Remember the blueprint? Restarting is now trivial: throw the live objects away and build them again from the level text with loadLevel(). newGame() does the same, plus three lives.

```js
let lives

function newGame() {
  lives = 3
  loadLevel()
}

function die() {
  lives -= 1
  loadLevel()
}

newGame()
```

What it means

• newGame sets three lives and loads the level; it replaces the loadLevel() call at the bottom.
• die takes a life away and rebuilds everything from the level text.

Your turn

1. Under let collected write let lives.
2. Above function jump() { write newGame; above function updatePlayer() { write die.
3. At the bottom, replace loadLevel() with newGame().

Skills: Game states

← Do not walk off ledges Falling into a pit →

All steps

1. The sky
2. A level made of text
3. Draw the tiles
4. What is solid?
5. Is a box touching anything?
6. Find the start
7. Draw the player
8. Gravity
9. Landing on tiles
10. Which keys are held?
11. Speed up
12. Friction
13. Walls
14. Jump
15. Bump your head
16. Short hops
17. A few frames of grace
18. Coyote time
19. A camera that follows
20. Stop at the ends
21. Draw only what is on screen
22. Coins
23. Collect them
24. Count, and screen versus world
25. Enemies
26. Enemies that walk
27. Do not walk off ledges
28. Lives and a fresh start
29. Falling into a pit
30. Enemies hurt
31. Stomp!
32. Squashed enemies are gone
33. Game over
34. Play again
35. The flag
36. Reach the flag
37. Build it yourself: jump buffering