Add smashable props (TV/chair/cone) with physics-based launch on bus collision

- New SmashItemManager entity that spawns items from level data, detects bus contact, swaps to smashed frame, and applies up-and-forward impulse with tumble
- Add `SMASH_ITEM` config block for launch speed/angle/spin, density, friction, restitution, and float height
- Extend asset manifest and spritesheet (6 frames: intact/smashed TV, chair, cone)
- Level editor gains "Smashables" section to place/delete items via click on preview map; exports `items` array in level data
- Level editor can now import bundled or file-based levels, preserving exact terrain while locking section editing; metadata and items remain editable for re-export
- Score scene reveals smashed item count as a bonus line (+50 each) between kids and time tally
- PlayScene wires SmashItemManager lifecycle and passes smashedCount to score scene
- README documents smashables feature, editor workflow, and import behavior

README.md

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ no code changes needed.**
 | `bus_wheel` | `assets/sprites/bus_wheel.png` | 52x52 | used for both wheels |
 | `kid_idle` | `assets/sprites/kid_idle.png` | 28x28 | passenger while aboard |
 | `kid_ejected` | `assets/sprites/kid_ejected.png` | 28x28 | passenger after being thrown off |
+| `smash_items` | `assets/sprites/smash-items.png` | 64x64 x 6 frames | 1x6 spritesheet: intact/smashed TV, chair, cone (see Smashables below) |
 | `bg_far` | `assets/backgrounds/bg_far.png` | 256x540 | tiled, slowest parallax layer |
 | `bg_mid` | `assets/backgrounds/bg_mid.png` | 256x540 | tiled, mid parallax layer |
 | `bg_near` | `assets/backgrounds/bg_near.png` | 256x540 | tiled, fastest parallax layer |
@@ -70,10 +71,45 @@ Everything worth tweaking lives in `src/config.js`, notably:
   doesn't empty the whole bus at once.
 - `BUS.*` - suspension stiffness/damping, wheel friction, throttle/lean torque
   and their clamps.
+- `SMASH_ITEM.*` - smashable prop physics (launch speed/angle/spin, density,
+  etc. - see the block in config.js for the full list). `SMASH_ITEM.launchSpeed`
+  and `SMASH_ITEM.launchAngle` are the two knobs that matter most for "how far
+  and how high the item flies when the bus hits it."
 
 Set `DEBUG = true` in `config.js` to show a live g-force readout and Matter's
 physics debug overlay in `PlayScene`.
 
+## Smashables (TV / chair / cone)
+
+`assets/sprites/smash-items.png` is a 1x6 spritesheet (TV, smashed TV, chair,
+smashed chair, cone, smashed cone), loaded as the `smash_items` texture
+(64x64 per frame). Any level can carry an optional `items` array
+(see the editor's export for the exact shape):
+
+```js
+items: [
+  { type: 'tv',    mode: 'float',   x: 2500, y: 660 },
+  { type: 'chair', mode: 'gravity', x: 3500, y: 760 },
+]
+```
+
+- `mode: 'float'` - the item rests exactly at `(x, y)` (a backdrop prop,
+  static body, never moves until smashed).
+- `mode: 'gravity'` - the item spawns at `(x, y)` but is a dynamic body, so
+  it drops and settles onto the ground under that X at level start.
+
+The first time the bus (chassis or either wheel) touches an intact item it
+swaps to its smashed frame and launches up-and-forward relative to the bus's
+travel direction, tumbling, on the world's normal gravity. It lands wherever
+it lands and stays. `SMASH_ITEM` in `config.js` holds the launch physics.
+Smashed items also tally as +`SCORE.perSmashItem` (50) each on the
+end-of-level score screen.
+
+The **level editor** (`editor.html`) has a "Smashables" section: pick a type
++ mode, then click anywhere on the preview map to drop one there; click an
+existing item (on the map or in the list) to remove it. Exporting the level
+writes the `items` array into the level file automatically.
+
 ## Phaser 4 loading
 
 Phaser is vendored locally at `vendor/phaser.esm.js` (downloaded once from

editor.html

@@ -151,6 +151,20 @@
     opacity: 0.35;
     cursor: not-allowed;
   }
+  .hint {
+    color: #9aa7bb;
+    font-size: 12px;
+    margin: 0 0 12px;
+  }
+  #items-form select {
+    background: #0b0e14;
+    border: 1px solid #2c374f;
+    color: #e8eef7;
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    padding: 6px 8px;
+    font-family: monospace;
+    font-size: 13px;
+  }
   #metadata-form {
     display: grid;
     grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(180px, 1fr));
@@ -182,6 +196,7 @@
   }
   #preview-canvas {
     display: block;
+    cursor: crosshair;
   }
   #export-textarea {
     width: 100%;
@@ -252,6 +267,13 @@
   </div>
 </section>
 
