From 6e7e76c39b19446a5b0702cb5650614f674f2929 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Konok-367 <konokchandraray367@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:27:23 +0600
Subject: [PATCH] add game timer logic to Snap and have the game started when
 the spacebar is pressed

---
 src/GameLogic/Snap.cs | 10 +++++++++-
 src/SnapGame.cs       |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/GameLogic/Snap.cs b/src/GameLogic/Snap.cs
index 42894a1a7..936f4959a 100644
--- a/src/GameLogic/Snap.cs
+++ b/src/GameLogic/Snap.cs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public class Snap
 		public Snap ()
 		{
 			_deck = new Deck ();
+			_gameTimer = SwinGame.CreateTimer ();
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@ public void Start()
 				_started = true;
 				_deck.Shuffle ();		// Return the cards and shuffle
 
-				FlipNextCard ();		// Flip the first card...
+				FlipNextCard ();
+				_gameTimer.Start(); 		// Flip the first card...
 			}
 		}
 			
@@ -111,6 +113,11 @@ public void FlipNextCard()
 		/// </summary>
 		public void Update()
 		{
+			if (_gameTimer.Ticks > _flipTime) 
+                 { 
+                 _gameTimer.Reset (); 
+                  FlipNextCard (); 
+                     }
 			//TODO: implement update to automatically slip cards!
 		}
 
@@ -143,6 +150,7 @@ public void PlayerHit (int player)
 
 			// stop the game...
 			_started = false;
+			_gameTimer.Stop (); 
 		}
 	
 		#region Snap Game Unit Tests
diff --git a/src/SnapGame.cs b/src/SnapGame.cs
index ec78e9072..25764ae64 100644
--- a/src/SnapGame.cs
+++ b/src/SnapGame.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ private static void HandleUserInput(Snap myGame)
 
 			if (SwinGame.KeyTyped (KeyCode.vk_SPACE))
 			{
-				myGame.FlipNextCard ();
+				myGame.Start ();
 			}
 		}