Step 3: Checking For a High Score

Goal:

Let’s write code that will constantly be checking for a new high score.

When the player obtains a score higher than the current high score displayed on the game screen, then we want to replace the that current high score with the new score the player obtained.

Steps:

1. Still on the Backdrop sprite, From Events, place a When I receive block and change it to “GameStart“.
2. From Control, add a forever loop, then put an IF statement inside it.
3. From Operators, add a > (greater than) block inside the IF statement.
4. From Variables, add the variable “Score:” on the left side and add the variable “High Score:” on the right side.
5. From Variables, place a set to block and change the variable to High Score:.
6. From Variables, place a round Score: block to the right side of the set to block.

Code:

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