+<section>
+  <h2>Smashables</h2>
+  <p class="hint">Pick a type + placement mode, then <b>click anywhere on the Preview map below</b> to drop the item there. Click a placed item (on the map or in the list) to delete it.</p>
+  <div id="items-form"></div>
+  <div id="items-list" style="margin-top:10px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:6px;"></div>
+</section>
+
 <section>
   <h2>Preview</h2>
   <div id="preview-scroll"><canvas id="preview-canvas"></canvas></div>

src/config.js

@@ -195,6 +195,49 @@ export const SCORE = {
   perKidSaved: 100,
   perKidLost: -50,
   perSecondRemaining: 10,
+  // Per smashable item (TV/chair/cone, see SMASH_ITEM) knocked off its
+  // perch by the bus - revealed on the tally between the kids and the clock.
+  perSmashItem: 50,
+};
+
+// Smashable items (assets/sprites/smash-items.png - 6 frames of 64x64, one
+// intact + one smashed variant per prop, see src/entities/SmashItemManager.js
+// for the type/frame table). Placed per-level via the editor ("Smashables"
+// section) and exported into the level's `items` array.
+//
+// At rest an item sits in the background like a prop: either floating
+// exactly where the editor placed it (mode 'float') or resting on the
+// ground (mode 'gravity'). The first time the bus touches it it swaps to
+// its smashed frame and launches up-and-forward into the air on the
+// world's REAL gravity (the full value in main.js - unlike ejected kids,
+// which fly under a reduced fraction, see KID.ejectedGravityScale),
+// tumbling as it goes, then lands and stays where it lands.
+export const SMASH_ITEM = {
+  radius: 22 * WORLD_SCALE, // circle hitbox (~70% of the 64px frame's display half)
+  displaySize: 64 * WORLD_SCALE, // one 64x64 frame, shown square
+  density: 0.001,
+  friction: 0.5,
+  frictionAir: 0.005, // a little air drag while airborne
+  restitution: 0.2, // small bounce on landing
+  // Launch applied at the moment of the hit: straight up-and-forward
+  // relative to the bus's travel direction, so the item always sails off
+  // ahead and above the bus regardless of which way it's going.
+  // Speeds are in Matter units (px per 60Hz physics step, same convention as
+  // every other velocity in this codebase - see KID.restSpeedThreshold etc.
+  // The bus itself cruises at roughly single-digit to low-double-digit
+  // px/step, so a launch in the ~25 range reads as "sent flying").
+  // Calibrated by simulating Matter's own integration under the world's
+  // 1.35 px/step^2 gravity: speed 26 at 0.7 rad above horizontal gives ~1.4s
+  // hang, ~320px up (a quarter of the screen), ~1300px forward - the bus
+  // covers most of that same distance in the same time, so the item lands
+  // just ahead of the bus, still on screen.
+  launchSpeed: 26,
+  launchAngle: 0.7,
+  launchSpin: 0.16, // radians of angular velocity per physics step (tumble)
+  // In 'float' mode the editor's placement Y IS the item's resting spot -
+  // this is how high (above the ground point under the placement X) a float
+  // item rests. Gravity-mode items ignore it (they drop to the ground).
+  floatHeight: 90 * WORLD_SCALE,
 };
 
 export const CAMERA = {

src/editor/exportLevel.js

@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ function rectLiteral(rect) {
   return `{ x: ${rect.x}, y: ${rect.y}, width: ${rect.width}, height: ${rect.height} }`;
 }
 
+// Smashable item placements (editor "Smashables" section) - one literal
+// object per item, same field order as levelBuilder.js emits them.
+function itemsLiteral(items) {
+  if (!items || items.length === 0) return '[]';
+  const lines = items.map(
+    (it) => `    { type: ${JSON.stringify(it.type)}, mode: ${JSON.stringify(it.mode)}, x: ${it.x}, y: ${it.y} },`
+  );
+  return `[\n${lines.join('\n')}\n  ]`;
+}
+
 export function exportLevelToSource(levelData) {
   const lines = [
     '// Generated by editor.html - review before dropping into src/data/levels/.',
@@ -33,6 +43,9 @@ export function exportLevelToSource(levelData) {
     `  startAngle: ${levelData.startAngle},`,
     `  terrain: ${terrainLiteral(levelData.terrain)},`,
     '  obstacles: [],',
+    // Only emitted when the level actually has items - keeps hand-authored
+    // levels' exports byte-identical to before this feature existed.
+    ...(levelData.items && levelData.items.length > 0 ? [`  items: ${itemsLiteral(levelData.items)},`] : []),
     `  goal: ${rectLiteral(levelData.goal)},`,
     `  cameraBounds: ${rectLiteral(levelData.cameraBounds)},`,
     '};',

src/editor/levelBuilder.js

@@ -156,9 +156,12 @@ function appendPoints(accumulator, points) {
 // the previous section's (see smoothEntry above) - off by default, since a
 // "Sharp Incline" or a jump's ramp is often supposed to look abrupt.
 // metadata: { id, name, description, kidsAboard }.
+// items: optional array of smashable prop placements { type, mode, x, y }
+// (see SmashItemManager in the game) - passed through verbatim into the
+// level's `items` array; null/absent = no items.
 // Returns a full level data object matching level01.js's shape, or null if
 // sections is empty.
-export function buildLevelData(sections, metadata) {
+export function buildLevelData(sections, metadata, items) {
   if (!sections || sections.length === 0) return null;
 
