Game over screen

Learn to build the game over screen with UI.

Game Over Panel

When player lives exhaust or time expires, game over is triggered. The Canvas Game Over panel, inactive by default, is shown via gameOverPanel.SetActive(true).

public GameObject gameOverPanel;

public void GameOver() {
    gameOverPanel.SetActive(true);
    Time.timeScale = 0f; // Freeze physics and time
}

Setting Time.timeScale = 0f; freezes gameplay motion and updates across the scene.

Restarting and SceneManager

When the 'Restart' button on the Game Over screen is clicked, time scale is restored with Time.timeScale = 1f; and the active scene reloads via SceneManager.LoadScene.

using UnityEngine.SceneManagement;

public void RestartGame() {
    Time.timeScale = 1f;
    SceneManager.LoadScene(SceneManager.GetActiveScene().buildIndex);
}

This resets all actors and game entities back to their initial scene state.

Exercise Game over panel status

Define a Start method. Inside, declare string durum = "Oyun sonu paneli aktif"; and print it to the console with Debug.Log(durum);.

Show example solution

using UnityEngine;

public class GameOverTester : MonoBehaviour
{
    void Start()
    {
        string durum = "Oyun sonu paneli aktif";
        Debug.Log(durum);
    }
}

Test yourself

Which Unity command freezes physics and scene movement entirely when the game ends?
- Screen.fullScreen = false;
- AudioListener.pause = false;
- QualitySettings.SetQualityLevel(0);
- Time.timeScale = 0f;
Show answer

Time.timeScale = 0f; — Assigning Time.timeScale = 0f; scales game time to zero, halting deltaTime-based updates and physics simulations.

Activate panel

gameOverPanel.____(true);

Show answer

gameOverPanel.SetActive(true);

Game over concepts

gameOverPanel

UI panel displayed upon game over
Time.timeScale = 0f

Pauses game time and motion
Restart

Reloads scene and resets the game
SceneManager.LoadScene

Loads designated scene into memory

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