Simple countdown not working

[LuciusVH]

Hi! 

 

It's probably going to be very obvious lol but I am new here, and pretty new to coding too. 

 

I am building a game and trying to make some countdown, from 3 to 0, before the game actually starts. 

 

See the CodePen to get what I have done so far. Not working as intented, who would've guessed 🤣

 

The effects are what I am looking for, sorta, but it does display only 1, then 1, then 1... Not 3, 2, 1 😔

See the Pen jOGmNVw by LVH75 (@LVH75) on CodePen

[PointC]

Hi @LuciusVH 

 

Welcome to the forum.

 

When you call a function like that, you need to use onStartParams. You'd have something like this:

onStart: countdown, onStartParams:[3]

Loops and repeats can be quite helpful for something like a countdown. Here's another way to approach it. Maybe it'll give you some ideas.

 

See the Pen mdBmdMB by PointC (@PointC) on CodePen

 

Happy tweening and welcome aboard.

 

[LuciusVH]

Yeaaay amazing!! Thanks for your help  

 

I have a feeling that I'm gonna love GSAP 😍

[_Greg _]

Hi!

Off-topic (!NOT about GSAP):

About counters watch video from "google chrome developers" chanel, they say about all problems with counters in one video

They create optimal solution 

[OSUblake]

But if you're using GSAP, you wouldn't need to worry about that because GSAP accurately handles time.