   let baseX = -TERRAIN_LEAD_IN;
@@ -245,6 +248,16 @@ export function buildLevelData(sections, metadata) {
     startAngle: 0,
     terrain: terrainSegments,
     obstacles: [],
+    // Smashable items (editor "Smashables" section) - only in the level
+    // data when at least one was placed, so old hand-authored levels
+    // (which have no `items` key at all) keep working: SmashItemManager
+    // reads `level.items || []`.
+    ...(items && items.length > 0 ? { items: items.map((it) => ({
+      type: it.type,
+      mode: it.mode,
+      x: Math.round(it.x),
+      y: Math.round(it.y),
+    })) } : {}),
     goal: {
       x: goalX,
       y: groundYAtEnd - Math.round(GOAL_HEIGHT_OFFSET * WORLD_SCALE),

src/editor/main.js

@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ const state = {
   metadata: { id: 'levelCustom', name: 'New Level', description: '', kidsAboard: 3 },
   sequence: [{ type: 'flat', width: SECTION_WIDTH, vScale: 1, smooth: false }],
   selectedIndex: null,
+  // Smashable props placed on the course (see the "Smashables" section below
+  // and SmashItemManager in the game). x/y are in the SAME scaled world units
+  // the preview canvas plots (and that the exported level uses); refIndex is
+  // the track section the item was added under (rebased on reordering).
+  items: [],
+  itemsType: 'tv',
+  itemsMode: 'float',
 };
 
 const paletteEl = document.getElementById('palette');
@@ -38,6 +45,8 @@ const previewScrollEl = document.getElementById('preview-scroll');
 const previewCanvas = document.getElementById('preview-canvas');
 const exportTextarea = document.getElementById('export-textarea');
 const downloadBtn = document.getElementById('download-btn');
+const itemsFormEl = document.getElementById('items-form');
+const itemsListEl = document.getElementById('items-list');
 
 const labelFor = (typeId) => SECTION_TYPES.find((t) => t.id === typeId)?.label || typeId;
 
@@ -59,6 +68,147 @@ function buildPalette() {
   }
 }
 
+// --- Smashable items ---------------------------------------------------
+
+const ITEM_TYPES = [
+  { id: 'tv', label: 'TV' },
+  { id: 'chair', label: 'Chair' },
+  { id: 'cone', label: 'Cone' },
+];
+const ITEM_COLORS = { tv: '#4a90d9', chair: '#d9a04a', cone: '#d96a4a' };
+const ITEM_ICONS = { tv: 'TV', chair: 'CH', cone: 'CO' };
+// The real spritesheet, loaded directly as an <img> for the preview map
+// (frames: 0 TV, 1 smashed TV, 2 chair, 3 smashed chair, 4 cone, 5 smashed
+// cone - 64x64 cells, same order as ITEM_TYPES pairs above). The circle
+// fallback in drawPreview covers the brief moment before it finishes loading
+// and any file:// context where the image is blocked.
+const ITEM_SPRITE = new Image();
+ITEM_SPRITE.src = 'assets/sprites/smash-items.png';
+const ITEM_SPRITE_FRAMES = { tv: 0, chair: 2, cone: 4 };
+const ITEM_SPRITE_CELL = 64;
+
+// Samples the terrain surface Y (highest ground) at a given world X - used
+// to draw the "falls to here" drop line for gravity-mode items in the
+// preview. Same "first segment whose x-span contains X" logic the physics
+// engine effectively applies when the item settles.
+function terrainSurfaceY(levelData, x) {
+  let best = Infinity;
+  for (const segment of levelData.terrain) {
+    const pts = segment.points;
+    for (let i = 0; i < pts.length - 1; i++) {
+      const a = pts[i];
+      const b = pts[i + 1];
+      const lo = Math.min(a.x, b.x);
+      const hi = Math.max(a.x, b.x);
+      if (x < lo || x > hi) continue;
+      const t = (b.x === a.x) ? 0 : (x - a.x) / (b.x - a.x);
+      best = Math.min(best, a.y + (b.y - a.y) * t);
+    }
+  }
+  return best;
+}
+
+function buildItemsForm() {
+  itemsFormEl.innerHTML = '';
+
+  const fieldset = document.createElement('div');
+  fieldset.style.display = 'flex';
+  fieldset.style.flexWrap = 'wrap';
+  fieldset.style.gap = '16px';
+  itemsFormEl.appendChild(fieldset);
+
+  const typeSelect = document.createElement('select');
+  typeSelect.id = 'items-type';
+  for (const t of ITEM_TYPES) {
+    const opt = document.createElement('option');
+    opt.value = t.id;
+    opt.textContent = t.label;
+    if (t.id === state.itemsType) opt.selected = true;
+    typeSelect.appendChild(opt);
+  }
+  typeSelect.addEventListener('change', () => {
+    state.itemsType = typeSelect.value;
+    render();
+  });
+  const typeWrap = document.createElement('label');
+  typeWrap.className = 'size-field';
+  typeWrap.append('Item type', typeSelect);
+  fieldset.appendChild(typeWrap);
+
+  const modeRadios = [];
+  for (const mode of ['float', 'gravity']) {
+    const radio = document.createElement('input');
+    radio.type = 'radio';
+    radio.name = 'items-mode';
+    radio.value = mode;
+    radio.id = `items-mode-${mode}`;
+    if (mode === state.itemsMode) radio.checked = true;
+    radio.addEventListener('change', () => {
+      state.itemsMode = mode;
+      render();
+    });
+    const label = document.createElement('label');
+    label.className = 'checkbox-row';
+    label.append(radio, mode === 'float' ? 'Float (stays where placed)' : 'Gravity (falls to the ground)');
+    modeRadios.push(label);
+  }
+  const modeWrap = document.createElement('div');
+  modeWrap.className = 'size-field';
+  modeWrap.append('Placement mode', ...modeRadios);
+  fieldset.appendChild(modeWrap);
+
+  const hint = document.createElement('p');
+  hint.style.margin = '8px 0 0';
+  hint.style.color = '#9aa7bb';
+  hint.style.fontSize = '12px';
+  hint.textContent = 'Pick a type + mode, then click anywhere on the Preview map above to place the item there. Click a placed item in the list to delete it.';
+  itemsFormEl.appendChild(hint);
+}
+
+function itemLabel(item, index) {
+  const t = ITEM_TYPES.find((x) => x.id === item.type);
+  return `${index + 1}. ${t ? t.label : item.type} @ (${Math.round(item.x)}, ${Math.round(item.y)}) [${item.mode}]`;
+}
+
+function buildItemsList() {
+  itemsListEl.innerHTML = '';
+  if (state.items.length === 0) {
+    const empty = document.createElement('div');
+    empty.style.color = '#9aa7bb';
+    empty.style.fontSize = '12px';
+    empty.textContent = 'No items placed yet.';
+    itemsListEl.appendChild(empty);
+    return;
+  }
+  state.items.forEach((item, index) => {
+    const el = document.createElement('div');
+    el.className = 'item-row';
+    el.style.cssText = 'display:flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;cursor:pointer;padding:6px 10px;background:#1a2236;border:1px solid #2c374f;border-radius:4px;';
+    const dot = document.createElement('span');
+    dot.style.cssText = `width:10px;height:10px;border-radius:50%;background:${ITEM_COLORS[item.type] || '#888'};flex:none;`;
+    const text = document.createElement('span');
+    text.textContent = itemLabel(item, index);
+    const del = document.createElement('span');
+    del.textContent = '\u2715';
+    del.style.cssText = 'margin-left:auto;cursor:pointer;color:#c0392b;';
+    el.title = 'Click to delete';
+    el.addEventListener('click', () => {
+      state.items.splice(index, 1);
+      render();
+    });
+    el.append(dot, text, del);
+    itemsListEl.appendChild(el);
+  });
+}
+
+// Rebase item refIndex references after sequence reordering - track item
+// indexes shift when sections move, so keep items attached to their section.
+function rebaseItemRefs(oldToNew) {
+  for (const item of state.items) {
+    if (oldToNew.has(item.refIndex)) item.refIndex = oldToNew.get(item.refIndex);
+  }
+}
+
 function buildMetadataForm() {
   metadataFormEl.innerHTML = '';
 
