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Of course!

Easiest way: f you use the "event" components, you can change the state to "Gameover" and use a block "On gameover start" to change the background, sprites, etc

More complex way: you could add explicit conditions to make the players, backgrounds and so on behave differently when the game is over.

BMO Studios7 days ago(+1)

I have to apologize in advance. I know almost nothing about block programming, so I am really struggling with this part. Is there a way you could show me this, because I am not quite understanding how I program my game to end at the score of 250 points. I see the Event components you are speaking of and tried this, but it didn't work. The game just keeps going even though it appears I set it to end at 250 points.

haroldo-ok7 days ago

Ok, I will show an example later

BMO Studios6 days ago(+1)

Thank you so much. I really appreciate it and love playing around with this program!

Marc Vittorini13 hours ago(+1)

I don't know if it's the best system, but you can use a variable. When you increase the points, you increase the variable accordingly and use that to finish the game.

BMO Studios6 hours ago

Perfecto!!! Thank You! I did end up finding a YouTube video of a guy who shows you how to create Player Lives, so I ended up going with that instead. But now, I can use your suggestion in my next game.

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