Thank you for your comment!
I've gotten another comment on ctrl so I will be changing that soon.
I wanted the death to be fast so that the player can resume the game quickly. Since the game scoring is mostly about the time it takes to complete.
The ui was admittedly the part I struggled with the most. As I was making a game for the first time I was learning everything from beginning and making uis and menus was the most challenging. I will see if I can find a way to improve them.