Problem: Players get unhappy after they lose their frogs

I’m going for a cute, cozy aesthetic in my recreation about pushing frogs to water.

Here’s a hazard it’s essential to keep away from, a swooping hen that catches your frogs:

Current mechanic

As proven within the gifs above, for those who lose a frog, it is gone. You get an enormous purple X, and for those who get 3 the extent begins throughout. Losing a frog is a tragedy…

Idea I’ve to repair this

One resolution may be to do away with the purple X’s fully. Instead, for those who lose a frog, it’s going to respawn again the place it began. This modifications just a few issues:

• You should get each frog to the purpose
• Players will not get so unhappy after they see their frog return to life
• The stage by no means resets until you manually reset it (this additionally alleviates frustration from having to “begin throughout”)

What do you suppose?

Your recreation design knowledge is appreciated right here! Alternative concepts are greater than welcome. Thank you