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Show the score

What we are doing

The scores go on the screen, big, one on each half of the court, like the classic Pong.

```js
ctx.font = '48px monospace'
ctx.textAlign = 'center'
ctx.fillText(String(left.score), canvas.width / 4, 60)
ctx.fillText(String(right.score), (canvas.width * 3) / 4, 60)
```

What it means

• monospace is a font where every character is the same width, like old computer screens.
• canvas.width / 4 is the middle of the left half; (canvas.width * 3) / 4 the middle of the right half.
• String(...) turns the number into text for fillText.

Your turn

At the end of draw, under the ball line, leave an empty line and write the four lines.

Skills: Drawing on a canvas

← Keep the score First to five →

All steps

1. Get the canvas and the pen
2. A black court
3. One dash of the net
4. The whole net
5. Two paddles
6. A function that draws
7. The game loop
8. Remember held keys
9. Move the paddles
10. Stay on the court
11. The ball
12. The ball moves
13. Bounce off the top and bottom
14. Does the ball touch a paddle?
15. The paddles hit back
16. Serve again
17. Keep the score
18. Show the score
19. First to five
20. Who won?
21. Play again
22. Aim with the paddle
23. Faster every hit
24. A computer opponent
25. One player or two
26. Build it yourself: a serve pause