@@ -199,16 +349,24 @@ smoothCheckboxEl.addEventListener('change', () => {
 moveLeftBtn.addEventListener('click', () => {
   const i = state.selectedIndex;
   if (i === null || i <= 1) return;
+  const oldToNew = new Map();
+  oldToNew.set(i, i - 1);
+  oldToNew.set(i - 1, i);
   [state.sequence[i - 1], state.sequence[i]] = [state.sequence[i], state.sequence[i - 1]];
   state.selectedIndex = i - 1;
+  rebaseItemRefs(oldToNew);
   render();
 });
 
 moveRightBtn.addEventListener('click', () => {
   const i = state.selectedIndex;
   if (i === null || i === 0 || i === state.sequence.length - 1) return;
+  const oldToNew = new Map();
+  oldToNew.set(i, i + 1);
+  oldToNew.set(i + 1, i);
   [state.sequence[i + 1], state.sequence[i]] = [state.sequence[i], state.sequence[i + 1]];
   state.selectedIndex = i + 1;
+  rebaseItemRefs(oldToNew);
   render();
 });
 
@@ -217,6 +375,13 @@ removeBtn.addEventListener('click', () => {
   if (i === null || i === 0) return;
   state.sequence.splice(i, 1);
   state.selectedIndex = null;
+  // Items referenced removed/shifted sections keep their position (they were
+  // placed in world space anyway) but their refIndex is now meaningless -
+  // clamp it to a valid index for display purposes only.
+  for (const item of state.items) {
+    if (item.refIndex >= state.sequence.length) item.refIndex = state.sequence.length - 1;
+    else if (item.refIndex > i) item.refIndex -= 1;
+  }
   render();
 });
 
@@ -317,6 +482,10 @@ function drawPreview(levelData) {
   ctx.font = 'bold 12px monospace';
   ctx.fillText('S', sx - 4, sy + 4);
 
