# Sand timer / hourglass

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sand-timer-hourglass/351931
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [October 15, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sand-timer-hourglass/351931 "2014-10-15T15:03:17Z")
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### Author: ![luckythelab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@luckythelab](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/luckythelab)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sand-timer-hourglass/351931/1 "2014-10-15T15:03:17Z")

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how would i go about making an hourglass in Flash?

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### Author: ![krilnon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krilnon/32/34_2.png) [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2014, 7:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sand-timer-hourglass/351931/2 "2014-10-16T07:15:00Z")

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How realistic / interactive do you want it to be?

You could make a simple animation with some timeline animation and masks, or you could do a physical simulation with something like Box2D.