# Confused by timing on Countdown Timer

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/confused-by-timing-on-countdown-timer/12106>\
**Category:** Arcade\
**Created:** [February 9, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/confused-by-timing-on-countdown-timer/12106 "2022-02-09T20:14:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/confused-by-timing-on-countdown-timer/12106/1 "2022-02-09T20:14:55Z")

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I’ve been trying to work around not having a different timer variable for each level. I came up with this simple way of using functions to re-launch the countdown on a new “level”. And that seemed to work. [https://makecode.com/\_AH50vq5y4Ysy](https://makecode.com/_AH50vq5y4Ysy)

In sharing it with some of my students, we’ve run into some issues, however. I’m linking a sample here: [https://makecode.com/\_JFATzLXtm6HJ](https://makecode.com/_JFATzLXtm6HJ)  
Resetting the countdown timer doesn’t keep the Game Over screen from appearing, which it didn’t do in my simpler code. Another set of eyes on this would help!