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Play again with Space

What we are doing

After game over, Space (or Enter) calls reset(). A line under "Game Over" tells the player how.

```js
if (gameOver && (event.key === ' ' || event.key === 'Enter')) {
  reset()
  return
}

  ctx.font = '16px sans-serif'
  ctx.fillText('Press Space to play again', canvas.width / 2, canvas.height / 2 + 32)
```

What it means

• Only when the game is over and the key is Space (' ') or Enter: start a new game and stop there.
• The second text goes 32 pixels below the middle in a smaller font.

Your turn

1. Make the Space check the first lines inside the listener.
2. In the if (gameOver) block of draw, under the Game Over line, add the two lines.

Skills: Keyboard and mouse input

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All steps

1. Find the canvas
2. Get the pen
3. Paint the board
4. Think in cells
5. Keep the position in a variable
6. A function that draws
7. A function that moves
8. The game loop
9. Slow it down
10. A direction to move in
11. Steer with the arrow keys
12. A body made of a list
13. Move the whole body
14. Pick a spot for the food
15. Draw the food
16. Eat and grow
17. Never put food on the snake
18. A table of turns
19. No U-turns
20. Crash into the walls
21. Crash into yourself
22. The game over message
23. Show the score
24. One function that starts a game
25. Play again with Space
26. Remember the best score
27. Speed up as you grow
28. Build it yourself: through the walls