--- title: "Finish conditions, timer and points in skill games" description: "Decide when a skill game ends and what each score wins: points goals, time limits, attempts and conditions." url: https://scratcher.io/help/games/finish-conditions-timer-and-points language: en --- 1. [Help center](https://scratcher.io/help) 2. [Games and formats](https://scratcher.io/help/games) 3. Finish conditions, timer and points in skill games # Finish conditions, timer and points in skill games Decide when a skill game ends and what each score wins: points goals, time limits, attempts and conditions. Skill games end when players reach a goal, run out of time or use up their attempts. These shared settings decide what happens. ## Points In the **Points** section of the **Settings** tab: - **Goal**: the points needed to win. - **Points placeholder format**: how many digits the score shows, for example 0000. - **Finish game when reaching goal**: end the game as soon as the goal is reached, instead of when the time runs out. ## Clicks (Tap It) **Goal** is the number of taps, with **Click placeholder format** and **Finish game when reaching goal**. ## Timer Turn on the **Timer** and set: - **Show type**: **Elapsed time** (counts up) or **Remaining time** (counts down). - **Time**: how long the game lasts. - **Show minutes** and **Show tenths of seconds**. ## Attempts (Memory and Puzzle) Turn on **Max attempts** to limit how many moves players have. ## Finish conditions The add-on **Finish conditions** (in Drop, Hit the Target, Smash It, Match Matrix and Bubble Shooter) gives different results for different scores: 1. Turn on the add-on in the game's add-ons. 2. Choose what to **Base conditions on**: **Points** or **Time**. 3. With **Points**, set the game length (**Total time**), and turn on **Finish game if any points goal is reached** to end the game at the **Points goal**. With **Time**, set the points to **Collect points** and an optional **Time limit**. 4. Under **Conditions**, add score ranges with **From** and **To**. For each range, choose: - **Win prize** and which prize, or - the **Page to show** when no prize is won, and - **Set as winner**, to count the player as a winner in the statistics. 5. Click **Add condition** for more ranges. Example: 0–199 points shows "Try again", 200–499 wins a 10% discount, and 500 or more wins a 25% discount. ## Skill games without instant prizes To reward only the best players, turn off **Enable prizes** in the game's prize settings and choose a **Win page** and **Lose page**. Then add a leaderboard and draw the winners later. See [Draw winners](https://scratcher.io/help/prizes/draw-winners). 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