Give a downed player a countdown that gets shorter every time they go down

A downed player waits to be helped, and with a fixed wait the same careless player is picked up again and again at no cost. This entry shows a countdown that pauses while help is on the way, shrinks with repeated falls, and recovers after a calm stretch.

Why this works

Falling should cost something that grows with carelessness, without ending the game for someone who had one bad moment. A countdown that shortens with repeated falls, down to a fair minimum, and counts only recent ones, rewards recovery and punishes recklessness.

When not to use it

Skip it for solo play, or when no teammate can ever reach a fallen player: the countdown then only delays the inevitable, so offer a quick restart. It also bores in fast games where waiting while down kills the pace.

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• 3 common mistakes and the fix
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• 31 lines of example code with 4 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

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Use the Spielerando entry "Give a downed player a countdown that gets shorter every time they go down" (read_entry bleed-out-time-shrinks-with-each-knockdown) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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