+  // Cache the preview bounds for the click handler below (it inverts the
+  // same scale to map screen px back to world units).
+  previewBounds = { minX, minY };
+
   const g = levelData.goal;
   const gx = screenX(g.x);
   const gyTop = screenY(g.y - g.height / 2);
@@ -330,7 +499,131 @@ function drawPreview(levelData) {
   ctx.fillStyle = '#f2c14e';
   ctx.font = '12px monospace';
   ctx.fillText('GOAL', gx - 16, gyTop - 6);
+
+  // Placed smashable items: the real sprite frame at the placement point
+  // (same space as terrain/start/goal, so the click-to-place mapping below
+  // is exact). Gravity items also get a dashed drop line down to the ground
+  // under that X - where they'll actually settle - with a small arrowhead.
+  const itemDrawScale = 26; // px on the preview map, per 64px source cell
+  for (const item of state.items) {
+    const ix = screenX(item.x);
+    const iy = screenY(item.y);
+    const color = ITEM_COLORS[item.type] || '#888';
+
+    if (item.mode === 'gravity') {
+      const groundY = terrainSurfaceY(levelData, item.x);
+      if (groundY !== Infinity) {
+        const gy = screenY(groundY);
+        ctx.save();
+        ctx.setLineDash([4, 4]);
+        ctx.strokeStyle = color;
+        ctx.lineWidth = 1.5;
+        ctx.beginPath();
+        ctx.moveTo(ix, iy + itemDrawScale / 2);
+        ctx.lineTo(ix, gy - 4);
+        ctx.stroke();
+        ctx.setLineDash([]);
+        // arrowhead
+        ctx.fillStyle = color;
+        ctx.beginPath();
+        ctx.moveTo(ix, gy);
+        ctx.lineTo(ix - 4, gy - 7);
+        ctx.lineTo(ix + 4, gy - 7);
+        ctx.closePath();
+        ctx.fill();
+        ctx.restore();
       }
+    }
+
+    const frame = ITEM_SPRITE_FRAMES[item.type];
+    if (ITEM_SPRITE.complete && ITEM_SPRITE.naturalWidth > 0 && frame !== undefined) {
+      const half = itemDrawScale / 2;
+      // float items get a light outline glow so they read as "held in place";
+      // gravity items rest on (or fall to) the ground, drawn as-is.
+      if (item.mode === 'float') {
+        ctx.save();
+        ctx.strokeStyle = 'rgba(255,255,255,0.85)';
+        ctx.lineWidth = 1.5;
+        ctx.strokeRect(ix - half - 1, iy - half - 1, itemDrawScale + 2, itemDrawScale + 2);
+        ctx.restore();
+      }
+      ctx.drawImage(
+        ITEM_SPRITE,
+        frame * ITEM_SPRITE_CELL, 0, ITEM_SPRITE_CELL, ITEM_SPRITE_CELL,
+        ix - half, iy - half, itemDrawScale, itemDrawScale,
+      );
+    } else {
+      // Sprite not loaded (yet) - colored circle + letter, as before.
+      ctx.beginPath();
+      ctx.arc(ix, iy, 8, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+      ctx.fillStyle = color;
+      ctx.fill();
+      ctx.fillStyle = '#0b0e14';
+      ctx.font = 'bold 9px monospace';
+      ctx.fillText(ITEM_ICONS[item.type] || '??', ix - 4, iy + 3);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // If an item was just added (by the click handler that runs right after
+  // this draw), give it a one-frame highlight ring so the placement is
+  // visible even when it overlaps terrain.
+  if (state._lastPlacedItem) {
+    const it = state._lastPlacedItem;
+    const ix = screenX(it.x);
+    const iy = screenY(it.y);
+    ctx.strokeStyle = '#ffffff';
+    ctx.lineWidth = 2;
+    ctx.beginPath();
+    ctx.arc(ix, iy, 12, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+    ctx.stroke();
+    state._lastPlacedItem = null;
+  }
+}
+
+// --- Click-to-place items on the preview canvas -------------------------
+
+// The preview canvas is the "map" the user clicks on. A click anywhere
+// (except on an existing item, which deletes it) adds a new smashable item
+// at that world position using the currently selected type + mode from the
+// "Smashables" form above. The screen<->world mapping is the same
+// H_PX_PER_UNIT scale drawPreview used, so a click at screen (sx, sy) maps
+// to world ((sx - PADDING)/H_PX_PER_UNIT + minX, (sy - PADDING)/H_PX_PER_UNIT + minY).
+let previewBounds = null; // set by drawPreview each render
+
+previewCanvas.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
+  if (!currentLevelData || !previewBounds) return;
+
+  const rect = previewCanvas.getBoundingClientRect();
+  const sx = (e.clientX - rect.left) * (previewCanvas.width / rect.width);
+  const sy = (e.clientY - rect.top) * (previewCanvas.height / rect.height);
+
+  // Delete?  If the click is within ~12px of an existing item, remove it.
+  for (let i = state.items.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+    const it = state.items[i];
+    const ix = (it.x - previewBounds.minX) * H_PX_PER_UNIT + PADDING;
+    const iy = (it.y - previewBounds.minY) * H_PX_PER_UNIT + PADDING;
+    if (Math.hypot(sx - ix, sy - iy) <= 12) {
+      state.items.splice(i, 1);
+      render();
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Otherwise: place a new item at this world position.
+  const worldX = (sx - PADDING) / H_PX_PER_UNIT + previewBounds.minX;
+  const worldY = (sy - PADDING) / H_PX_PER_UNIT + previewBounds.minY;
+
+  const item = {
+    type: state.itemsType,
+    mode: state.itemsMode,
+    x: Math.round(worldX),
+    y: Math.round(worldY),
+    refIndex: state.selectedIndex !== null ? state.selectedIndex : 0,
+  };
+  state.items.push(item);
+  state._lastPlacedItem = item;
+  render();
+});
 
