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Show the best score

What we are doing

When the game is over, the message also shows the best score: Wrong! Best 4. Click to retry. There is always a number to beat.

```js
if (state === 'over') message = 'Wrong! Best ' + best + '. Click to retry'
```

What it means

• Three parts glued with +: 'Wrong! Best ', the number, and '. Click to retry'.

Your turn

In draw, change the 'over' message as shown.

Skills: Drawing on a canvas

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All steps

1. Get the canvas and the pen
2. A dark board
3. The first pad
4. Two colors for every pad
5. All four pads
6. A function that draws
7. Light a pad
8. Draw again and again
9. The sequence to remember
10. Show the round
11. Light a pad for a while
12. Go dark again
13. The computer shows a pad
14. Show the whole sequence
15. Watch, then your turn
16. Check each press
17. Play with the keyboard
18. Which pad is at a point?
19. Play with the mouse
20. Progress and mistakes
21. A function for a new game
22. Click to retry
23. Light up when pressed
24. Faster and faster
25. Save the best score
26. Show the best score
27. Build it yourself: no dawdling