How do I (Timer and Start Menu)

Okay so I have a start menu but how do I set it so that when I play my game it is the first thing to come up?

And also, I want to make a simple timer with a high score from that timer, something like (High Score: Current Score:)

How long I survive and the longer I survive the high score is replaced?

Thanks to anyone that can help me on this!

If your star menu is just a separate layout You can set that layout as a First layout in Project settings

for timers you can use 2 variables. Global number Score and Global number CurrentScore

for time counter you can use

Every second add 1 to CurrentScore

for highscore you can do

CurrentScore > Score -> set Score to CurrentScore

How would I be able to make that visible in the game? or will it just do it itself?

You mean Score visible or start menu?

Score visible. So players can see both their high score and what they have at that time.

(I've pretty much finished my game, been stuck on this for over half an hour lol)

Use Text or Spritefont and then set Text.text to Score variables

Set text -> HighScore

Tried to set value but says add an instance variable...

Still need help with this. Any examples would be great!

https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/37/beginners-guide-to-construct-2/page-6 and page 7 will get you what you want.

Tried to follow it quickly. I encountered some problems. You can't see your score go up. Once you die the your score comes up. High Score won't update... Could you look at this screenshot and see if you know where I went wrong? As the other page doesn't highlight it well.

in Event 11 change "HScore" to a variable HScore (without "") - same for "CScore"

That works but it made it so that the counter never stops, whenever I die the counter keeps going. Also is there a way to visibly see your counter go up? Thanks!

On your attached image in event nr 13 move "Set text to "Current Score: " & CScore to" to event nr 10 so it looks like

+System: Every 1.0 seconds   -> Add 1 to CScore
                             -> Set text to "Current Score: " & CScore[/code:fp111klu]

it will update text object every 1 second

Okay I just need one more help and I'm good! Whenever I die and the layout is repeated. The timer still continues, how do I get it to go back to zero?

GOT IT! Thanks for your help btw, now all I need to is to put decent music on it and I'm good to go!