Workshop › Typing Rain › Step 2 of 33

The ground

What we are doing

Words fall until they reach the ground, a thin red line 330 pixels from the top. Below it there will be room for an on-screen keyboard.

```js
const GROUND = 330 // words that fall past this line are gone

ctx.fillStyle = '#7f1d1d'
ctx.fillRect(0, GROUND + 4, canvas.width, 3)
```

What it means

• GROUND names the height of the ground. The text after // is a comment.
• The line is 3 pixels tall and as wide as the canvas, just under GROUND.

Your turn

1. Under const ctx = ... leave an empty line and write GROUND.
2. At the very end, write the two red lines.

Skills: Drawing on a canvas

← A sky for the words A word on the canvas →

All steps

1. A sky for the words
2. The ground
3. A word on the canvas
4. A function that draws
5. A list of words
6. Make them fall
7. The game loop
8. A new word from the list
9. Let it rain
10. Gone past the ground
11. Lock on to a word
12. Listen to the keyboard
13. Letter by letter
14. Half a word in yellow
15. Let go of a lost word
16. Lives
17. Hearts
18. Score
19. Out of lives
20. Freeze the game
21. The game over panel
22. Play again
23. Levels
24. Faster and faster
25. Best score
26. Accuracy
27. Words per minute
28. Your speed at the end
29. Where the keys go
30. Draw the keyboard
31. Light up the next key
32. Tap the keys
33. Build it yourself: change your mind