Aye, I've used similar mechanics in the past, but I always build up my games from scratch, trying out new concepts to see what works... and what doesn't :P
Ah, the negative health simply means you died... it's your "lives left", so 0 is a possible amount, but -1 isn't. I guess it's confusing quite a few people though.
soz for quadruple post but i forgot that i can make the players crushable by boxes! and change spawn so that they spawn only when the old one gets blown up!
Aye, I've used similar mechanics in the past, but I always build up my games from scratch, trying out new concepts to see what works... and what doesn't :P