Timers

Timers are essential blocks for timing certain events. Certain portions of gameplay can be restricted by a timer. Super Mario Bros has a level timer by which the player has to finish the level, otherwise he dies. Super Smash Bros has a match timer which limits the duration of a match during which players have to defeat one another.

Timers play an essential role in many aspects of game play. Spawner has a timer which tells when a certain object or enemy spawns. Spells have very often cooldowns a timer which tells for how long does the player have to wait until they can activate the spell again.

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Duration

Timers have duration in seconds at which the timer has to trigger an event.

Cycles

Timers can repeat them selves or they can be a one time event. They can be specified by the number of cycles.

Events

The event which has to be triggered when the timer ends.

Implementation

  • Duration in seconds
  • Coroutine which waits for duration before it executes event.
  • Event, trigger an even when the timer ends.

Timer

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