while True:


        # keyboard input
        # Player movement
        pygame.mouse.set_visible(0)
        playerleft,playertop = pygame.mouse.get_pos()
        px, py = playerleft - playerwidth/2, playertop - playerheight/2

        # exit
        for event in pygame.event.get():
            if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
                pygame.quit()
                break

        # bouncing the balls around the screen

        for i in range (ballnum):
            if ballpos[i][0]>width or ballpos[i][0]<0:
                speed[i][0] = speed[i][0]*-1
                ballpos[i][0] += seconds*speed[i][0]
            if ballpos[i][1]>height or ballpos[i][1]<0:
                speed[i][1] = speed[i][1]*-1
                ballpos[i][1] += seconds*speed[i][1]

        #collision

        for i in range (ballnum):
            if abs(ballpos[i][0]-px)<20 and abs(ballpos[i][1]-py)<20:
                ballvisible[i] = False
                score += 10
                ballpos[i] = [width + 100, height + 100]


        #timer incrementor

        seconds = clock.tick()/1000.0
        timer += seconds
        displaytimer = math.trunc(timer)

        #image display updates
        seconds = clock.tick()/1000.0
        screen.blit(background, (0,0))
        screen.blit(player, (px,py))
        scoretext = gamefont.render("Player Score: " + str(score), 2, [0,0,0])
        screen.blit(scoretext, [scoreXpos, 20])
        timertext = gamefont.render("Timer: " + str(displaytimer), 1, [0,0,0])
        screen.blit(timertext, [timerXpos, 50])

            # ball blitted through a for loop
        for i in range(ballnum):
            if ballvisible[i]:
                ballpos[i][0] += seconds*speed[i][0]
                ballpos[i][1] += seconds*speed[i][1]
                ballimage = ball[i]
                x = ballpos[i][0]
                y = ballpos[i][1]
                screen.blit(ballimage, (x,y))
            else:
                ballimage = ball[i]
                x = width-50
                y = height-(i+1)*ballspace
                screen.blit(ballimage, (x,y))

        pygame.display.update()

        #back to start screen
        if score == ballnum*10:
                pygame.time.delay(2000)
                game()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    game()