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Show the score

What we are doing

The score is drawn as a big white number, centered near the top. fillText wants text, so String(score) turns the number into text.

```js
ctx.textAlign = 'center'
ctx.font = 'bold 40px sans-serif'
ctx.fillText(String(score), canvas.width / 2, 70)
```

What it means

• The color (white) and centering come from the two lines above.
• String(7) is '7': fillText writes text.
• (200, 70) is the middle, 70 pixels from the top.

Your turn

In draw, under ctx.textAlign = 'center', write the two lines.

Skills: Drawing on a canvas

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All steps

1. Get the canvas and the pen
2. Paint the sky
3. Draw the bird
4. A function that draws
5. A function that moves
6. The game loop
7. Gravity
8. A flap
9. Space, Up arrow or a tap
10. Wait for the first flap
11. The ground and the sky
12. Tell the player
13. A pipe as data
14. Draw the pipes
15. The world moves, not the bird
16. A new pipe at a random height
17. A pipe every 90 frames
18. Remove the pipes you passed
19. Is the bird level with a pipe?
20. Through the opening
21. Score each pipe once
22. Show the score
23. A function for a fresh start
24. Try again
25. One place where the game ends
26. Remember the best score
27. Show the best score
28. The same speed on every screen
29. No catching up after a pause
30. Build it yourself: a medal