Two new features were added to this second version of the game. First, we now keep track of the highest score achieved by a player, saving it through local storage. Even if the player closes the browser application, or turns off the computer, that value will still be safely stored in the player's hard drive, and will be loaded when the game starts again. Second, we use session storage to save the game state every time the player eats a fruit in the game, and whenever the player kills the snake. This is used as an extra touch of awesomeness, where after the player loses, we display a snapshot of all the individual level ups the player achieved in that game, as well as a snapshot of when the player hit a wall or run the snake into itself, as shown in the following screenshot:
At the end of each game, an image is shown of each moment when the player acquired a level up, as well as a snapshot of when the player eventually died. This images are created through the canvas API (calling...