# Need some help with a whack-a-mole
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/need-some-help-with-a-whack-a-mole/48017
**Category:** Coding Questions
**Tags:** homework
**Created:** [March 3, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/need-some-help-with-a-whack-a-mole/48017 "2026-03-03T14:12:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Lumine](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Lumine)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/need-some-help-with-a-whack-a-mole/48017/1 "2026-03-03T14:12:40Z")
I need help because I’m new to Processing and I was wondering how to create a timer for a little game (a whack-a-mole game with cubes instead of moles).
I need to finish the code quickly (in less than a week) and I REALLY need help.
By the way, I’ve already seen a few posts on this topic, but I don’t understand any of them.
Thanks to anyone who help me !
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### Author:  [@josephh](https://discourse.processing.org/u/josephh)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/need-some-help-with-a-whack-a-mole/48017/2 "2026-03-03T14:52:40Z")
Hi @Lumine,
Welcome to the forum !
People here won’t give you the full code for your game timer but instead try to help you learn how to do it, I already posted an answer about a similar problem:
> [@Brick Game Timer Question](https://discourse.processing.org/t/brick-game-timer-question/38605/2):
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> Hi @newprogrammer12, To understand better how it works, maybe start with a simpler example (without Java classes). Displaying a timer implies using time. In Processing we can get the current time since the beginning of the program in milliseconds with the millis() function. Let’s look at the following program: // Starts at the beginning of the program int timerStart = 0; int duration = 1000; void draw() { // Time spent since the beginning of the timer int timeSinceStart = millis() - tim…
Hope this will help you ! 😇
Try to run the code yourself, try to modify it and otherwise ask questions here.
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### Author:  [@Lumine](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Lumine)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/need-some-help-with-a-whack-a-mole/48017/3 "2026-03-05T13:08:04Z")
Thank you for replying to me @josephh, i will check this later !
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### Author:  [@EricRogerGarcia](https://discourse.processing.org/u/EricRogerGarcia)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/need-some-help-with-a-whack-a-mole/48017/4 "2026-03-09T18:12:51Z")
have you done it ?
is it possible to see it ?
(I like to see others ideas !)
no problem if it is very little, don”t be shy (kindly)
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### Author:  [@Lumine](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Lumine)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/need-some-help-with-a-whack-a-mole/48017/5 "2026-03-10T12:44:21Z")
well yes and no for just one thing: i dont find the code anymore and i finish the things that i have to do.
you and I will be the latest person to talk in this dsicussion. sorry for this and IM NOT SHY, just i didnt check my mailbox since a few days so sorry if i respond this late and thanks to @josephh for the help.
I will block this dsicussion in the next week-end, thanks to take care of this information and I would like to do it by myself since I’m new here. Thank you and have a nice day @EricRogerGarcia.
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### Author:  [@EricRogerGarcia](https://discourse.processing.org/u/EricRogerGarcia)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/need-some-help-with-a-whack-a-mole/48017/6 "2026-03-11T18:23:06Z")
I had no disagreeable intention!
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### Author:  [@ProcessingOrg](https://discourse.processing.org/u/ProcessingOrg)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/need-some-help-with-a-whack-a-mole/48017/7 "2026-03-11T19:02:35Z")