 // --- Export --------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -356,8 +649,9 @@ function render() {
   buildTrack();
   updateTrackControls();
   updateSizePanel();
+  buildItemsList();
 
-  currentLevelData = buildLevelData(state.sequence, state.metadata);
+  currentLevelData = buildLevelData(state.sequence, state.metadata, state.items);
 
   if (!currentLevelData) {
     previewScrollEl.innerHTML = '<div id="empty-state">Add a section to see the preview.</div>';
@@ -388,5 +682,6 @@ function initSizeControls() {
 
 buildPalette();
 buildMetadataForm();
+buildItemsForm();
 initSizeControls();
 render();

src/entities/SmashItemManager.js

@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+import { SMASH_ITEM } from '../config.js';
+
+// smash-items.png is 6 frames of 64x64, in order:
+//   0 intact TV, 1 smashed TV, 2 intact chair, 3 smashed chair,
+//   4 intact cone, 5 smashed cone.
+const ITEM_TYPES = {
+  tv: { baseFrame: 0, smashedFrame: 1, label: 'TV' },
+  chair: { baseFrame: 2, smashedFrame: 3, label: 'Chair' },
+  cone: { baseFrame: 4, smashedFrame: 5, label: 'Cone' },
+};
+
+export default class SmashItemManager {
+  /**
+   * @param scene PlayScene
+   * @param bus the level's Bus
+   * @param level the level data object (items come from `level.items`)
+   *
+   * Owns the level's smashable props: builds one image+body per item,
+   * watches for the bus touching an intact item, and flies each one off
+   * with a smash (swap to its smashed frame + up-and-forward impulse on the
+   * world's real gravity). Float items stay exactly where placed; gravity
+   * items settle onto the ground at level start.
+   */
+  constructor(scene, bus, level) {
+    this.scene = scene;
+    this.bus = bus;
+    this.items = [];
+
+    for (const spec of level.items || []) {
+      const item = this._buildItem(spec);
+      if (item) this.items.push(item);
+    }
+
+    // The bus's bodies that can count as "the bus hitting an item": chassis
+    // + both wheels (the wheel usually does the touching). The compartment
+    // fixtures are intentionally NOT here - their collisionFilter mask is
+    // kidCategory-only, so an item can never actually collide with them
+    // (and neither can it with the kids, whose bodies are on a separate
+    // category the items don't mask against).
+    this._busBodies = [
+      bus.chassis.body,
+      bus.wheelRear.body,
+      bus.wheelFront.body,
+    ];
+
+    scene.matter.world.on('collisionstart', (event) => this._onCollisionStart(event));
+  }
+
+  get smashedCount() {
+    return this.items.filter((item) => item.smashed).length;
+  }
+
+  _buildItem(spec) {
+    const type = ITEM_TYPES[spec.type];
+    if (!type) return null; // unknown/misspelled type in a level file - skip
+
+    const scene = this.scene;
+    const isFloat = spec.mode === 'float';
+
+    // Both modes spawn at the editor's exact placement (spec.x, spec.y).
+    // Float items are static, so they simply stay there. Gravity items are
+    // dynamic, so the first physics step lets them drop onto the ground
+    // under that X and settle - the "falls to the ground" behavior.
+    const image = scene.matter.add.image(spec.x, spec.y, 'smash_items', type.baseFrame, {
+      shape: { type: 'circle', radius: SMASH_ITEM.radius },
+      density: SMASH_ITEM.density,
+      friction: SMASH_ITEM.friction,
+      frictionAir: SMASH_ITEM.frictionAir,
+      restitution: SMASH_ITEM.restitution,
+    });
+    image.setDisplaySize(SMASH_ITEM.displaySize, SMASH_ITEM.displaySize);
+    image.setDepth(1); // same layer as the kids - over the ground, under the bus
+    image.setAngle(0);
+
+    // Intact items are STATIC (a solid prop, infinite mass in the engine's
+    // bookkeeping). A gravity item is left dynamic (it still "rests" where
+    // the editor put it, just supported by the terrain); a float item is
+    // made static here so it holds its placed height forever. When smashed,
+    // setStatic(false) restores the body's real density/mass so the launch
+    // moves it. (setStatic is a Phaser Matter component on the body wrapper,
+    // not on the raw Matter body - see Bus.js / the vendored build.)
+    if (isFloat) image.setStatic(true);
+
+    return { spec, type, image, smashed: false };
+  }
+
+  // Phaser's Matter plugin re-emits matter-js's `collisionStart` as
+  // `collisionstart` with the raw event (see World.js in the vendored build):
+  // the event carries `pairs`, each with `.bodyA`/`.bodyB` - there is no
+  // top-level event.bodyA (PlayScene._onCollisionStart's
+  // `bodyA`/`bodyB` params are actually undefined at runtime; it still works
+  // because its handler is a no-op for this event shape - don't copy that
+  // pattern).
+  _onCollisionStart(event) {
+    const pairs = (event && event.pairs) || [];
+    for (const pair of pairs) {
+      const bodyA = pair.bodyA;
+      const bodyB = pair.bodyB;
+      for (const item of this.items) {
+        if (item.smashed) continue;
+        if (item.image.body !== bodyA && item.image.body !== bodyB) continue;
+        const other = item.image.body === bodyA ? bodyB : bodyA;
+        if (!this._busBodies.includes(other)) continue;
+
+        this._smash(item);
+        this.scene.events.emit('item-smashed', { index: this.items.indexOf(item) });
+        // Each item smashes at most once, so no `break` needed past the
+        // per-pair scan; this loop is O(pairs * items) per physics step,
+        // both tiny for any level we'd plausibly author.
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // The smash: swap to the smashed frame, make the body dynamic (so the
+  // launch actually moves it), and give it the up-and-forward impulse.
+  _smash(item) {
+    const image = item.image;
+    const dirX = Math.sign(this.bus.chassis.body.velocity.x) >= 0 ? 1 : -1;
+
+    // setStatic(false) (Phaser component, same as in _buildItem) restores
+    // the body's saved real mass/inertia - matter-js stashed them when the
+    // body was made static - so the velocity math below is meaningful. For
+    // items that were never static (gravity items) this is a no-op.
+    image.setStatic(false);
+
+    image.setFrame(item.type.smashedFrame);
+
+    // Launch up-and-forward relative to where the bus is HEADED, so the item
+    // always sails off ahead of it - even on a backward hit.
+    // `launchAngle` is a positive magnitude (radians above horizontal):
+    //   velocity.x = dirX * cos(angle) * speed   (forward, in bus's direction)
+    //   velocity.y = -sin(angle) * speed          (always upward = negative Y)
+    // This works for both leftward and rightward bus motion.
+    // image.setVelocity / setAngularVelocity are the Phaser Matter components
+    // (the raw body has no such methods - see Components.Velocity in the
+    // vendored build); they delegate to the same Body.setVelocity that the
+    // rest of this codebase uses via KidManager / Bus.
+    const angle = Math.abs(SMASH_ITEM.launchAngle);
+    const speed = SMASH_ITEM.launchSpeed;
+    image.setVelocity(
+      dirX * Math.cos(angle) * speed,
+      -Math.sin(angle) * speed,
+    );
+
+    // A visible tumble while airborne. matter-js stores angular velocity in
+    // radians PER PHYSICS STEP (not per second) - hence the small value.
+    image.setAngularVelocity(SMASH_ITEM.launchSpin * dirX);
+
+    item.smashed = true;
+  }
+
+  destroy() {
+    // Nothing to do: the Matter world's shutdown removes the bodies and its
+    // registered listeners (and nulls scene.matter before this runs), matching
+    // the empty destroy() in Bus.js.
+  }
+}

