diff --git a/028.game2/Makefile b/028.game2/Makefile
index d8b6ae1..a8da32e 100644
--- a/028.game2/Makefile
+++ b/028.game2/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ IMAGES=foreground.png \
 	sprite_coin-1.png \
 	sprite_coin-2.png \
 	sprite_coin-3.png\
+	sprite_fallingPig-0.png \
+	sprite_fallingPig-1.png \
+	sprite_fallingPig-2.png \
+	sprite_fallingPig-3.png \
+	sprite_fallingPig-4.png \
 	font8x8.png\
 	splash.png
 
@@ -62,12 +67,20 @@ out/mpanel.bin: assets/mpanel.png
 out/sprite_pig-%.bin: out/sprite_pig-%.png
 	$(IMAGECON) --input $< $(IMAGECON_ARGS) --colors 4 --output-bitplanes  --output-palette --full-color-palette-file --output-palette-asm --output-palette --output-png --output-copperlist --output out/sprite_pig-$* --palette-offset 16 --use-palette=assets/pig.pal
 
+
+out/sprite_fallingPig-%.bin: out/sprite_fallingPig-%.png
+	$(IMAGECON) --input $< $(IMAGECON_ARGS) --colors 4 --output-bitplanes  --output-palette --full-color-palette-file --output-palette-asm --output-palette --output-png --output-copperlist --output out/sprite_fallingPig-$* --palette-offset 16 --use-palette=assets/pig.pal
+
+
 out/sprite_coin%.bin: out/sprite_coin%.png
 	$(IMAGECON) --input $< $(IMAGECON_ARGS) --colors 4 --output-bitplanes  --output-palette --full-color-palette-file --output-palette-asm --output-palette --output-png --output-copperlist --output out/sprite_coin$* --palette-offset 20  --use-palette=assets/coin.pal
 
 out/sprite_pig%.png: assets/assets.png
 	../tools/croppa/out/croppa --input=assets/assets.png --output=out/sprite_pig --width=16 --height=16 --rows=1 --cols=8 --dx=16 --dy=16 --x=192 --y=112
 
+out/sprite_fallingPig%.png: assets/assets.png
+	../tools/croppa/out/croppa --input=assets/assets.png --output=out/sprite_fallingPig --width=16 --height=16 --rows=1 --cols=5 --dx=16 --dy=16 --x=192 --y=128
+
 out/sprite_coin%.png: assets/assets.png
 	../tools/croppa/out/croppa --input=assets/assets.png --output=out/sprite_coin --width=16 --height=15 --rows=1 --cols=4 --dx=16 --dy=16 --x=192 --y=144
 
diff --git a/028.game2/assets/assets.png b/028.game2/assets/assets.png
index c6533c0..11e8482 100644
Binary files a/028.game2/assets/assets.png and b/028.game2/assets/assets.png differ
diff --git a/028.game2/constants.i b/028.game2/constants.i
index 68aa7b5..215b4d3 100644
--- a/028.game2/constants.i
+++ b/028.game2/constants.i
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ PIG_INITIAL_Y				equ $e4
 PIG_JUMP_PIXELS				equ 8
 PIG_PAUSE_PIXELS			equ 16
 PIG_MOVE_PIXELS				equ 2
+PIG_SPRITE_VERTICAL_BYTES		equ ((16*4)+12)
 
 FOREGROUND_DELAY_BIT			equ 0
 
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ ITEM_STRUCT_SIZE			equ 16
 ITEM_STRUCT_MULU_SHIFT			equ 4
 ITEM_NUM_COIN_ANIMS			equ 7
 
+
+BIGBANG_ANIM_DELAY			equ 4
+BIGBANG_POST_DELAY			equ 15
+
 SCREEN_WIDTH				equ 320
 SCREEN_HEIGHT		    		equ 256
 SCREEN_WIDTH_BYTES	    		equ (SCREEN_WIDTH/8)
diff --git a/028.game2/game1.s b/028.game2/game1.s
index e4b116a..5538022 100644
--- a/028.game2/game1.s
+++ b/028.game2/game1.s
@@ -60,21 +60,22 @@ Entry:
 	jsr	InstallSpriteColorPalette
 
 
-
+	move.w	#(DMAF_SPRITE|DMAF_BLITTER|DMAF_SETCLR!DMAF_COPPER!DMAF_RASTER!DMAF_MASTER),DMACON(a6)
 
 	
 Reset:		
 	move.w	#0,moving	
 	move.l	#fade,fadePtr
 	move.l	#panelFade,panelFadePtr
-	bsr	InitAnimPattern
-	;; jsr	CleaDeAnimPattern
-	jsr	ResetBigBangPattern
 	move.l	#0,foregroundScrollX
 	move.l	#0,backgroundScrollX
+	move.l	#-1,frameCount		
+	bsr	InitAnimPattern
+	jsr	ResetBigBangPattern
 	jsr 	BlueFill
 	jsr	Message
-	move.l	#-1,frameCount		
+	jsr	InstallGreyPalette
+	jsr	HidePig
 
