Time for action – displaying the countdown timer on the screen

The game file to import and load for this session is 5961_06_01.stencyl.

1. Ensure that the Score Management scene behavior is visible: click on the Dashboard tab, select Scene Behaviors, and double-click on the Score Management icon in the main panel.

2. Click + Add Event | Basics | When Drawing.

3. Double-click on the title of the new Drawing event, and rename it to Display Countdown.

4. Click on the Drawing section button in the instruction block palette.

5. Drag a draw text anything at ( x: 0 y: 0 ) block into the orange when drawing event block in the main panel.

6. Enter the number 10 into the x: textbox and also enter 10 into the y: textbox.

7. Click on the drop-down arrow in the textbox after draw text and select Text | Basics. Then click on the text & text block.

8. In the first textbox in green, … & … block, enter the text COUNTDOWN: (all uppercase, followed by a colon).

9. In the second textbox, after the & symbol, click on the drop-down...