# Code countdown timer in game CS Dsicoveries

**URL:** <https://forum.code.org/t/code-countdown-timer-in-game-cs-dsicoveries/31617>\
**Category:** CS Discoveries\
**Tags:** csd-unit-3\
**Created:** [November 4, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/code-countdown-timer-in-game-cs-dsicoveries/31617 "2019-11-04T21:41:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![filiere.ann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4af34b/32.png) [@filiere.ann](https://forum.code.org/u/filiere.ann)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/code-countdown-timer-in-game-cs-dsicoveries/31617/1 "2019-11-04T21:41:15Z")

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My students want to code a timer in their games - any ideas would be appreciated!

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**Author:** ![mwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/mwood/32/4941_2.png) [@mwood](https://forum.code.org/u/mwood)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/code-countdown-timer-in-game-cs-dsicoveries/31617/2 "2019-11-04T22:19:26Z")

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@filiere.ann, I found a previous message thread with an example here: [Simple Timer in Game Lab](https://forum.code.org/t/simple-timer-in-game-lab/23042)

Hopefully that will help your students!

Mike

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**Author:** ![filiere.ann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4af34b/32.png) [@filiere.ann](https://forum.code.org/u/filiere.ann)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/code-countdown-timer-in-game-cs-dsicoveries/31617/3 "2019-11-05T17:37:24Z")

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That is perfect! Thank you very much!