 MainLoop:
 	MOVE.W  #$0024,BPLCON2(a6)
@@ -111,8 +112,8 @@ FadeInLoop:
 	bsr	InstallNextGreyPalette
 	cmp.l	#FOREGROUND_PLAYAREA_WIDTH_WORDS+25,d6
 	bne	.c1
-	move.w	#(DMAF_SPRITE|DMAF_BLITTER|DMAF_SETCLR!DMAF_COPPER!DMAF_RASTER!DMAF_MASTER),DMACON(a6)
 	jsr	InitialisePig
+	jsr	EnableItemSprites
 	bra	GameLoop
 .c1:
 	bra	FadeInLoop
@@ -338,70 +339,67 @@ RenderForegroundTile:
 	
 
 PostMissedTile:
-	jsr	InstallGreyPalette
-	jsr	ResetItems	
-	jsr	HidePig
-	move.w	#MPANEL_COPPER_WAIT,mpanelWaitLinePtr
 	bra	Reset
 
 
 CheckPigMiss:
 	lea	map,a2	
 
+	;; calculate the a2 offset of the top right tile based on foreground scroll
 	move.l	foregroundScrollX,d0		
 	lsr.l   #FOREGROUND_SCROLL_TILE_INDEX_CONVERT,d0
 	lsr.l	#1,d0
-
 	and.b   #$f0,d0
 	add.l	d0,a2
 
-Offset:	
-	
+
+	;; add the offset based on the sprite's x position
 	move.w	spriteLagX,d0
 	sub.w	#PIG_INITIAL_X,d0
 	lsr.w	#4,d0      	; x columns
-
-BlahX:
-	
 	move.l	#(FOREGROUND_PLAYAREA_WIDTH_WORDS/2)-1,d1
 	sub.w	d0,d1
 	mulu.w  #FOREGROUND_PLAYAREA_HEIGHT_WORDS*2,d1
 	sub.l	d1,a2		; pig x if y == bottom ?
 
 
+	;; add the offset based on the sprite's y postion
 	move.w	#PIG_INITIAL_Y,d0
 	sub.w	spriteY,d0
 	lsr.w	#4,d0      	; y columns
 	add.w	#1,d0
-	
-BlahY:	
 	sub.l	d1,d1
 	move.w	#FOREGROUND_PLAYAREA_HEIGHT_WORDS-1,d1
 	sub.w	d0,d1
 	lsl.w	#1,d1
 	add.l	d1,a2
 
+	;; a2 now points at the tile under the sprite
 	move.w	(a2),d0
 
+	;; 
 	cmp.w	#$78e,d0
 	blt	BigBang
-.skip:
+
 	rts
 	
 	
 BigBang:
-	move.w	#(DMAF_SPRITE),DMACON(a6) ; turn sprites off for now	
+	;; move.w	#(DMAF_SPRITE),DMACON(a6) ; turn sprites off for now	
+
+	jsr	ResetItems	
 	move.w	#0,moving
 	move.l	#0,frameCount	
 .bigBangLoop:
 	add.l	#1,frameCount
-	cmp.l	#10,frameCount
+	cmp.l	#BIGBANG_POST_DELAY,frameCount
 	beq	PostMissedTile
 	move.l	frameCount,d6	
 	jsr	WaitVerticalBlank	
 	bsr	HoriScrollPlayfield
 	jsr 	SwitchBuffers
 	jsr	ProcessJoystick
+	jsr	UpdatePigFallingAnimation
 	;; bsr 	Update
 
 	lea	map,a2	
@@ -423,7 +421,7 @@ BigBang:
 
 	move.l	#(FOREGROUND_PLAYAREA_WIDTH_WORDS/2),d5
 
-	move.l	#4,d0
+	move.l	#BIGBANG_ANIM_DELAY,d0
 
 	lea 	bigBangIndex,a4
 .loop3:
@@ -552,6 +550,7 @@ Message:
 	move.w	#128,d0
 	move.w	#11,d1
 	jsr	DrawText8
+	move.w	#MPANEL_COPPER_WAIT,mpanelWaitLinePtr	
 	rts
 
 
diff --git a/028.game2/items.s b/028.game2/items.s
index af95320..dd8a9de 100644
--- a/028.game2/items.s
+++ b/028.game2/items.s
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 	xdef ScrollItemSprites
 	xdef RenderItemSprite
 	xdef ResetItems
+	xdef EnableItemSprites
 	
 ScrollItemSprites:
 	move.w	#ITEM_NUM_SLOTS-1,d1
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ ResetItems:
 	move.w	ITEM_Y(a1),d2	
 	add.l	#ITEM_STRUCT_SIZE,a1		; multiply by 16 (item control structure size)	
 	dbra	d1,.loop1
+	move.l	#0,itemSpritesEnabled
 	rts
 	