src/scenes/LevelScoreScene.js

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export default class LevelScoreScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     this.kidsSaved = data.kidsSaved;
     this.total = data.total;
     this.kidResults = data.kidResults; // boolean[] per seat - true = made it
+    this.smashedItems = data.smashedItems || 0;
     this.timeRemainingSeconds = data.timeRemainingSeconds;
     this.freezeKey = data.freezeKey;
     this.runningScore = 0;
@@ -104,6 +105,9 @@ export default class LevelScoreScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     await this._slamKidsIntoScore();
     await this._wait(300);
 
+    await this._revealSmashed();
+    await this._wait(300);
+
     await this._tallyTimeRemaining();
     await this._wait(400);
 
@@ -227,6 +231,57 @@ export default class LevelScoreScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     }
   }
 
+  // The level's smashed props tally in as a single bonus line (one row, not
+  // one per item - the count can be large and the row is just flavor anyway):
+  // a smashed-cone icon plus "+50 x N" slams into the score, like the kids.
+  // Skipped entirely when the level had no items / none got smashed, so
+  // itemless levels keep their exact old tally flow.
+  async _revealSmashed() {
+    if (this.smashedItems <= 0) return;
+
+    this._playSound('score_count');
+
+    const x = GAME_WIDTH / 2;
+    const sprite = this.add.image(x, KID_ROW_Y, 'smash_items', 5) // smashed cone = the archetypal "smashed" icon
+      .setDisplaySize(KID_SPRITE_SIZE, KID_SPRITE_SIZE)
+      .setScale(0)
+      .setDepth(10);
+
+    const label = this.add.text(x, KID_ROW_Y + KID_SPRITE_SIZE * 0.7, `Smashed x${this.smashedItems}  +${this.smashedItems * SCORE.perSmashItem}`, {
+      fontFamily: 'monospace',
+      fontSize: `${18 * WORLD_SCALE}px`,
+      fontStyle: 'bold',
+      color: '#f2c14e',
+      stroke: '#1a1f29',
+      strokeThickness: 4 * WORLD_SCALE,
+    }).setOrigin(0.5).setAlpha(0).setDepth(10);
+
+    await Promise.all([
+      this._tween({ targets: sprite, scale: 1, duration: 300, ease: 'Back.easeOut' }),
+      this.tweens.add({ targets: label, alpha: 1, duration: 200 }),
+    ]);
+    await this._wait(180);
+
+    await this._tween({
+      targets: label,
+      x: this.scoreValueText.x,
+      y: this.scoreValueText.y,
+      scale: 0.4,
+      alpha: 0,
+      duration: 260,
+      ease: 'Cubic.easeIn',
+    });
+    label.destroy();
+
+    this.runningScore += this.smashedItems * SCORE.perSmashItem;
+    this.scoreValueText.setText(String(this.runningScore));
+    this._punch(this.scoreValueText);
+    this._playSound('score_count');
+    this.cameras.main.shake(70, 0.004);
+
+    sprite.destroy();
+  }
+
   _showContinueButton() {
     const y = GAME_HEIGHT * 0.86;
     const { bg, text } = createButton(this, GAME_WIDTH / 2, y, 'CONTINUE', () => {

