The player's total score appears in the upper right corner. The points for the last hit appears in the upper left (plus or minus). Flick-a-Bug rewards good markmenship and skill. At very close ranges, the player receives simply the base score and if too close the ball jumps over the bug for a miss. As you become a better marksmen, with distance the base score is calculated up, depending on how far away your are. Tilting to curve the ball is an additional variable and is caculated as double the base + distance. 2(base+distance)