# How do I save a HIGHSCORE

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-do-i-save-a-highscore/10201>\
**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Created:** [April 12, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-do-i-save-a-highscore/10201 "2019-04-12T00:52:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Nolan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/aeb1de/32.png) [@Nolan](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Nolan)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-do-i-save-a-highscore/10201/1 "2019-04-12T00:52:53Z")

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```auto
// Variables

int STOP = 1;
float count = 0;
PImage B1;
PImage Background;
PImage B2;
PImage B3;
PImage Start;
float x = 0;
float x2 = 0;
float y = 1080;
float y2 = 1080;
int Score = 0;
int Highscore;
float speed = 3;
float speed2 = 5;
// 70 tall 
// 60 Wide
void setup () {
 
  //screen size
  //size(1920, 1080);
  B1 = loadImage("B1.png");
  B2 = loadImage("B2.png");
  Background = loadImage("Background.png");
  Start = loadImage("Start.png");
  fullScreen();
}

void draw() {

  if (mousePressed) {
    STOP = 0;
  }
  image(Start, 0, 0);
  if (STOP == 0 ) {

    // Background
    background(0, 255, 0);
    image(Background, 0, 0);
    // Score
    textSize(32);
    text("Score: " + Score, 100, 100); 
    text("Highscore: " + Highscore, 100, 200);
    if (Score > Highscore) {
      Highscore = Score;
    }
    //Speed
    if (count >= 20) {
      speed = speed + 3;
      speed2 = speed2 + 3;
      count = 0;
    }
    // X pos Randomiser
    if (y == 1080) {
      x = random(50, 1850);
    }
    // x2 pos randomiser
    if (y2 == 1080) {
      x2 = random(50, 1850);
    }
    //Show Balloon 
    shape();
    // Debug Stuff
    //println("MOUSE:" + mouseX);
    //println("X pos:" + x);
    //println("MOUSE Y:" + mouseY);
    //println(speed);

    count = count + .01;
  }
}

void shape() {
  // Pos for balloon 
  image(B1, x, y = y - speed);
  image(B2, x2, y2 = y2 - speed2);
  // check for if it is too high
  if (y <= 0 || y2 <= 0) {
    y = 1080;
    y2 = 1080;
    Score = 0;
  }
  // Hit detection
  if (mousePressed == true) {
    if (!(mouseX >= x && mouseX <= x + 60 && mouseY >= y && mouseY <= y + 70 )) {
      //speed = speed + .2;
      //Score = Score - 1;
    }
    //B1
    if (mouseX >= x && mouseX <= x + 60 && mouseY >= y && mouseY <= y + 70 ) {
      y = 1080;
      Score ++;
    }
    //B2
    if (mouseX >= x2 && mouseX <= x2 + 60 && mouseY >= y2 && mouseY <= y2 + 70 ) {
      y2 = 1080;
      Score = Score + 2;
      if (speed > 1.5) {
        //speed = speed - .6;
      }
    }
  }
}

```

// BTW this is a game were you need to pop ballons to get your score up and i really want to start saving my highscores so they dont go away when i close out of it so yea thxs for helpingPreformatted text

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**Author:** ![zenemig](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/zenemig/32/4418_2.png) [@zenemig](https://discourse.processing.org/u/zenemig)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-do-i-save-a-highscore/10201/2 "2019-04-12T03:02:38Z")

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Hi @Nolan, i recommend you to look first at how to save a value to a file on your hard drive. Take a look at this:  
[https://processing.org/reference/saveStrings\_.html](https://processing.org/reference/saveStrings_.html)

When you get this working, try to load these values the next time you run the code. See this:  
[https://processing.org/reference/loadStrings\_.html](https://processing.org/reference/loadStrings_.html)

After this, you can think in a way to not override the values everytime, something like only override the file if your latest score is higher than the one on the file you saved.

**About formating your post:**  
Please, add more context to your post, so other can see what’s happening with your code. And always format your code with the \</\> option.

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**Author:** ![Nolan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/aeb1de/32.png) [@Nolan](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Nolan)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-do-i-save-a-highscore/10201/3 "2019-04-12T17:11:08Z")

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THANK YOU SO MUCH I REALLY NEEDED HELP ON THIS  
😀