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--- original.js
+++ change.js
@@ -217,13 +217,13 @@
 var platformCurrent;
 var platformTarget;
 var platformNext;
 var isStickGrowing = false;
-var nextStick = null;
 var isReturningToBase = false;
 var isStickFalling = false;
 var isNinjaMoving = false;
 var isGameStarted = false; // Flag to indicate the start of the game
+var nextStick = null; // Variable to hold the next stick
 var legsOffset = 50;
 var score = 0;
 var foreground1;
 var foreground2;
@@ -340,15 +340,8 @@
 	stick.height = stick.length;
 	stick.x = platformCurrent.x + platformCurrent.width / 2 - 30; // Set stick to the right edge of the platform with an offset of -30
 	stick.y = platformCurrent.y - platformCurrent.height + 30; // Adjusted y-coordinate to ensure stick is on the platform with an offset of 20
 	log("stick.y set in startGame:", stick.y);
-	nextStick = new Stick();
-	nextStick.length = 0;
-	nextStick.height = nextStick.length;
-	nextStick.x = platformCurrent.x + platformCurrent.width / 2 - 30;
-	nextStick.y = platformCurrent.y - platformCurrent.height + 30;
-	nextStick.rotation = 0; // Ensure nextStick is upright
-	game.addChild(nextStick);
 	game.addChildAt(stick, game.children.indexOf(platformCurrent) - 1);
 	// Add foreground images to create an infinite horizontal foreground
 	foreground1 = LK.getAsset('foreground', {
 		anchorX: 0.5,
@@ -404,17 +397,13 @@
 				LK.clearInterval(bumpInterval);
 			}
 		}
 	}, 16); // Approximately 60 FPS
-	stick = nextStick;
-	stick.rotation = 0; // Reset rotation of the current stick
-	nextStick = new Stick();
-	nextStick.length = 0;
-	nextStick.height = nextStick.length;
-	nextStick.x = platformCurrent.x + platformCurrent.width / 2 - 30;
-	nextStick.y = platformCurrent.y - platformCurrent.height + 30;
-	nextStick.rotation = 0; // Ensure nextStick is upright
-	game.addChild(nextStick);
+	stick.length = 0;
+	stick.height = 0;
+	stick.rotation = 0;
+	stick.x = platformCurrent.x + platformCurrent.width / 2 - 30; // Set stick to the right edge of the current platform with an offset of -30
+	stick.y = platformCurrent.y - platformCurrent.height + 30; // Adjusted y-coordinate to ensure stick is on the platform with an offset of 20
 	log("stick.y set in handleNinjaReachPlatform:", stick.y, isNinjaMoving);
 	var minDistance = Math.max(100, 300 - level * 10); // Decrease minimum distance as level increases, with a minimum of 100
 	var maxDistance = Math.min(600, 400 + level * 20); // Increase maximum distance as level increases, with a maximum of 600
 	var distance = (Math.floor(Math.random() * (maxDistance - minDistance + 1)) + minDistance) * platformNext.speedRatio;
@@ -475,12 +464,8 @@
 		platformTarget.x += NINJA_MOVEMENT_SPEED;
 		platformNext.x += NINJA_MOVEMENT_SPEED;
 		ninja.x += NINJA_MOVEMENT_SPEED;
 		stick.x += NINJA_MOVEMENT_SPEED;
-		if (nextStick) {
-			nextStick.x += NINJA_MOVEMENT_SPEED;
-			nextStick.y = platformCurrent.y - platformCurrent.height + 30; // Ensure nextStick stays on the platform
-		}
 	}
 	// Make the ninja walk on the stick
 	if (ninja.x < stick.x + stick.length) {
 		ninja.x += 10;
@@ -489,26 +474,20 @@
 	}
 }
 function fallStick() {
 	stick.rotation += 0.1;
-	if (nextStick && nextStick.rotation < Math.PI / 2) {
-		nextStick.rotation += 0.1;
-	}
 	if (!isNinjaMoving && stick.rotation >= Math.PI / 2) {
 		isStickFalling = false;
 		isNinjaMoving = true;
-		log("Stick finished falling");
+		log("Stick finnished falling");
 		LK.getSound('stickTapSound').play();
 		stick.rotation = Math.PI / 2;
-		if (nextStick) {
-			nextStick.rotation = Math.PI / 2;
-		}
 	}
 }
 function growStick() {
-	if (nextStick && nextStick.length < 2048 - nextStick.x - 100) {
-		nextStick.length += 10;
-		nextStick.height = nextStick.length;
+	if (stick.length < 2048 - stick.x - 100) {
+		stick.length += 10;
+		stick.height = stick.length;
 	} else {
 		LK.getSound('stickGrowSound').stop();
 	}
 }
@@ -612,9 +591,22 @@
 			isGameStarted = true;
 			startGame();
 		}, 1000);
 	} else if (!intro && !isStickGrowing && !isStickFalling) {
-		if (nextStick) {
+		if (isNinjaMoving) {
+			// Check if current stick reached the platform
+			if (ninja.x >= platformCurrent.x + platformCurrent.width / 2 - 30) {
+				// Create nextStick to prepare for the next round
+				nextStick = new Stick();
+				nextStick.length = 0;
+				nextStick.height = nextStick.length;
+				nextStick.x = platformCurrent.x + platformCurrent.width / 2 - 30;
+				nextStick.y = platformCurrent.y - platformCurrent.height + 30;
+				game.addChild(nextStick);
+				isStickGrowing = true;
+				LK.getSound('stickGrowSound').play();
+			}
+		} else {
 			isStickGrowing = true;
 			LK.getSound('stickGrowSound').play();
 		}
 	}