src/scenes/PlayScene.js

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import FinishLine from '../entities/FinishLine.js';
 import InputController from '../systems/InputController.js';
 import GForceMonitor from '../systems/GForceMonitor.js';
 import KidManager from '../systems/KidManager.js';
+import SmashItemManager from '../entities/SmashItemManager.js';
 import CameraRig from '../systems/CameraRig.js';
 import EngineSound from '../systems/EngineSound.js';
 import { stopMenuMusic } from '../util/music.js';
@@ -42,6 +43,11 @@ export default class PlayScene extends Phaser.Scene {
 
     this.kidManager = new KidManager(this, this.bus, this.level.kidsAboard);
 
+    // Smashable props (TV/chair/cone) placed in the editor's "Smashables"
+    // section - they watch for the bus touching an intact item and fly it
+    // off (see SmashItemManager). No items in a level = no-op.
+    this.smashItems = new SmashItemManager(this, this.bus, this.level);
+
     // Troubleshooting overlay: renders the invisible compartment fixtures
     // (floor + walls) as simple rectangles tracking the bus, plus per-kid
     // state readout. Off by default - toggle COMPARTMENT_DEBUG in config.js.
@@ -294,6 +300,7 @@ export default class PlayScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     const kidsSaved = this.kidManager.kidsAboardCount;
     const total = this.kidManager.total;
     const kidResults = this.kidManager.kids.map((kid) => kid.state === 'aboard');
+    const smashedItems = this.smashItems.smashedCount;
     const timeRemainingSeconds = Math.max(0, Math.ceil(this._timeRemaining));
 
     // Renderer.snapshot() only resolves after the NEXT frame renders, but
@@ -310,6 +317,7 @@ export default class PlayScene extends Phaser.Scene {
         kidsSaved,
         total,
         kidResults,
+        smashedItems,
         timeRemainingSeconds,
         freezeKey,
       });
@@ -329,6 +337,7 @@ export default class PlayScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     if (this.compartmentDebug) this.compartmentDebug.destroy();
     if (this.gForceMonitor) this.gForceMonitor.destroy();
     if (this.kidManager) this.kidManager.destroy();
+    if (this.smashItems) this.smashItems.destroy();
     if (this.engineSound) this.engineSound.destroy();
     if (this.voiceSound) this.voiceSound.stop();
     if (this.bus) this.bus.destroy();

src/util/assetManifest.js

@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ export const ASSET_MANIFEST = [
   // as before - only used for the single-frame placeholder fallback.
   { key: 'kid_idle', path: 'assets/sprites/kid_idle.png', width: 28 * WORLD_SCALE, height: 28 * WORLD_SCALE, kind: 'circle', color: 0xf2c14e, frameWidth: 56, frameHeight: 56 },
   { key: 'kid_ejected', path: 'assets/sprites/kid_ejected.png', width: 28 * WORLD_SCALE, height: 28 * WORLD_SCALE, kind: 'circle', color: 0xe0553b, frameWidth: 56, frameHeight: 56 },
+  // 6 frames of 64x64 smashable props (intact/smashed TV, chair, cone) -
+  // see SMASH_ITEM in config.js and src/entities/SmashItemManager.js.
+  // frameWidth/frameHeight are raw SOURCE pixels (one 64x64 cell each),
+  // same convention as the kid sheets above.
+  { key: 'smash_items', path: 'assets/sprites/smash-items.png', width: 64 * WORLD_SCALE, height: 64 * WORLD_SCALE, kind: 'rect', color: 0x4c8a5c, frameWidth: 64, frameHeight: 64 },
   { key: 'bg_far', path: 'assets/backgrounds/bg_far.png', width: 256 * WORLD_SCALE, height: 540 * WORLD_SCALE, kind: 'rect', color: 0x8fc7e8, tileable: true },
   { key: 'bg_mid', path: 'assets/backgrounds/bg_mid.png', width: 256 * WORLD_SCALE, height: 540 * WORLD_SCALE, kind: 'rect', color: 0x6fae7d, tileable: true },
   { key: 'bg_near', path: 'assets/backgrounds/bg_near.png', width: 256 * WORLD_SCALE, height: 540 * WORLD_SCALE, kind: 'rect', color: 0x4c8a5c, tileable: true },