How do I time point in future (countdown alarm)

Hi,

I wanted to ask forum - is this "the right way" of creating some time point in future ?

So I take "time" expression, add desired number of secs and check against current time every tick

I know it has some flaws:

1) not checked whether input was digits or not

2) alarm appears even before time has started (why ?)

Thanks!

Yes a future time can be set by: time + X seconds

It also should be time >= futureTime.

You can also just attach a Timer behavior to the Sprite:

https://www.scirra.com/manual/167/timer