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Remember the best score

What we are doing

The best score is kept in localStorage, the browser's little notebook, which survives page reloads. It is read once at the start and updated when a game ends with a better score.

```js
let best = Number(localStorage.getItem('flappy-best')) || 0

function endGame() {
  state = 'over'
  if (score > best) {
    best = score
    localStorage.setItem('flappy-best', best)
  }
}
```

What it means

• localStorage.getItem('flappy-best') reads the saved text, or null if there is none.
• Number(...) turns the text into a number; || 0 uses 0 when there is no best yet.
• In endGame, a higher score becomes the new best and is saved with setItem.

Your turn

1. Under let state // ..., write the best line.
2. In endGame, under state = 'over', write the if block.

Skills: Game states

← One place where the game ends Show the best score →

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