Haxe Game Development Essentials

Implementing the game timer

We're on the home stretch! The last things we have to do are setting up the game timer and showing the level-end screen! Open up PlayState to make the last few changes.

Importing the end screen

Since the LevelEndScreen class is in a package, we'll need to import it to use it, so add this to your import section:

import source.ui.LevelEndScreen;

Adding variables

Next, we'll have to add new variables to handle the timer functionality:

private var levelTimer:FlxTimer;
private var levelTime:Int = 15;
private var ticks:Int = 0;

The levelTimer variable is a FlxTimer like the one we used when making enemies. The levelTime variable is the duration that the game will run for. The ticks variable is used to keep track of the number of ...