Programming stuff

Besides the wing boots there's a second equippable item which has an effect limited by time: The hour glass. The hour glass freezes enemy sprites for a given amount of time. Unlike using the wing boots, using the hour glass has a negative effect. It decreases the player's health by 50% making it rather costly when the player still has a lot of health. Nevertheless the code for activating the hour glass is remarkably similar to the code for activating the wing boots. The hour glass code also follows right after the wing boots code.

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