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--- original.js
+++ change.js
@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@
 function createCustomer() {
 	if (customers.length >= currentLevel.customerCount) {
 		return;
 	}
-	var customer = new Customer();
+	var customer = customers.length < currentLevel.customerCount ? new Customer() : customers.shift();
 	var safeDistance = 500; // Minimum distance between customers
 	var validPosition = false;
 	while (!validPosition) {
 		customer.x = Math.random() * (2048 * 0.8) + 2048 * 0.1; // Spawn customers within the middle 80% of the screen
@@ -337,23 +337,21 @@
 		return 0.5 - Math.random();
 	}).slice(0, Math.floor(Math.random() * 2) + 1);
 	customer.setOrder(order);
 	// Ensure items are made visible if any customer needs that item
+	var inventorySet = new Set(inventory.map(function (invItem) {
+		return invItem.getType();
+	}));
 	order.forEach(function (item) {
-		var inventoryItem = inventory.find(function (invItem) {
-			return invItem.getType() === item;
-		});
-		if (inventoryItem) {
-			inventoryItem.visible = true;
-			inventoryItem.alpha = 1; // Make the item fully visible
+		if (inventorySet.has(item)) {
+			var inventoryItem = inventory.find(function (invItem) {
+				return invItem.getType() === item;
+			});
+			if (inventoryItem) {
+				inventoryItem.visible = true;
+			}
 		}
 	});
-	// Black out items that are not needed by any customer
-	inventory.forEach(function (invItem) {
-		if (!order.includes(invItem.getType())) {
-			invItem.alpha = 0.5; // Dim the item
-		}
-	});
 	customers.push(customer);
 	customer.rotation = 0;
 	game.addChild(customer);
 	game.addChild(customer.shadow);
@@ -417,11 +415,13 @@
 					levelupAsset.destroy();
 					currentLevel = levels[nextLevelIndex];
 					// Clear current customers and items
 					for (var i = 0; i < customers.length; i++) {
-						customers[i].destroy();
+						customers[i].x = -200;
+						customers[i].y = -200;
+						customers[i].orderBubble.visible = false;
+						customers[i].shadow.visible = false;
 					}
-					customers = [];
 					// Ensure items are always visible at the bottom of the screen
 					for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
 						items[i].visible = true;
 					}
@@ -436,21 +436,11 @@
 								return invItem.getType() === item;
 							});
 							if (inventoryItem) {
 								inventoryItem.visible = true;
-								inventoryItem.alpha = 1; // Make the item fully visible
 							}
 						});
 					});
-					// Black out items that are not needed by any customer
-					inventory.forEach(function (invItem) {
-						var needed = customers.some(function (customer) {
-							return customer.getOrder().includes(invItem.getType());
-						});
-						if (!needed) {
-							invItem.alpha = 0.5; // Dim the item
-						}
-					});
 					// Ensure items are always visible at the bottom of the screen
 					// Reset timer for the new level
 					levelTimer = 20;
 					timeTxt.setText('Time: ' + levelTimer);
@@ -477,9 +467,9 @@
 					}, 1000);
 				}, 1000);
 			}, 1000);
 		}
-	} else if (LK.ticks % 300 == 0) {
+	} else if (LK.ticks % 600 == 0) {
 		createCustomer();
 	}
 };
 // Initialize items only once