# Game timer

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/game-timer/279183>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 10, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/game-timer/279183 "2009-01-10T22:12:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![DashMasterful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@DashMasterful](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DashMasterful)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/game-timer/279183/1 "2009-01-10T22:12:09Z")

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So I have a game timer that counts down every second. At the moment, I am using a TimerEvent that calls a function every second. I was wondering if there is a more efficient way to do this or is this the best way.