# How do I pause everything while asking the player a question?

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-do-i-pause-everything-while-asking-the-player-a-question/22438>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** game, make\
**Created:** [September 12, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-do-i-pause-everything-while-asking-the-player-a-question/22438 "2023-09-12T20:42:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arexcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/arexcl/32/10427_2.png) [@Arexcl](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Arexcl)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-do-i-pause-everything-while-asking-the-player-a-question/22438/1 "2023-09-12T20:42:39Z")

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Post can’t be empty😭

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**Author:** ![randomuser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/randomuser/32/32505_2.png) [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-do-i-pause-everything-while-asking-the-player-a-question/22438/2 "2023-09-12T21:37:13Z")

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I’ve said this before but usually I go with having ‘set stage to 1’ at the beginning, then checking if stage = 1 at any point where something happens (such in a forever loop)  
Then, when you set it to 0 before the question, the whole game stops!

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**Author:** ![Luke](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/luke/32/32519_2.png) [@Luke](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Luke)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-do-i-pause-everything-while-asking-the-player-a-question/22438/3 "2023-09-12T21:37:32Z")

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Can you be more specific? The game already pauses if you use the ask block but if you want to pause in general you need to just set all movement to 0 and anything running in the background should be paused