Timer for Python game

Question

I\'m trying to create a simple game where the point is to collect as many blocks as you can in a certain amount of time, say 10 seconds. How can I get a timer to begin ticking a

Answer 1

The threading.Timer object (documentation) can count the ten seconds, then get it to set an Event flag indicating that the loop should exit.

The documentation indicates that the timing might not be exact - you'd have to test whether it's accurate enough for your game.