Handling death

Every game must end badly, with either the player running out of time (which we have already handled) or getting squashed by a branch. The mayfly is an aquatic creature that lives anywhere between a few hours and a few days. Playing the Timber!!! game is like being a mayfly in a hurry – you’re either running out of time or feeling the branch of destiny squashing your hopes! Our hero in the Timber!!! game may only last a few seconds, and even an experienced player will struggle to last more than a few minutes.

Fortunately, detecting the player getting squashed is really simple. All we want to know is whether the last branch in the branchPositions array equals playerSide. If it does, the player is dead.

Add the highlighted code that detects this, and then we will discuss everything we need to do when the player is squashed:

    // Handle a flying log                
    if (logActive)
    {
        spriteLog.setPosition(
            spriteLog...