 ClearItemSpriteData:
@@ -93,6 +95,10 @@ SetupItemSpriteData:
 	move.w	ITEM_LAGX(a1),d0
 	lsr.w	#FOREGROUND_SCROLL_SHIFT_CONVERT,d0 ; convert to pixels
 	move.w	ITEM_X(a1),ITEM_LAGX(a1)
+
+	cmp.l	#0,itemSpritesEnabled
+	beq	.dontEnable
+
 	add.w	#32,d0
 	move.w	d0,d1
 	andi	#1,d1
@@ -103,7 +109,11 @@ SetupItemSpriteData:
 .c1:
 	sub.l	d2,a0	;#1*ITEM_SPRITE_VERTICAL_BYTES,a0
 	move.l	a0,SPR2PTH(a6)
+	bra	.done
+.dontEnable:
+	move.l	#deadSprite,SPR2PTH(a6)
 
+.done:
 	add.w	#1,ITEM_INDEX(a1)		
 	move.l	(sp)+,d0
 	rts
@@ -115,14 +125,13 @@ RenderItemSprite:
 	move.l	foregroundScrollX,d1
 	lsr.w	#FOREGROUND_SCROLL_SHIFT_CONVERT,d1 ; convert to pixels
 	andi.w	#$f,d1
-	cmp.b	#$f,d1
+	cmp.b	#$f,d1		; only add sprite after tile has scrolled in
 	bne	dontAddSprite
 	move.l	a2,a3
 	add.l	mapSize,a3
 	cmpi.w	#0,(a3)
 	beq	dontAddSprite
 
-
 GetSpriteSlot:
 	move.w	(a3),d0 		; sprite slot
 	sub.w	#1,d0
@@ -146,6 +155,13 @@ dontAddSprite:
 	movem.l	(sp)+,d2-d3
 	rts
 
+EnableItemSprites:
+	move.l	#1,itemSpritesEnabled
+	rts
+	
+itemSpritesEnabled:
+	dc.l	0
+	;; used for animation
 currentItemSprite:
 	dc.l	deadSprite
 
diff --git a/028.game2/pig.s b/028.game2/pig.s
index df0bcbd..373cc78 100644
--- a/028.game2/pig.s
+++ b/028.game2/pig.s
@@ -10,23 +10,45 @@
 	xdef spriteX
 	xdef spriteLagX	
 	xdef spriteY
-	
+	xdef UpdatePigFallingAnimation
+
+
 InitialisePig:
+	move.w	#0,spritePigFallingAnimation
 	move.w	#PIG_INITIAL_X,spriteX
 	move.w	#PIG_INITIAL_Y,spriteY
 	move.w	#PIG_INITIAL_Y+16,spriteYEnd
 	rts
 
+
 HidePig:
 	move.w	#$f000,spriteX
 	rts			
-	
+
+
 ScrollSprites:
 	sub.w	#1,spriteX
 	bra	ScrollItemSprites
 	rts
-	
-UpdatePig:	
+
+
+UpdatePigFallingAnimation:
+	move.w	spritePigFallingAnimation,d0
+	lsr.w	#1,d0
+	mulu.w	#PIG_SPRITE_VERTICAL_BYTES,d0
+	move.l	#spriteFalling1,a0
+	add.l	d0,a0
+	move.l	a0,currentSprite
+	add.w	#1,spritePigFallingAnimation
+	cmp.w	#4<<1,spritePigFallingAnimation
+	blt	.dontResetAnimation
+	move.w	#0,spritePigFallingAnimation
+	bsr	HidePig
+.dontResetAnimation:
+	rts
+
+
+UpdatePig:
 	;; right
 	cmp.w	#PIG_PAUSE_PIXELS,spriteR
 	ble	.skipRight
@@ -196,7 +218,33 @@ spritePigRightJump:
 	dc.w	0,0
 	incbin	"out/sprite_pig-2.bin" ; right jump
 	dc.l	0
-
+spriteFalling0:
+	dc.w	0,0
+	dc.w	0,0
+	incbin	"out/sprite_fallingPig-0.bin" 
+	dc.l	0
+spriteFalling1:
+	dc.w	0,0
+	dc.w	0,0
+	incbin	"out/sprite_fallingPig-1.bin" 
+	dc.l	0
+spriteFalling2:
+	dc.w	0,0
+	dc.w	0,0
+	incbin	"out/sprite_fallingPig-2.bin" 
+	dc.l	0
+spriteFalling3:
+	dc.w	0,0
+	dc.w	0,0
+	incbin	"out/sprite_fallingPig-3.bin" 
+	dc.l	0
+spriteFalling4:
+	dc.w	0,0
+	dc.w	0,0
+	incbin	"out/sprite_fallingPig-4.bin" 
+	dc.l	0
+spritePigFallingAnimation:
+	dc.w	0
 currentSpriteOffset:
 	dc.l	0
 currentSprite: