# Pausing game in the update loop

**URL:** <https://phaser.discourse.group/t/pausing-game-in-the-update-loop/14103>\
**Category:** Phaser 3\
**Created:** [March 11, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/pausing-game-in-the-update-loop/14103 "2024-03-11T19:44:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![vegancatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d6d6ee/32.png) [@vegancatter](https://phaser.discourse.group/u/vegancatter)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/pausing-game-in-the-update-loop/14103/1 "2024-03-11T19:44:28Z")

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how do I pause a game for 1 second in the update loop? then after the one game continues as intended.

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**Author:** ![samme](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/phaser.discourse.group/samme/32/5275_2.png) [@samme](https://phaser.discourse.group/u/samme)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/pausing-game-in-the-update-loop/14103/2 "2024-03-12T20:29:34Z")

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I guess you could pause and resume the scene with `setTimeout()`.

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**Author:** ![vegancatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d6d6ee/32.png) [@vegancatter](https://phaser.discourse.group/u/vegancatter)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/pausing-game-in-the-update-loop/14103/3 "2024-03-13T17:29:40Z")

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thx ill try that